Church Syriac Catholic Church Died 1816 See Patriarch of Antioch Consecration May 1802 | Installed 20 December 1801 Term ended September 1810 Name Ignatius IV | |
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Successor Ignatius Simon II Hindi Zora Predecessor Ignatius Michael III Jarweh | ||
Mar Ignatius Michael IV Daher (or Zahir, 1761–1816) was the Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church from 1801 to 1810.
Life
Michael Daher was born in 1761 in Aleppo. Five days after the death of Ignatius Michael III Jarweh the Syriac Catholic synod elected as new Patriarch Mar Cyril Bennam, bishop of Mosul, which was absent and immediately resigned. This opened a difficult succession, ended on December 20, 1801 with the election as Patriarch of Michael Daher, till then responsible of the Catholic Syriac community in Aleppo. Michael Daher was ordained bishop in May 1802 and he received the Pallium, the sign of patriarchal authority, by Pope Pius VII on December 20, 1802.
Due to his patriarchal ministry, Michael Daher was required to inhabit in the Patriarchal See of Al-Charfet (or Sharfeh) monastery in Lebanon in place of his preferred town, Aleppo. In 1805 he asked Rome to move the See from Al-Charfet to Aleppo, without success. He was also suspected of embezzling the property of the Al-Charfet monastery. In September 1810 Michael Daher resigned as Patriarch, appointing himself to bishop of Aleppo. Even if the Rome considered these resignations as illegal, they were accepted in 1812. Michael Daher died in 1816.