Ignatius Basile Moses I Daoud (or ''Moussa Daoud'') ( syr, ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܡܘܫܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܐܘܕ) (18 September 1930 – 7 April 2012) was

Patriarch The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in certai ...

Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ� ...

for the Syrian Catholic Church, a

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(because he was an Eastern Patriarch elevated to Cardinal), and Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in the Catholic Church.

Biography

Born in Meskaneh, a village near

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, Syria, he was ordained a priest on 17 October 1954. He earned a degree in

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at the

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in Rome. On 18 September 1977 he was consecrated Bishop of

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by Patriarch

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. In 1994 he was appointed

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of the Catholic Syrians. Then-Archbishop Moses Daoud was elected

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for the Syrian Catholic Church on 13 October 1998. He was confirmed as Patriarch of Antioch by

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on 20 October 1998, and was enthroned as Patriarch of Antioch on 25 October 1998. By custom, he added the name Ignatius to his own name, honoring

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. He retired from the Patriarchal See on 8 January 2001, shortly after being named Prefect of the

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, which deals with Vatican relations with the Eastern-Rite Churches in communion with Rome, by Pope John Paul II, on 25 November 2000. Moses Daoud was proclaimed

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by Pope John Paul in the consistory of 21 February 2001. He was one of the

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who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that elected

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. On 9 June 2007, Patriarch Emeritus Ignatius Moses I resigned his post as Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches. Until his 80th birthday, he was a member of the following dicasteries of the Roman Curia: *

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* Special Council for

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of the

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He died on 7 April 2012 in Rome. A

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in the

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took place on 10 April 2012, at

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in Vatican City, with the

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, former

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Angelo Sodano, as principal celebrant. Cardinal Daoud's body was then flown to

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and with Syriac rites buried with other Patriarchs of Antioch in Sharfeh, Harissa, Lebanon on 16 April 2012. In his homily, Cardinal Sodano said he had visited the ailing Patriarch a few days before he died of complications from a

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(CVA, or stroke). He said Cardinal Daoud told him he was "offering to the Lord his suffering for the good of the holy Church and above all for the unity of all Christians". In a message to the incumbent Syriac Patriarch of Antioch, Ignatius Joseph III Younan, Pope Benedict XVI called the Cardinal Patriarch "a faithful Pastor who devoted himself with faith and generosity to the service of the people of God". He went on to say that, "these days, when we celebrate the resurrection of the Lord", he was offering special prayers "for the peoples of the region who are living through difficult times".

Distinctions

* Grand Master of the

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References

External links

Biography at catholic-pages.com

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