Paul II Cheikho
{{Short description|Head of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1958 to 1989}}
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{{Infobox Patriarch
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|name=Paul II Cheikho
|birth_name= Paul Cheikho
|church=Chaldean Catholic Church
|archdiocese=Babylon
|patriarch_of=Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans
|residence=Iraq
|enthroned=December 13, 1958
|ended=April 13, 1989
|predecessor=Yousef VII Ghanima
|successor=Raphael I Bidawid
|birth_date=November 19, 1906
|birth_place=Alqosh
|death_date={{BirthDeathAge||1906|11|19|1989|4|13}}
|death_place=
|ordination= Febr 16, 1930 (Priest)
|consecration = May 4, 1947 (Bishop)
|consecrated_by=Hormisdas Djibri
}}
Mar Paul II Cheikho † ({{langx|syr|ܦܘܠܘܣ ܬܪܝܢܐ ܫܝܟܘ}}, Arabic: بولس الثاني شيخو) (November 19, 1906 – April 13, 1989) was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1958 until his death in 1989.
Life
An ethnic Assyrian, he was born on November 19, 1906, in Alqosh and was ordained a priest on February 16, 1930. On May 4, 1947, he was ordained Bishop of Akra, Iraq, at the age of 40, by the Archbishop of Kirkuk Hormisdas Etienne Djibri.
From 1957 until his appointment as Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans in 1958 Paul Cheikho served as bishop of Aleppo, Syria. He was the Patriarch of the Chaldean Church from 1958 until his death on April 13, 1989. He replaced Patriarch Yousef VII Ghanima and was followed by Raphael I Bidawid.
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References
- {{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcheikho.html|title=Archbishop Paul II Cheikho|publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|accessdate=2009-01-15}}{{Self-published source|date=June 2015}}
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Category:Iraqi Assyrian people
Category:Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon
Category:Participants in the Second Vatican Council
Category:Iraqi Eastern Catholics
Category:20th-century Eastern Catholic archbishops
Category:20th-century people from the Ottoman Empire