Shimun XVIII Rubil

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Shimun XVIII Rubil
Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East
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Shimun XVIII Rubil in 1897
Church Church of the East
Diocese Patriarchal Diocese of Qodshanis
See Holy Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon
Installed1861
Term ended1903
Predecessor Mar Shimun XVII Abraham
Successor Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin
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RankCatholicos-Patriarch
Personal details
Born
Died1903
Qodshanis, Hakkari
Nationality Assyrian (Ottoman)
Denomination Christian, Church of the East
Residence Qodshanis, Hakkari

Mar Shimun XVIII Rubil (also Simon XVIII Rouel or Rowil) served as the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1861 to 1903, succeeding his uncle Shimun XVII Abraham. [1]

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He led the church from Qodshanis, in southeastern Turkey. In 1869, he received an invitation from the Vatican to attend the First Vatican Council as an observer, but he did not accept the invitation, [2] and he also rejected other initiatives for the union with the Catholic Church. [3] The Catholicos-Patriarch died on March 16, 1903, and was succeeded by Shimun XIX Benyamin.

References

  1. Baum & Winkler 2003, p. 129, 175.
  2. Baum & Winkler 2003, p. 129-130.
  3. Wilmshurst 2000, p. 35-36.

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Preceded by Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East
1861–1903
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