Emmanuel III Delly

Religious Leader

1927 – 2014

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Who was Emmanuel III Delly?

Mar Emmanuel III Delly was the Patriarch Emeritus of Babylon of the Chaldeans and former Primate of the Chaldean Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic sui juris Particular church of the Catholic Church and a Cardinal. An ethnic Assyrian, he was born in Tel Keppe and was ordained a priest on December 21, 1952. He was ordained a bishop ten years later in December 1962 at the age of 35. He was elected Patriarch of the Chaldean Church on December 3, 2003, succeeding the late Patriarch Raphael I Bidawid. He was created a Cardinal Bishop on November 24, 2007.

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Born
Oct 6, 1927
Tel Keppe
Religion
  • Catholicism
Nationality
  • Iraq
Profession
Lived in
  • Tel Keppe
Died
Apr 8, 2014
San Diego

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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