Dinkha IV

Religious Leader

Birthday September 15, 1935

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Iraq

DEATH DATE Mar 26, 2015 (79)

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About

Iraqi religious leader who became the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East in 1976.

Before fame

He was ordained a deacon in the church of Mar Youkhana in Harir after two years of study in 1949.

Trivia

He made ecumenism and the advocacy for the Assyrian people a priority during his reign.

Family life

He was tutored by his grandfather during his elementary education years as a child.

Associated with

Like him, Ignatius Zakka is a religious leader from Iraq.