Shimun XXI Eshai
Eshai Shimun XXI | |
|---|---|
| Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East | |
Mar Eshai Shimun XXI | |
| Native name | ܡܪܝ ܐܝܫܝ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܟܓ. |
| Church | Church of the East |
| See | Holy Apostolic See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon |
| Installed | 20 June 1920 |
| Term ended | 5 November 1975 |
| Predecessor | Mar Shimun XX Paulos (1918–1920) |
| Successor | Mar Dinkha IV (1976–2015) |
| Orders | |
| Rank | Catholicos-Patriarch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eshai d'Mar Shimun 26 February 1908 |
| Died | 6 November 1975 (aged 67) San Jose, California, United States |
| Buried | Turlock Memorial Park |
| Nationality | Assyrian |
Mar Eshai Shimun XXI (Syriac: ܡܪܝ ܐܝܫܝ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܟܓ.; 26 February 1908 – 6 November 1975), sometimes known as Mar Eshai Shimun XXIII, Mar Shimun XXIII Ishaya, Mar Shimun Ishai, or Simon Jesse, served as the 119th Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1920, when he was a youth, until his murder on 6 November 1975.