Theodosius V Dahan
Theodosius V Dahan | |
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Bishop) by Cyril VI Tanas | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joasaph Dahan 1698 |
| Died | March 30, 1788 (aged 89–90) |
Theodosius V (Athanase Joasaph) Dahan (1698–1788) was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1761 to 1788.
Life
Joasaph Dahan was born in
Melkite Orthodox party asked and obtained an own separated bishop, thus also in Beirut the hierarchy was definitely split, with Dahan who remained the bishop only for the Melkite Catholics.[2]
Dahan was taken as
Congregation of Propaganda Fide and on 23 December 1763 by another synod of the Mekite bishops.[citation needed
]
Theodosius Dahan was thus formally confirmed by Rome on 23 June 1764 and he received the pallium, sign of the patriarchal authority, on 9 July 1764. The clashes seemed to be settled down, but in February 1765 Athanasius Jawhar again proclaimed himself (anti)patriarch. Only after the excommunication of Jawhar and the following reconciliation in 1768, the Melkite Church found its unity.[3]
Rome appointed him also as administrator of the Catholics Melkites of
Notes
- ^ ISBN 1-892278-01-4.
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- ^ Mansi, Joannes Dominicus (1909). Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio. Vol. 46. pp. 562–572.
- ^ Raheb, Abdallah. "Patriarcat grec-melkite catholique d'Antioche. Naissance, évolution et orientations actuelles". Ekklesiastikos Pharos. 52 (s.II, III): 47–72.