Basil Ishaq ibn Jubair (or ''Isaac Basilios Joubeir'', c. 1645–1721) was the

maphrian The Maphrian ( syr, ܡܦܪܝܢܐ, maphryānā or ''maphryono''), originally known as the Grand Metropolitan of the East and also known as the Catholicos, was the second-highest rank in the ecclesiastical hierarchy of the Syriac Orthodox Church, ...

and Archbishop of

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. He converted to Eastern Catholicism and saw the turbulent times of the attempts of union of the

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with the Church of Rome during the reigns of the Syriac Patriarchs of Antioch

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(1662–1677) and

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(1679–1702). After Patriarch Shahbaddin's arrest by the Ottoman authorities and eventual death in prison on 4 March 1702, on 23 November 1703, Isaac Basilios Joubeir was elected as new Patriarch. Joubeir was at the time in

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in the French consulate. He was later confirmed as Patriarch on 17 November 1704 by

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. But Joubeir did not accept the title of patriarch and considered himself only as

Maphrian The Maphrian ( syr, ܡܦܪܝܢܐ, maphryānā or ''maphryono''), originally known as the Grand Metropolitan of the East and also known as the Catholicos, was the second-highest rank in the ecclesiastical hierarchy of the Syriac Orthodox Church, ...

, waiting for a "better time". In 1706 he moved to Rome where he died on 18 May 1721. The

Syriac Catholic Church The Syriac Catholic Church ( syc, ܥܕܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܝܬܐ, ʿĪṯo Suryayṯo Qaṯolīqayṯo, ar, الكنيسة السريانية الكاثوليكية) is an Eastern Catholic Churches, Eastern Catholic Christianity ...

had a new Patriarch only in 1783 with

Ignatius Michael III Jarweh Mar Ignatius Michael III Jarweh ibn Ni'matallah (or ''Javré'', ''Jaroueh'', ''Garweh'', ''Djarweh'', ''Giarvé'', 1731–1800) was the 111th Patriarch of Antioch and Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church from 1783 to 1800. In 1757 Michael J ...

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