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Mar Shimun XII Yoalaha was the seventh Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1656 to 1662.He succeeded Patriarch Shimun XI Eshuyow the seat of the patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldean Catholic church being in Salmas during his reign.Mar Shimun XII Yoalaha like his predecessors Shimun X Eliyah and Shimun XI Eshuyow was not formally recognized by Rome after the hereditary Shimun line of Patriarchs was reintroduced by Patriarch Shimun IX Dinkha in the Chaldean church.