Emmanuel III Delly, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Emmanuel III Delly

patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic church

Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1927

Place of Birth: Tel Keppe, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq

Date of Death: 08-Apr-2014

Profession: Catholic priest, canon law jurist

Nationality: Iraq

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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.
An ethnic Chaldean, he was born in Tel Keppe and was ordained a priest on 21 December 1952.
He was consecrated a bishop ten years later 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 created a Cardinal Bishop on 24 November 2007.