See Patriarch of Antioch Predecessor Demetrius I Qadi Installed 8 December 1925 Ordination March 27, 1883 | Name Cyril Moghabghab Consecration May 28, 1899 Successor Maximos IV Sayegh Term ended September 8, 1947 | |
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Church Melkite Greek Catholic Church Died September 8, 1947, Alexandria, Egypt | ||
Cyril IX Moghabghab | Wikipedia audio article
Cyril IX Moghabghab (October 29, 1855, Ain Zhalta, Ottoman Syria – September 8, 1947, Alexandria, Egypt) served as Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1925 to 1947.
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- Cyril IX Moghabghab Wikipedia audio article
- Life
- Co consecrator of Melkite Eparchs
- Distinctions
- References
Life
Patriarch Cyril was born in Ain Zhalta, Lebanon on October 29, 1855. He was ordained a priest on March 27, 1883. Later, on April 23, 1899, he was appointed eparch of Zahlé, 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. He succeeded Demetrius I Qadi as patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church on December 8, 1925 and was confirmed by the Holy See 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.
Co-consecrator of Melkite Eparchs
During his tenure as patriarch he was co-consecrator of the following eparchs: