Assyrian Church of the East

====Patriarch Dinkha IV====
{{Main|Dinkha IV}}
[[File:Mar Gewargis Cathedral Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church Of The East Chicago 2020-0235.jpg|thumb|200px|Mar Gewargis Assyrian Cathedral in [[Chicago]]: Former Patriarchal See]]
Almost a year after the death of Shimun, [[Dinkha IV|Mar Khnanya Dinkha]], Metropolitan of [[Tehran]], convened a synod of seven Assyrian bishops which took place at [[Alton Abbey|St Paul's Abbey, Alton]], in England, from 12 to 17 October 1976. They were joined by two [[Church of England]] bishops, representing the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] and the [[Bishop of London]],  and elected Dinkha as the 120th Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East. On 17 October he was consecrated as [[Dinkha IV]] at St Barnabas Church, Ealing, in an area where many Assyrians lived.{{sfn|Joseph|2000|p=252}}

Dinkha, who was then aged 33, operated his see at Tehran until the [[Iran–Iraq War]] of 1980–1988, when he went into exile in the United States and transferred the Patriarchal See to Chicago.{{sfn|Baum|Winkler|2003|p=150-155}} Much of his patriarchate had been concerned with tending to the Assyrian diaspora community and with ecumenical efforts to strengthen relations with other churches.{{sfn|Baum|Winkler|2003|p=150-155}} On 26 March 2015, Dinkha IV died in the United States, leaving the Assyrian Church of the East in a period of ''sede vacante'' until 18 September 2015. During that time, [[Aprem Mooken]] served as the custodian of the [[Patriarchal Province of Seleucia-Ctesiphon|Patriarchate of Seleucia-Ctesiphon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.assyrianchurch.org/2015/03/26/holy-synod-announcement-passing-of-catholicos-patriarch/9534 |title=Holy Synod Announcement – Passing of Catholicos-Patriarch |publisher=Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East |access-date=2015-09-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008040634/http://news.assyrianchurch.org/2015/03/26/holy-synod-announcement-passing-of-catholicos-patriarch/9534 |archive-date=2015-10-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.assyrianchurch.org/2015/03/28/notice-from-the-locum-tenens/9643 |title=Notice from the Locum Tenens |publisher=Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church of the East |access-date=2015-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524201922/http://news.assyrianchurch.org/2015/03/28/notice-from-the-locum-tenens/9643 |archive-date=2015-05-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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