Yousef VII Ghanima
{{Short description|Head of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1947 to 1958}}
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|name=Yousef VII Ghanima
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|church=Chaldean Catholic Church
|archdiocese=Babylon
|patriarch_of=Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans
|residence=Iraq
|enthroned=September 17, 1947
|ended=July 8, 1958
|predecessor=Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas
|successor=Paul II Cheikho
|birth_date=January 29, 1881
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|death_date={{BirthDeathAge||1881|1|29|1958|7|8}}
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|ordination= May 15, 1904 (Priest)
|consecration = May 10, 1925 (Bishop)
|consecrated_by=Yousef VI Thomas
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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,{{Cite web|title=The Chaldean Church Story of survival|url=http://saint-adday.com/?p=3907|access-date=2021-04-02|website=البطريركية الكلدانية|language=ar}}{{Cite web|title=Patriarch Paul II Cheikho [Catholic-Hierarchy]|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcheikho.html|access-date=2021-04-02|website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}} 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.
References
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- {{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bghanima.html|title=Archbishop Yousef VII Ghanima|publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|access-date=2008-12-08}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Patriarch of Babylon
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{{s-aft|after=Paul II Cheikho
(1958–1989)}}
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Category:Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon