What is Dinkha IV?
[[File:Assyrian Patriarch Dinkha IV Khanania.jpg|thumb|Dinkha IV in June 2008.]] '''Mar Dinkha IV''' ([[Syriac language|Syriac]]: {{Lang|arc|ܡܪܝ ܕܢܚܐ ܪܒܝܥܝܐ}} and {{Lang-ar|مار دنخا الرابع}}, born '''Dinkha Khanania'''; 15 September 1935 &ndash; 26 March 2015) was an [[Iraq]]i-[[Americans|American]] [[Syriac Christianity]] [[cleric]]. He was the [[List of Patriarchs of the Church of the East|Catholicos-Patriarch]] of the [[Assyrian Church of the East]], headquartered in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]], from 1976 until his death. Dinkha IV was born in [[Darbandokeh]] to an [[Assyrian]] family. He was [[baptized]]. He was also a [[priest]] in [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]. Dinkha IV died on 26 March 2015 in [[Rochester, Minnesota|Rochester]], [[Minnesota]], aged 79.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2015/03/27/_patriarch_mar_dinkha_iv_of_the_assyrian_church_dies/1132580|title=Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV of the Assyrian Church of the East dies at age of 79|work=Vatican Radio|date=27 March 2015|access-date=28 March 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dinkha 4}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:American Christians]] [[Category:Eastern Christians]] [[Category:Iraqi Christian clergy]] [[Category:Patriarchs]] {{US-bio-stub}}