Which position did Raphael I Bidawid hold from Jun 1957 to Oct 1957?
Raphael I Bidawid Mar Raphael I Bidawid † ( , Arabic مار روفائيل الاول بيداويد ) ( April 17 , 1922 – July 7 , 2003 ) was the Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1989–2003 . He was also a Syriac scholar . Life . He was born on April 17 , 1922 in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul into an ethnic Chaldean family , and took his school and seminar training in Mosul . He was ordained a priest on October 22 , 1944 in Rome and in 1946 he obtained the academic degrees of doctor of philosophy and theology . Between 1948 and 1956 he worked as a professor of philosophy and theology in Mosul . On October 6 , 1957 , at the age of 35 , he was ordained Bishop of Amadiya , by Patriarch Yousef VII Ghanima , becoming the youngest Catholic bishop in the world . As bishop of Amadiya he experienced the mass exodus of Christians from Northern Iraq . Mar Raphael Bidawid was then appointed bishop of Beirut , Lebanon in 1966 and served in this capacity for 23 years . On March 21 , 1989 Raphael I Bidawid was elected Patriarch of Babylon , head of the Chaldean Catholic Church . His election was confirmed by Pope John Paul II in June 1989 . During his patriarchate , in agreement with the Chaldean Synod , he established The Pontifical Babel College for Philosophy and Theology in 1991 . The Babel College is situated in Baghdad , Dora , El-Mekaniek , next to St . Peter Chaldean Seminary . The Babel College became an instrumental educational institution for the Chaldean Church . Patriarch Bidawid could speak 13 languages . He died in Beirut , Lebanon on July 7 , 2003 , at the age of 81 . Pastoral work . Patriarch Bidawid was known as a champion of the unification of the Assyrian Church of the East ( formerly the Church of the East ) and the Chaldean Catholic Church , which split in 1552 AD . In November 1996 Mar Dinkha IV of the Assyrian Church of the East and Chaldean Patriarch Raphael I Bidawid met in Southfield , Michigan , and signed a Joint Patriarchal Statement that committed their two churches to working towards reintegration and pledged cooperation on pastoral questions such as the drafting of a common catechism , the setting up of a common seminary in the Chicago-Detroit area , the preservation of the Aramaic language , and other common pastoral programs between parishes and dioceses around the world . On August 15 , 1997 , the two Patriarchs met again , in Roselle , Illinois , and ratified a “Joint Synodal Decree for Promoting Unity,” that had been signed by the members of both Holy Synods . It restated the areas of pastoral cooperation envisaged in the Joint Patriarchal Statement , recognized that Assyrians and Chaldeans should come to accept each others diverse practices as legitimate , formally implemented the establishment of an Assyrian-Chaldean “Joint Commission for Unity,” and declared that each side recognized the apostolic succession , sacraments and Christian witness of the other . The text also spelled out the central concerns of both sides in the dialogue . While both churches wanted to preserve the Aramaic language and culture , the Assyrians were intent on retaining their freedom and self-governance , and the Chaldeans affirmed the necessity of maintaining full communion with Rome . In an interview with Bidawid , published in 2003 , he commented on the Assyrian name dispute and declared his ethnic point of view : In an interview with the Assyrian Star in the September–October 1974 issue , he was quoted as saying : Bibliography . - Raphael J . Bidawid , Les lettres du patriarche nestorien Timothee I , Studi e Testi 187 , Vatican City ( 1956 ) External links . - Assyrians Mourn the Passing of Patriarch Raphael - GCatholic.org Website