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The Patriarch of the Church of the East (also known as Patriarch of Babylon, Patriarch of the East, the Catholicos-Patriarch of the East or the Grand Metropolitan of the East)^[1]^[2]^[3] is the patriarch, or leader and head bishop (sometimes referred to as Catholicos or universal leader) of the Church of the East. The position dates to the early centuries of Christianity within the Sassanid Empire, and the church has been known by a variety of names, including the Church of the East, Nestorian Church, the Persian Church, the Sassanid Church, or East Syrian.^[4] In the 16th and 17th century the Church, by now restricted to its original Assyrian homeland in Upper Mesopotamia, experienced a series of splits, resulting in a series of competing patriarchs and lineages. Today, the three principal churches that emerged from these splits, the Assyrian Church of the East, Ancient Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church, each have their own patriarch – the Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, the Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East and the Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans, respectively.

^ Baum & Winkler (2003), p. 10.
^ Coakley (1999), p. 65, 66: "Catholikos-Patriarchs of the East who served on the throne of the church of koke in Seleucia-Ktesiphon".
^ Walker 1985, p. 172: "this church had as its head a "catholicos" who came to be styled "Patriarch of the East" and had his seat originally at Seleucia-Ctesiphon (after 775 it was shifted to Baghdad)".
^ Wilmshurst 2000, p. 4.

[FOOTNOTEBaumWinkler200310-1] Baum & Winkler (2003), p. 10.

[FOOTNOTECoakley199965,_66:_"Catholikos-Patriarchs_of_the_East_who_served_on_the_throne_of_the_church_of_koke_in_Seleucia-Ktesiphon"-2] Coakley (1999), p. 65, 66: "Catholikos-Patriarchs of the East who served on the throne of the church of koke in Seleucia-Ktesiphon".

[FOOTNOTEWalker1985172:_"this_church_had_as_its_head_a_"catholicos"_who_came_to_be_styled_"Patriarch_of_the_East"_and_had_his_seat_originally_at_Seleucia-Ctesiphon_(after_775_it_was_shifted_to_Baghdad)"-3] Walker 1985, p. 172: "this church had as its head a "catholicos" who came to be styled "Patriarch of the East" and had his seat originally at Seleucia-Ctesiphon (after 775 it was shifted to Baghdad)".

[FOOTNOTEWilmshurst20004-4] Wilmshurst 2000, p. 4.

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