Maximos III Mazloum
Maximos III Mazloum | |
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Bishop) by Agapius II Matar | |
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Born | Michael Mazloum November 1779 |
Died | August , 1855 (aged 75–76) |
Maximos III Michael Mazloum, (born in November 1779 in Aleppo, present Syria – died in August 1855) was patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1833 until 1855. As patriarch he reformed church administration and bolstered clerical education. He was also the first Melkite patriarch granted civil authority by the Ottoman Empire when the Melkites were recognized as a unique millet.
Life
Born in
His appointment as bishop of Aleppo was contested by the
From 1817 to 1823 Mazloum traveled in
On March 24, 1833, he was appointed patriarch of the Melkites. In 1834 he entered in Damascus, whence his predecessor Cyril VI Tanas had to escape because of religious persecutions. On October 31, 1837, he was recognized by the Ottoman Empire as the civil authority of a millet, a distinctive religious community within the Empire, thus obtaining civic emancipation for his Church. In 1838 Pope Gregory XVI granted him the titles of Patriarch of Alexandria and Jerusalem, and from then on the title held by the leader of the Melkite Church is Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.
His action as patriarch was strong (he was named "untiring fighter"): he carried on a legislative reform of Church (synods of 1835 and 1849) and reformed the religious instruction, giving also new life to the patriarchal
As patriarch he resided in Beirut until his death in 1855.
See also
- Patriarch of Antioch
- List of Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch
Notes
References
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