Shimun XVIII Rubil

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


Shimun XVIII Rubil
His Holiness
Shimun XVIII Rubil in 1897
ChurchAssyrian Church of the East
DiocesePatriarchal Diocese of Qodshanis
SeeApostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon
Installed1861
Term ended1903
PredecessorShimun XVII Abraham
SuccessorShimun XIX Benyamin
Orders
RankCatholicos-Patriarch
Personal details
BornQodshanis, Hakkari
Died1903
Qodshanis, Hakkari
NationalityAssyrian (Ottoman)
DenominationChristian, Assyrian Church of the East
ResidenceQodshanis, Hakkari

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.

See also

References

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

Sources

  • Baum, Wilhelm; Winkler, Dietmar W. (2003). The Church of the East: A Concise History. London-New York: Routledge-Curzon.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Baumer, Christoph (2006). The Church of the East: An Illustrated History of Assyrian Christianity. London-New York: Tauris.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Coakley, James F. (1992). The Church of the East and the Church of England: A History of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Assyrian Mission. Oxford: Clarendon Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913. Louvain: Peeters Publishers.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Wilmshurst, David (2011). The martyred Church: A History of the Church of the East. London: East & West Publishing Limited.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Assyrian Church of the East titles
Preceded by
Mar Shimun XVII Abraham
Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East
1861–1903
Succeeded by
Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin


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