Shimun XII Yoalaha

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Shimun XII Yoalaha
Patriarch of the Chaldeans
Patriarch of the Church of the East
Church Chaldean Catholic Church
Church of the East
See Khosrau-Abad of the Chaldeans
Holy Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon
Installed1656
Term ended1662
Predecessor Shimun XI Eshuyow
Successor Shimun XIII Dinkha as Patriarch of the Chaldeans and Patriarch of the Church of the East

Joseph I as patriarch in communion with Rome (from 1681)
Personal details
Died1662
Residence Khosrau-Abad near Salmas, Safavid Empire

Mar Shimun XII Yoalaha was the seventh Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from 1656 to 1662.

He succeeded Patriarch Shimun XI Eshuyow, the seat of the patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldean Catholic church being in Khosrau-Abad near Salmas, Safavid Empire during his reign.

Mar Shimun XII Yoalaha like his predecessors Shimun X Eliyah and Shimun XI Eshuyow was not formally recognized by Rome after the hereditary Shimun line of Patriarchs was reintroduced by Patriarch Shimun IX Dinkha in the Chaldean church. Hereditary succession is an unacceptable practice in Catholic Church.

His successor in 1662 was Shimun XIII Dinkha, the last of the Shimun line in the Chaldean Church.

See also

Chaldean Catholic Church titles
Church of the East titles
Preceded by Patriarch of the Chaldeans
Shemʿon line (Khosrou-Abad)

(c. 1656 c. 1662)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Patriarch of the Church of the East
Shem'on line (Khosrou-Abad)

(c. 1656 c. 1662)
Succeeded by


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