Dinkha IV
Mar Dinkha IV (Classical Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܕܢܚܐ ܪܒܝܥܝܐ and Arabic: مار دنخا الرابع), born Dinkha Khanania (15 September 1935 – 26 March 2015) 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.
Mar Dinkha IV ܡܪܝ ܕܢܚܐ ܪܒܝܥܝܐ | |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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