Peter IV Barakat Géraigiry (or ''Jaraijiry'', 1841–1902) was
patriarch of the
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
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from 1898 until 1902.
Life
Born in
Zahlé,
Lebanon on August 6, 1841, Géraigiry was ordained
priest on March 16, 1862, with a special permission due to his young age. He soon set up an elementary school in Zahle and became a teacher in the patriarchal college of
Beirut. From 1874 to 1878 he studied theology in
France. When he returned to
Lebanon he became director of the schools of his
diocese. In 1882 Géraigiry was appointed delegate of the Patriarch and thus he traveled to
Rome,
Paris,
Istanbul.
On February 21, 1886, patriarch
Gregory II Youssef consecrated bishop Géraigiry
and appointed him responsible of the newly created diocese of
Paneas, where he set up twenty-three Christian schools.
After the lengthy and eventful reign of Gregory II Youssef, on February 24, 1898, Géraigiry was appointed patriarch of the Melkites following his election by the Melkite synod of bishops. Although his election was considered null by the Roman
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Pope Leo XIII confirmed it shortly later. The four years of his reign were marked by crisis.
Some discontent arose from appointments of bishops taken without consulting the synod, and from his attempt to move the Patriarchal
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from
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to
Beirut. Also his relations with the Congregation of Propaganda Fide were often tense, mainly because Rome wanted him to summon a synod to define in details the powers and the autonomy of the patriarch and of all the Melkite clergy, while Géraigiry hesitated and took time. The synod never met under his reign.
Peter IV Géraigiry died in
Beirut on April 24, 1902.
See also
*
Melkite Christianity in Lebanon
Notes
External links
* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgera.html
* https://archive.org/stream/revuedelorientch31898pari#page/270/mode/2up
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Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch
1841 births
1902 deaths
Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholics
People from Zahle