Cyril IX Moghabghab

Cyril IX Moghabghab
Patriarch of Antioch
Church	Melkite Greek Catholic Church
See	Antioch
Enthroned	1925-12-08
Ended	1947-09-08
Predecessor	Demetrius I Qadi
Successor	Maximos IV Sayegh

Born	1855-10-29 Ain Zhalta, Lebanon
Died	1947-09-08

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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.

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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] Following an old tradition of the more than 900-years old Order of Knighthood, founded in Jerusalem to take care of leproses in the Hospital St. Lazare, he is the Spiritual Protector of the international ecumenical Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem. 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.

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