Paul II Cheikho

Mar Paul II Cheikho † (in Arabic مار بولس الثاني شيخو ) was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1958-1989.
==Life==
He was born on November 19, 1906 in Alqosh and was ordained a priest on February 16, 1930. On May 4, 1947 he was ordained Bishop of Akra, Iraq, at the age of 40, by the Archbishop of Kirkuk Hormisdas Etienne DjibriArchbishop Hormisdas Etienne Djibri was in turn consecrated bishop in 1902 by patriarch Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas, . 
From 1957 till his appointment as Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans in 1958 Paul Cheikho served as bishop of Alep. He was the Patriarch of the Chaldean Church from 1958 till his death on April 13, 1989. He replaced Patriarch Yousef VII Ghanima and was followed by Raphael I Bidawid.
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Category:Assyrian people
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Category:Church patriarchs
Category:Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon
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