List of Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch
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This is a list of Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch. The present complete title is Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
. This Eastern Catholic Church came back into visible communion with Rome in 1724, which caused Jeremias III to declare the action invalid and set up a counter ecclesial body that today is called the Orthodox Church of Antioch
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The Melkite Catholic Church is a continuation of the original See of Antioch that traces its existence all the way back to St. Peter according to the Canons of both the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches. This claim is accepted by the Vatican and is not disputed by the Maronite Catholic Church nor the Syriac Catholic Church (the legal continuation of what was the Syrian Orthodox Church, the current Syriac Orthodox Church being a later counter creation) which both also have Patriarchs of Antioch.
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
The Melkite Greek Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See as part of the worldwide Catholic Church. The Melkites, Byzantine Rite Catholics of mixed Eastern Mediterranean and Greek origin, trace their history to the early Christians of Antioch, Syria, of...
. This Eastern Catholic Church came back into visible communion with Rome in 1724, which caused Jeremias III to declare the action invalid and set up a counter ecclesial body that today is called the Orthodox Church of Antioch
Antiochian Orthodox Church
The Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch, also known as the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East and the Antiochian Orthodox Church , is an autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church within the wider communion of Orthodox Christianity...
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The Melkite Catholic Church is a continuation of the original See of Antioch that traces its existence all the way back to St. Peter according to the Canons of both the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches. This claim is accepted by the Vatican and is not disputed by the Maronite Catholic Church nor the Syriac Catholic Church (the legal continuation of what was the Syrian Orthodox Church, the current Syriac Orthodox Church being a later counter creation) which both also have Patriarchs of Antioch.
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch
- Cyril VI TanasCyril VI TanasPatriarch Cyril VI Tanas, also known as Cyril VI of Antioch , became the first leader of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church following the schism of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch in 1724...
(1724–1760) - Maximos II HakimMaximos II HakimMaximos II Hakim, was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1760 to 1761.-Life:Maximos Hakim was born in Aleppo circa 1689 and entered in the religious order of the Basilian Chouerites, of which he became general superior on 29 November 1729...
(1760–1761) - Theodosius V DahanTheodosius V DahanTheodosius V Dahan was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1761 to 1788.-Life:Joasaph Dahan was born in Beirut in 1698. He entered in the religious order of the Basilian Chouerites and in 1723 he made the solemn vows under the name Joasaph...
(1761–1788) - Athanasius IV JawharAthanasius IV JawharAthanasius IV Ignace Michael Jawhar was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1788 to 1794. He previously claimed to be patriarch from 1759 to 1764 and from 1765 to 1768.-Life:...
(1788–1794) - Cyril VII SiajCyril VII SiajCyril VII Francis Siaj was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1794 to 1796.-Life:Francis Siaj was a monk of the Basilian Salvatorian Order. Between 1760 and 1768 he was a open partisan of Athanasius Jawhar in the clashes for the patriarchate between patriarch Theodosius V Dahan...
(1794–1796) - Agapius II MatarAgapius II MatarAgapius II Matar, was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1796 to 1812.-Life:...
(1796–1812) - Ignatius IV SarroufIgnatius IV SarroufIgnatius IV Sarrouf, was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in 1812. He is remembered for both his patriarchate , and for having been, as metropolitan of Beirut, a leading figure in the early history of the Melkite Church.-Early life:Youssef Sarrouf was born in 1742 in Damascus...
(1812) - Athanasius V MatarAthanasius V MatarAthanasius V Gabriel Matar was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church for a few months in 1813.-Life:Gabriel Matar was born in Damascus. He was the brother of patriarch Agapius II Matar and, as his brother, he too entered in the religious order of the Basilian Salvatorians. Gabriel Matar...
(1813) - Macarius IV TawilMacarius IV TawilMacarius IV Tawil was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1813 to 1815.-Life:Macarius Tawil was born in Damascus. He entered in the religious order of the Basilian Salvatorians of which he was Superior from 1804 to 1807 and from 1810 to 1812...
(1813–1815) - Ignatius V QattanIgnatius V QattanIgnatius V Moussa Qattan, was patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1816 until 1833.-Life:...
(1816–1833) - Maximos III MazloumMaximos III MazloumMaximos III Michael Mazloum, was patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1833 until 1855. As patriarch he reformed church administration and bolstered clerical education...
(1833–1855) - Clement BahouthClement BahouthClement Michael Bahouth , was patriarch of the Melkite Catholic Church from 1856 until his resignation in 1864.-Life:...
(1856–1864) - Gregory II Youssef-Sayur (1864–1897)
- Peter IV Jaraijiry (1898–1902)
- Cyril VIII Geha (1902–1916)
- vacant (1916–1919)
- Demetrius I QadiDemetrius I QadiDemetrius I Qadi was patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1919 until 1925.-Life:...
(1919–1925) - Cyril IX MoghabghabCyril IX MoghabghabCyril IX Moghabghab served as Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1925 to 1947.-Life:Patriarch Cyril born in Ain Zhalta, Lebanon on October 29, 1855. He was ordained a priest on March 27, 1883...
(1925–1947) - Maximos IV SayeghMaximos IV SayeghMaximos IV Sayegh was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1947 until his death in 1967. One of the fathers of Second Vatican Council, the outspoken patriarch stirred the Council by urging reconciliation between the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches...
(1947–1967) - Maximos V HakimMaximos V HakimMaximos V Hakim was elected Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch in 1967 and served until 2000. He guided the church through tubulent changes in the Middle East and rapid expansion in the Western hemisphere.-Life:...
(1967–2000) - Gregory III LahamGregory III LahamGregory III , Patriarch of the Church of Antioch, is the spiritual leader of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. He was elected patriarch on November 29, 2000, succeeding Maximos V Hakim, who resigned at age 92 due to failing health, dying seven months later...
(2000–present)
External links
- List of the Melkite Patriarchs of Antioch from Melkite Church official website
- Greek-Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch by Giga-Catholic Information.
- Catholic Hierarchy entry
- History of Melkite Church including Cannons regarding Reunion with Rome and the legal continuation of the See of Antioch.
- Legal circumstances of union with Rome.