Gewargis III

History
History
Diaconal ordination
Ordained by	Mar Dinkha IV
Date	13 April 1980
Place	Assyrian Church of the East Cathedral Church of St. George, Chicago, Illinois
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Mar Dinkha IV
Date	8 June 1980
Place	Assyrian Church of the East Cathedral Church of St. George, Chicago, Illinois
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Mar Dinkha IV
Co-consecrators	Mar Aprim Khamis
Date	7 June 1981
Place	Assyrian Church of the East Cathedral Church of St. George, Chicago, Illinois

History
Ordination history of; Mar Gewargis III
Ordained by
History
Diaconal ordination
Ordained by	Mar Dinkha IV
Date	13 April 1980
Place	Assyrian Church of the East Cathedral Church of St. George, Chicago, Illinois
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Mar Dinkha IV
Date	8 June 1980
Place	Assyrian Church of the East Cathedral Church of St. George, Chicago, Illinois
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Mar Dinkha IV
Co-consecrators	Mar Aprim Khamis
Date	7 June 1981
Place	Assyrian Church of the East Cathedral Church of St. George, Chicago, Illinois

His Holiness Mar

Gewargis III
ܡܪܝ ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ
His Holiness Mar; Gewargis III ; ܡܪܝ ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ
Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
Church	Assyrian Church of the East ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ ܕܐܬܘܖ̈ܝܐ
Diocese	Patriarchal Diocese of Iraq
See	Holy Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon
Appointed	18 September 2015
Installed	27 September 2015, Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Erbil, Iraq
Term ended	6 September 2021
Predecessor	Mar Dinkha IV
Successor	Mar Awa III
Orders
Ordination	8 June 1980
Consecration	7 June 1981, Chicago, Illinois; by Mar Dinkha IV
Rank	Metropolitan
Personal details
Born	Warda Daniel Sliwa; 23 November 1941 (age 82); Habbaniya, Anbar Province, Kingdom of Iraq; (present-day Iraq)
Nationality	Assyrian
Denomination	Assyrian Church of the East
Residence	Baghdad, Iraq
Parents	Daniel Sliwa and Mariam Sliwa
Occupation	Cleric
Previous post(s)	Metropolitan of Baghdad (1981–2015)
Alma mater	University of Baghdad

Mar Gewargis III (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ; born Warda Daniel Sliwa, Syriac: ܘܪܕܐ ܕܢܝܐܝܠ ܨܠܝܒܐ) served as the 121st Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East. On 18 September 2015, the Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East elected Mar Gewargis Sliwa to succeed the late Mar Dinkha IV as the head of the Church. On 27 September 2015, he was formally consecrated and enthroned as Catholicos-Patriarch.^[1]

^ Royel, Mar Awa. "Biography of His Holiness Mar Gewargis III". Holy Catholic Apostolic Assyrian Church of the East Official News Website. Assyrian Church of the East. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.

[Biography_of_His_Holiness_Mar_Gewargis_III-1] Royel, Mar Awa. "Biography of His Holiness Mar Gewargis III". Holy Catholic Apostolic Assyrian Church of the East Official News Website. Assyrian Church of the East. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.

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