Gewargis III

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Gewargis III is a former Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East who led the church in the early 21st century before being succeeded by Mar Awa III.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Gewargis III canonical 2
Mar Gewargis III 2
Mar Gewargis III Sliwa 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian Church of the East patriarch
Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
Christian bishop
alsoKnownAs His Holiness Mar Gewargis III
Mar Gewargis III Sliwa
linked to: Gewargis III
birthCountry Iraq
birthDate 1941-11-23
birthPlace Habbaniyah
churchLed Assyrian Church of the East
consecratedBy Dinkha IV
consecrationAsBishopYear 1981
countryOfCitizenship Iraq
electedAs Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
electionDate 2015-09-18
enthronementDate 2015-09-27
enthronementPlace St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Erbil
ethnicGroup Assyrian people
linked to: Assyrians
familyName Sliwa
focusOfWork pastoral care of Assyrian Christians in Iraq and the diaspora
preservation of the Assyrian Church of the East’s liturgical and linguistic heritage
givenName Gewargis
honorificPrefix Mar
languageSpoken Arabic
English
Syriac
leadershipPeriod early 21st century
memberOf Assyrian Church of the East
metropolitanSee Iraq
Jordan
Russia
notableFor guiding the Assyrian Church of the East during a period of instability in Iraq and the Middle East
leading the Assyrian Church of the East after the death of Dinkha IV
officeEnd 2021-09-08
officeStart 2015-09-27
ordinationAsPriestYear 1980
patriarchalName Gewargis III
positionHeld Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
Metropolitan of Iraq, Jordan and Russia
predecessor Dinkha IV
reasonForResignation health reasons
religion Christianity
resignationDate 2021-09-08
seeAlso Assyrian Church of the East
Dinkha IV
Mar Awa III
successor Mar Awa III
titleAsBishop Bishop of Baghdad

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mar Awa III predecessor Gewargis III
Gewargis III alsoKnownAs Mar Gewargis III Sliwa
linked to: Gewargis III
Gewargis III patriarchalName Gewargis III
David Royel precededBy Mar Gewargis III
linked to: Gewargis III
Mar Awa III precededBy Mar Gewargis III
subject linked to: David Royel
linked to: Gewargis III