Cyril IX Moghabghab

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Cyril IX Moghabghab (October 29, 1855 - September 8, 1947) served as Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1925 to 1947.

[edit] Life

Patriarch Cyril 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 bishop of Zahle, Lebanon. He was one of the first Melkite bishops to visit the Americas when, in 1904, he came to Brazil. [1] He succeeded Demetrius I Qadi as patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church on December 8, 1925.

Patriarch Cyril died on September 8, 1947 and was succeeded by Maximos IV Sayegh.

[edit] See also

• Patriarch of Antioch

[edit] External links

• Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem
• L'Église Melkite/The Melkite Church.
• Melkite Catholic Web Ring.
• Official Website of the Melkite Church in the US.
• Extensive history of the Melkite Church
• Melkite Ambassadors Young Adult Website.