 Basil Asmar, who had endeared himself to the clergy and people of Amid, was appointed Hindi's successor as metropolitan of Amid in 1828, and the Vatican confirmed the appointment.Amid reverted to a metropolitan diocese of the Chaldean Church, and the Amid patriarchate came to an end.Basil's appointment required a bishop to be found for the see of Amadiya, and as Joseph Audo had failed to overcome the opposition of Yohannan's supporters to his appointment of metropolitan of Mosul, Gabriel Dambo and the Catholic missionaries agreed that he should be reassigned to Amadiya.