Dinkha IV

Mar

Dinkha IV
ܡܪܝ ܕܢܚܐ ܪܒܝܥܝܐ
Mar; Dinkha IV; ܡܪܝ ܕܢܚܐ ܪܒܝܥܝܐ
His Holiness
	Dinkha IV presiding at the Assyrian Eucharist (or Raza) in a church near Chicago in June 2008.
Church	Assyrian Church of the East
Diocese	Patriarchal Diocese of the Eastern United States
See	Holy Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon (in exile in Chicago)
Installed	17 October 1976
Term ended	26 March 2015
Predecessor	Mar Shimun XXI Eshai
Successor	Mar Gewargis III
Other post(s)	Deaconate at Mar Yokhanan Church, Harir (1950), Bishopric at Urmia (11 February 1962)
Orders
Ordination	15 August 1957
Consecration	11 February 1962; by Shimun XXI Eshai
Rank	Bishop
Personal details
Born	Dinkha Khananya (Khanania); 15 September 1935; Darbandokeh, Iraq
Died	26 March 2015 (aged 79); Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.
Buried	Montrose Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality	Assyrian
Denomination	Assyrian Church of the East
Residence	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Parents	Andrews Khananya (father) and Panna Khananya (mother)
Occupation	Cleric

Mar Dinkha IV (Classical Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܕܢܚܐ ܪܒܝܥܝܐ and Arabic: مار دنخا الرابع), born Dinkha Khanania (15 September 1935 – 26 March 2015)^[1] was an Eastern Christian prelate who served as the 120th Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East. He was born in the village of Darbandokeh (Derbendoki), Iraq and led the Church in exile in Chicago for most of his life.

^ Awa Royel (27 March 2015). "Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV Enters Eternal Rest". The Orthodox Church. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.