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Shimun XIX Benyamin
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Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin (1887– 3 March 1918) (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܒܢܝܡܝܢ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܥܣܪܝܢ ܘܩܕܡܝܐ) served as the 117th Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East.
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Benyamin XIX Shimun | |
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His Holiness | |
![]() Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin on or before 1913 | |
Church | Church of the East |
Diocese | Patriarchal Diocese of Qodshanis |
See | Holy Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon |
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 |
Died | 3 March 1918(1918-03-03) (aged 30) Salmas, Persia |
Nationality | Assyrian |
Denomination | Christian, Assyrian Church of the East |
Residence | Qodshanis, Hakkari, Turkey and later Urmia, Persia |
Occupation | Cleric |
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