Cyril IX Moghabghab (October 29, 1855 in
Ain Zhalta,
Ottoman Syria – September 8, 1947 in
Alexandria
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,
Egypt
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) served as
Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the
Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1925 to 1947.
Life
Patriarch Cyril was born in
Ain Zhalta,
Lebanon
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on October 29, 1855. He was ordained a priest on March 27, 1883. Later, on April 23, 1899, he was elected eparch of
Zahlé
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, Lebanon, confirmed on May 20, 1899 and consecrated eparch on May 28 of the same year by patriarch
Peter IV Geraigiry.
He was one of the first Melkite bishops to visit the Americas when, in 1904, he came to
Brazil
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. He succeeded
Demetrius I Qadi
Demetrius I Qadi (or ''Dimitros I Cadi'') (January 18, 1861, Damascus, Syria – October 25, 1925) was Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1919 until 1925.
Life
Jose ...
as
patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church on December 8, 1925 and the Pope accepted his request for ecclesiastical communion on June 21, 1926. He also served as the spiritual protector of international ecumenical
Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem.
Patriarch Cyril died on September 8, 1947, and was succeeded by
Maximos IV Sayegh
Maximos IV Sayegh (or ''Saïgh''; 10 April 1878, in Aleppo, Syria – 5 November 1967, in Beirut, Lebanon) was Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1947 until his death ...
.
Co-consecrator of Melkite Eparchs
During his tenure as patriarch he was co-consecrator of the following eparchs:
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Dionysius Kfoury, BS -
Auxiliary bishop of Antioch and
Titular bishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox ...
of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti
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Eftimios Youakim
Eftimios Youakim, BS, (born on 15 June 1886 in Qaytuleh – died on 19 May 1972) was an Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Zahle and Forzol in Lebanon.
Life
On 25 March 1912 Youakim was ordained priest and appointed Chaplain ...
, BS - Eparch of Zahle and Furzol
*
Gabriel Nabaa, BS - Eparch of Sidon
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Agapios Salomon Naoum, BS - Archbishop of Tyre
*
Maximos V Hakim
Maximos V Hakim ( ar, ماكسيموس الخامس حكيم; May 18, 1908, in Tanta, Egypt – June 29, 2001, Beirut, Lebanon) was elected Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church i ...
- Eparch of Akka.
Distinctions
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Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910)
See also
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Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East
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Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Notes
External links
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem
Melkite Catholic Web Ring
Official Website of the Melkite Church in the US
geni.com
1855 births
1947 deaths
Order of Saint Lazarus
Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch
Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholics
People from Chouf District
Eastern Catholic bishops in Syria
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