List of Syriac Catholic patriarchs of Antioch
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The Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch is the head of the
The office was established with the election of Ignatius Andrew Akijan in 1662 as patriarch of Antioch, thereby creating a separate line of patriarchs in full communion with the Catholic Church, in opposition to the Syriac Orthodox Church.[1] Despite initial success, after the death of Ignatius Gregory Peter VI Shahbaddin in 1701 or 1702, most Syriac Catholics returned to the Syriac Orthodox Church,[2] and the office lay vacant until the election of Ignatius Michael III Jarweh in 1782, from which a permanent line of Syriac Catholic patriarchs sprang.[1]
The following is a list of all the incumbents of the office of Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch.
List of patriarchs
Patriarchs of Antioch before 512
Syriac patriarchs from 512 to 1662
Syriac Catholic patriarchs from 1662 to present
Unless otherwise stated, all information is from the Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, and the list provided in The Syriac World, as noted in the bibliography below.
- Ignatius Andrew Akijan (1662–1677/1678)
- Ignatius Gregory Peter VI Shahbaddin (1678–1701/1702)
- Isaac Basilios Joubeir[nb 1]
- vacant (1701/1702–1782)
- Ignatius Michael III Jarweh (1782–1800)
- vacant (1800–1802)
- Ignatius Michael IV Daher (1802–1810)
- vacant (1810–1814)
- Ignatius Simon II Hindi Zora (1814–1818)
- vacant (1818–1820)
- Ignatius Peter VII Jarweh (1820–1851)
- vacant (1851–1852/1853)
- Ignatius Antony I Samheri (1852/1853–1864)
- vacant (1864–1866)
- Ignatius Philip I Arkus (1866–1874)
- Ignatius George V Shelhot (1874–1891)
- vacant (1891–1893)
- Ignatius Behnam II Benni (1893–1897)
- Ignatius Ephrem II Rahmani (1898–1929)
- Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (1929–1968)
- Ignatius Antony II Hayyek (1968–1998)
- Ignatius Moses I Daoud (1998–2001)
- Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad (2001–2008)
- Ignatius Joseph III Yonan (2009–present)
See also
References
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b Harrak (2011).
- ^ a b Joseph (1983), p. 47.
Bibliography
- Burleson, Samuel; Van Rompay, Lucas (2011). "List of Patriarchs: II. The Syriac Orthodox Church and its Uniate continuations". In Sebastian P. Brock; Aaron M. Butts; George A. Kiraz; Lucas Van Rompay (eds.). Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- Harrak, Amir (2011). "Syriac Catholic Church". In Sebastian P. Brock; Aaron M. Butts; George A. Kiraz; Lucas Van Rompay (eds.). Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- Joseph, John (1983). Muslim-Christian Relations and Inter-Christian Rivalries in the Middle East: The Case of the Jacobites in an Age of Transition. State University of New York Press.
- Wilmshurst, David (2019). "West Syrian patriarchs and maphrians". In Daniel King (ed.). The Syriac World. Routledge. pp. 806–813.