Shlemon Warduni
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| name = Shlemon Warduni
| title = Titular Bishop of Anbar dei Caldei
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| church = Chaldean Catholic Church
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| see = Auxiliary Bishop of the Patriarchate of Babylon
| term = 2001 — present
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| ordination = June 29, 1968
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| consecration = February 16, 2001
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|04|24|df=y}}
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Bishop Mar Shlemon Warduni (born April 24, 1943) is Auxiliary Bishop of the Patriarchate of Babylon, Iraq, of the Chaldean Catholic Church. In 2003 he was the Locum tenens of the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans.
Life
Shlemon Warduni was born at Batnaya, Iraq on April 24, 1943, and was ordained priest on June 29, 1968. On January 12, 2001, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Patriarchate of Babylon and he was consecrated bishop on February 16, 2001, by Patriarch Mar Raphael I Bidawid.
After the death of Patriarch Mar Raphael I Bidawid, he was appointed Locum tenens of the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans till the election, on December 3, 2003, of Patriarch Mar Emmanuel III Delly.
External links
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- [http://www.30giorni.it/us/articolo.asp?id=10412 2006 Interview about the tragic situation of Christians in Iraq]
- {{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bwarduni.html|title=Bishop Shlemon Warduni|publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|accessdate=2009-02-18}}
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Category:Iraqi Assyrian people
Category:Chaldean Catholic bishops
Category:Iraqi Eastern Catholics
Category:People from Nineveh Governorate
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