Joseph IV (Chaldean Catholic Patriarch)
Mar Joseph IV († 1796 in Rome ) was a Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church (Patriarchate of Diyarbakir).
La'zar Hindi, formed at the Roman Propaganda College , was posted on 8. February 1757 by Metropolitan Basil Yohannan of Mardin († 25 February 1758), the only surviving bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Diyarbakir, the Metropolitan of Diyarbakir consecrated and subsequently confirmed by Rome on March 24, 1759 under the name of Joseph IV in the patriarchal office. In financial distress due to monetary demands by the Ottoman authorities, he went on long begging trips through Europe in the 1770s. Disappointed with little success, he resigned from his office in 1780, but continued to work as a patriarchal administrator . Imprisoned for some time in 1789, he retired to Rome in 1791, where he died in 1796.
The administration of the Patriarchate of Diyarbakir was 1791-1793 Yohannan VIII. Hormizd , administrator of the competing, also Catholic Patriarchate of Babylon , transferred, but in 1802 it went to Augustine Hindi , who called himself Patriarch Joseph V.
At that time the Catholic Patriarchate of Diyarbakir had around 20,000 believers, the Assyrian Church of the East , which was not united with Rome, probably around 50,000.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph III |
Patriarch of Babylon 1757 - 1781 |
Joseph V. |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Joseph IV |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church (Patriarchate of Diyarbakir) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th century or 18th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1796 |
| Place of death | Rome |