Eliya V

Mar Elīyā V (sometimes written Elia V) was the patriarch of the Church of the East from September 1502 until his death in 1504.^[3][4]

Mar Eliya V
Patriarch of All the East
Church	Church of the East
See	Seleucia-Ctesiphon
Installed	September 1502/3
Term ended	1503/4
Predecessor	Shemon V
Successor	Shemon VI
Personal details
Born	15th century
Died	1503/4
Buried	Mart Meskinta, Mosul

Ordination history of Eliya V
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Eliya V as principal consecrator Mar Yahballaha 1503 Mar Denha 1503 Mar Yaqob 1503
Source(s):[1] [2]

In April 1503^[2] or 1504,^[5] in the monastery of Mar Yohannan the Egyptian near Gazarta, Eliya consecrated three monks from the monastery of Mar Awgin for service in India: the metropolitan bishop Yahballaha and two suffragan bishops, Denha and Yaʿqob. The patriarch sent with them Mar Thomas, who had previously gone to India in 1499. The bishops sent a detailed letter on the situation of the Church of the East in India, but it did not reach Eliya before his death.^[6][1]

Eliya was buried in the church of Mart Meskinta in Mosul.^[6]

Wilmhurst argues that, based on the brevity of Eliya's reign and the fact that he was not buried in Rabban Hormizd Monastery (as was the custom for Patriarchs at the time), the legitimacy of his patriarchy may not have been universally recognised by his contemporaries.^[7]