Shimun XIII Dinkha

Mar Shimun XIII Dinkha
Patriarch of the Chaldeans Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
Church	Chaldean Catholic Church (1662–1692) Assyrian Church of the East (until c. 1700)
See	Patriarchial See of Babylon of the Chaldeans (until 1692) Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon (until 1700)
Installed	1662
Term ended	1692 (in the Chaldean Catholic Church) 1700 (in the Assyrian Church of the East)
Predecessor	Shimun XII Yoalaha (Chaldean Catholic Church) Eliya IX (Church of the East)
Successor	Joseph I (Chaldean Catholic Church) Shemʿon XIV Shlemon (Assyrian Church of the East)
Personal details
Died	c. 1700
Residence	Salmas Later in Mosul

Mar Shimun XIII Dinkha was Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church carrying the title Patriarch of Babylon between 1662 and 1692 in communion with Rome and residing in Salmas. He was the last in the hereditary Shimun line of Patriarchs in the Chaldean Catholic Church and, as his predecessors Shimun X Eliyah (1600–1638), Shimun XI Eshuyow (1638–1656) and Shimun XII Yoalaha (1656–1662), not recognized by Rome since the Catholic church does not approve of hereditary line of Patriarchs.

In 1692, Patriarch Shimun XIII moved the seat of his patriarchate to Qochanis (modern-day Konak, Hakkari), broke communion with Rome and became Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, continuing the Shimun hereditary line of Patriarchs in the Assyrian church instead, a tradition that continued until the death of Patriarch Shimun XXIII Eshai in 1975.

Patriarch Shimun Dinkha died around 1700 AD and was succeeded in the Assyrian Church of the East by Shemʿon XIV Shlemon.

Preceded by Shimun XII Yoalaha

Patriarch of Babylon 1662–1692

Succeeded by Joseph I

Preceded by Eliya IX 1617–1660

Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East 1681–c. 1700

Succeeded by Shemʿon XIV Shlemon c. 1700–c. 1740

See also

• List of Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon
• List of Patriarchs of the Church of the East