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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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