The Bible does not mention a Joachim.
The only place Joachim is mentioned as the father of Mary is in the Infancy Gospel of James. Although the Infancy Gospel of James is non-canonical, this became Christian tradition. Since the genealogies of Jesus in Matthew and Luke name two different fathers for Joseph, theologians since the eighth century have argued that the genealogy in Luke is actually the family tree of Mary and that Heli is her father, so the Christian Church is now more ambiguous about the existence of Saint Joachim. Joachim continues to be the preference of Catholics as the father of Mary, but this is not a universal assumption even among Catholics.
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