Yousef VII Ghanima
Head of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1947 to 1958
About Yousef VII Ghanima
Lived 1881 – 1958 (aged 77). Yousef VII Ghanima was an Iraqi catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Mar Yousef VII Ghanima (January 29, 1881 – July 8, 1958) was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1947 until his death in 1958.
Life Mar Yousef VII Ghanima was born on January 29, 1881, in Mosul and was ordained a priest on May 15, 1904. An ethnic Assyrian, in 1925 he was ordained Auxiliary Bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Patriachate of Baghdad. He became the Patriarch of the Chaldean Church on September 17, 1947 and held the office until his death on July 8, 1958. He was preceded by Patriarch Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas and was succeeded by Paul II Cheikho.
With help from Mar Yousef VII Ghanima, the Patriarchate transferred from Mosul to Baghdad.
He was buried in the cemetery of St. Joseph church in Baghdad.
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Who was Yousef VII Ghanima?
head of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1947 to 1958
When was Yousef VII Ghanima born?
Yousef VII Ghanima was born on 29 January 1881 in Mosul.
When did Yousef VII Ghanima die?
Yousef VII Ghanima died on 8 July 1958 in Baghdad.
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Yousef VII Ghanima was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
What nationality was Yousef VII Ghanima?
Yousef VII Ghanima was Iraqi.
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