Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas

Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas
Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans
Church	Chaldean Catholic Church
See	Babylon of the Chaldeans
Installed	July 9, 1900
Term ended	July 21, 1947
Predecessor	Audishu V Khayyath
Successor	Yousef VII Ghanima
Orders
Ordination	July 10, 1879 (Priest)
Consecration	July 24, 1892 (Bishop) by Eliya Abulyonan
Personal details
Birth name	Yousef Emmanuel Thomas
Born	August 8, 1852 Alqosh
Died	July 21, 1947(1947-07-21) (aged 94)
Residence	Iraq

Mar Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas † was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church 1900–1947.

He was born on August 8, 1852 in Alqosh, studied in the Ghazir Seminary in Beirut and was ordained priest on July 10, 1879. On July 24, 1892 he was ordained Bishop of Seert, now in Turkey, by patriarch Eliya XIV [XIII] Abulyonan. He was appointed Patriarch of the Chaldean Church on the July 9, 1900 and confirmed by the Holy See on December 17 of the same year. He served as patriarch till his death on July 21, 1947. He replaced Patriarch Audishu V Khayyath † and was followed by Yousef VII Ghanima †.

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• David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913, Peeters Publishers, 2000 ISBN 90-429-0876-9, p. 744.