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Head of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1925 to 1947
Cyril IX Moghabghab
(October 29, 1855 in
Ain Zhalta
,
Ottoman Syria
? September 8, 1947 in
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
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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
Zahle
, Lebanon, confirmed on May 20, 1899 and consecrated eparch on May 28 of the same year by patriarch
Peter IV Geraigiry
.
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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
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During his tenure as patriarch he was co-consecrator of the following eparchs:
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