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Mar Emmanuel III Delly (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܥܡܢܘܐܝܠ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ ܕܠܝ Arabic: مار عمانوئيل الثالث دلّي) (September 27 1927 – April 8 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 a Cardinal. An ethnic Assyrian he was born in Tel Keppe and was ordained a priest on December 21 1952. He was ordained a bishop ten years later in December 1962 at the age of 35.
