Emmanuel III Delly
Catholic cardinal
Died when: 86 years 184 days (1038 months)Star Sign: Libra
Mar Emmanuel III Delly (Syriac: ??? ??????? ?????? ????, Arabic: ??? ???????? ?????? ????) (27 September 1927 – 8 April 2014) 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 also a cardinal.
He was born in Tel Keppe and was ordained a priest on 21 December 1952.He was consecrated a bishop in December 1962 at the age of 35.
He was elected Patriarch of the Chaldean Church on 3 December 2003, succeeding the late Patriarch Raphael I Bidawid.He was raised to the rank of cardinal bishop on 24 November 2007.
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