Yousef VII Ghanima

Mar Yousef VII Ghanima (January 29, 1881 - July 8, 1958) was the patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 1947 until his death in 1958.
Life.
He was born on January 29, 1881 in Mossul and was ordained a priest on May 15, 1904. An ethnic Chaldean, in 1925 he was ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Babylon of the Chaldean. He was the Patriarch of the Chaldean Church from September 17, 1947 till his death on July 8, 1958. He replaced Patriarch Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas and was followed by Paul II Cheikho.
With Mar Yousef VII Ghanima, the Patriarchate transferred from Mosul to Baghdad.
He was buried in the cemetery of St. Joseph church in Baghdad.