Cyril IX Moghabghab

Cyril IX Moghabghab
Cyril IX Moghabghab
	Patriarch of Antioch
Church	Melkite Greek Catholic Church
See	Patriarch of Antioch
Installed	December 8, 1925
Term ended	September 8, 1947
Predecessor	Demetrius I Qadi
Successor	Maximos IV Sayegh
Orders
Ordination	Mar 27, 1883 (Priest)
Consecration	May 28, 1899 (Bishop); by Peter IV Geraigiry
Personal details
Born	October 29, 1855; Ain Zhalta, Ottoman Syria (modern-day Lebanon)
Died	September 8, 1947 (aged 91); Alexandria, Egypt

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.

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 elected eparch of Zahlé, Lebanon, confirmed on May 20, 1899 and consecrated eparch on May 28 of the same year by patriarch Peter IV Geraigiry.[1] 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 the Pope accepted his request for ecclesiastical communion 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:

Dionysius Kfoury, BS - Auxiliary bishop of Antioch and Titular bishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti
Eftimios Youakim, BS - Eparch of Zahle and Furzol
Gabriel Nabaa, BS - Eparch of Sidon
Agapios Salomon Naoum, BS - Archbishop of Tyre
Maximos V Hakim - Eparch of Akka.

Distinctions

Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted 1910)

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Notes

"Patriarch Cyril IX Mogabgab". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Demetrius I	Patriarch of Antioch 1925-1947	Succeeded by Maximos IV

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[1] "Patriarch Cyril IX Mogabgab". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.