Shimun XIX Benyamin
Mar Benyamin XIX Shimun | |
|---|---|
 Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin on or before 1913 | |
| Church | Church of the East |
| Diocese | Patriarchal Diocese of Qodshanis |
| Installed | 30 March 1903 |
| Term ended | 3 March 1918 |
| Predecessor | Mar Shimun XVIII Rouel (1860/1861-1903) |
| Successor | Mar Shimun XX Paulos (1918–1920) |
| Orders | |
| Rank | Catholicos-Patriarch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1887 Qodshanis, Hakkâri, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 3 March 1918 (aged 30) Salmas, Persia |
| Nationality | Assyrian |
| Denomination | Christian, Church of the East |
| Residence | Hakkâri, Turkey and later Urmia, Persia |
| Occupation | Cleric |
Mar Shimun XIX Benaymin (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܒܢܝܡܝܢ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܥܣܪܝܢ ܘܩܕܡܝܐ) was the 117th Patriarch of the Church of the East. He was an ethnic Assyrian born in 1887 in the village of Qudshanis, Hakkari Province, during the Ottoman Empire.[1] He was also a spiritual leader for the Assyrian volunteers during World War I. In 3 March 1918, he was killed by the Kurdish chieftain Simko Shikak under a truce flag in the town of Kuhnashahir, Salmas.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Shumanov, Vasily. "Mar Binyamin Shimmun". The Lighthouse. Archived from the original on 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2025-10-21.
- ↑ "The Invitation of His Holiness the Patriarch Mar Binyamin".