Mar Eliya XIV [XIII] Abulyonan (or Abolionan) (1840 - June 27, 1894) was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1878 to 1894.

Eliya XIV [XIII] Abulyonan
Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans
ChurchChaldean Catholic Church
ArchdioceseBabylon
SeeBabylon of the Chaldeans
InstalledJuly 26, 1878
Term endedJune 27, 1894
PredecessorJoseph Audo
SuccessorAudishu V Khayyath
Orders
Ordination1865 (Priest)
ConsecrationMay 24, 1874 (Bishop)
by Joseph Audo
Personal details
Born
Eliya Peter Abulyonan

1840
DiedJune 27, 1894 (aged 53–54)
Mosul
ResidenceIraq

Life

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Eliya Peter Abulyonan was born in 1840 in Mosul to an Assyrian family. He studied three years in the College of the Propaganda in Rome and was ordained priest in 1865. On May 24, 1874, in Alqosh, he was ordained bishop of Gazireh by Patriarch Joseph Audo. He was appointed Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church on July 26, 1878, and confirmed by the pope on February 28, 1879.

During his patriarchate he spared no effort to improve the relations both with the Holy See and within the Chaldean Church, after the eventful reign of his predecessor Joseph Audo. He died in Mosul at the age of 54 on June 27, 1894.

The ordinal number of his title is sometime XIV, sometime XIII, while among scholars Eliya XII is often preferred. This is due to the uncertain list of the patriarchal line of Alqosh in the 16th and 17th centuries.[1]

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  1. ^ see H.Murre, "The Patriarchs of the Church of the East from the Fifteenth to Eighteenth Centuries". Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies. Archived from the original on 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2009-01-05., who for example uses XII, as D.Wilmshurst (ISBN 90-429-0876-9)

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Religious titles
Preceded by
Joseph VI Audo
(1847–1878)
Patriarch of Babylon
of the Chaldean Catholic Church

1878–1894
Succeeded by
Audishu V Khayyath
(1894–1899)