Mar Eshai Shimun XXIII (born 28 February 1908 Konak Hakkari Turkey – 6 November 1975 San Jose California United States) sometimes known as Mar Shimun XXI Ishaya Mar Shimun Ishai or Simon Jesse was Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East from 1920 when he was a youth until his murder on 6 November 1975. (The difference in regnal numbers depends on which members of the Shimun family one counts as Patriarchs; Mar Eshai chose to use the regnal number XXIII.)
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