Joseph II (Chaldean Catholic patriarch)


Joseph II Sliba Marouf
Patriarch of the Chaldeans
ChurchChaldean Catholic Church
ArchdioceseAmid
SeeAmid of the Chaldeans
Installed18 June 1696
Term ended1713
PredecessorJoseph I
SuccessorJoseph III Timothy Maroge
Personal details
BornSliba Marouf
1667
Died1713 (aged 45–46)
ResidenceAmid, Turkey

Mar Joseph II (Syriac: ܝܘܣܦ, romanized: Yawsep; Arabic: يوسف, romanized: Youssef), born Ṣliba d-beth Maʿrūf (or Sliba Bet Macruf) was the second incumbent patriarch of the Josephite line of Church of the East, a small patriarchate in full communion with the Pope that was active in the areas of Amid and Mardin in the 17th–19th century. He is officially recognized by the Chaldean Catholic Church as its patriarch from 1696 to 1713.