Shlemon Warduni

Shlemon Warduni
Titular Bishop of Anbar dei Caldei
Church	Chaldean Catholic Church
See	Auxiliary Bishop of the Patriarchate of Babylon
In office	2001 — 10 August 2021
Successor	incumbent
Orders
Ordination	29 June 1968
Consecration	16 February 2001
Personal details
Born	(1943-04-24) 24 April 1943 Batnaya, Kingdom of Iraq

Mar Shlemon Warduni (born 24 April 1943) is an Iraqi Chaldean Catholic hierarch, who served Auxiliary Bishop of the Patriarchate of Babylon, Iraq from 2001 until 2021. In 2003 he was the Locum tenens of the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans.

Life

Shlemon Warduni was born at Batnaya, Iraq on 24 April 1943, and was ordained priest on 29 June 1968. On 12 January 2001, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Patriarchate of Babylon and he was consecrated bishop on 16 February 2001, by Patriarch Mar Raphael I Bidawid.

After the death of Patriarch Mar Raphael I Bidawid, he was appointed Locum tenens of the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans till the election, on 3 December 2003, of Patriarch Mar Emmanuel III Delly.

He retired as an auxiliary bishop of Baghdad on 10 August 2021.

External links

• 2006 Interview about the tragic situation of Christians in Iraq
• "Bishop Shlemon Warduni". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2009-02-18.