Church Syrian Catholic Church Role Patriarch Consecration June 21, 1997 Name Ignatius VIII Ordination October 17, 1954 | Installed February 20, 2001 See Antioch Term ended February 2, 2008 | |
Birth name Peter Gregory Abdalahad Born 30 June 1930 (age 93)
Aleppo, Syria ( 1930-06-30 ) | ||
Predecessor Ignatius Moses I Daoud Successor Ignatius Joseph III Yonan | ||
Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad (born Peter Gregory Abdalahad at Aleppo on June 30, 1930) is Patriarch Emeritus of Antioch and all the East of the Syrians of the Syriac Catholic Church (or Syrian Catholic Church). They are one of the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches following the Antiochene rite, the Syriac tradition of Antioch, along with the Syriac Orthodox Maronites, Syro-Malankara Christians.
He was ordained priest on October 17, 1954 and consecrated bishop on June 21, 1997 by Patriarch Ignatius Antony II Hayyek, and served as auxiliary bishop of Antioch till his appointment as Primate and Patriarch on February 16, 2001. His resignation has been accepted on February 2, 2008. He lives in Beirut.
Ignatius Joseph III Yonan was elected as Primate and Patriarch on January 20, 2009 and his election confirmed by Pope Benedict XVI on January 22, 2009.