Ignace I Daoud

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Ignace Moussa I
Patriarch Emeritus of Antioch for the Syrian Catholic Church
See Antioch
Enthroned October 25, 1998
Ended January 8, 2001
Predecessor Ignace Antoine II
Successor Ignace Pierre VIII
Birth name Basile Moussa Daoud
Born 18 September 1930 (1930-09-18) (age 77)
Meskaneh, Syria

Patriarch Ignace Moussa I [Cardinal] (Daoud) was born Basile Moussa Daoud on 18 September 1930. His Beatitude is the Patriarch Emeritus of Antioch for the Syrian Catholic Church, a Cardinal Bishop, and Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in the Roman Catholic Church.

Born in Meskaneh, Syria, he was ordained a priest on 17 October 1954. He studied Canon law at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. In 1977, His Beatitude was elected Bishop of Cairo by the Syrian Patriarchal Synod. He was consecrated to Archbishop of Homs for the Catholic Syrians in 1994 and to Patriarch of Antioch for the Syrian Catholic Church on 1998. His Beatitude retired from the Patriarchal See in 2001.

His Beatitude was then proclaimed Cardinal by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of 21 February 2001, having been named Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in November of the previous year. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI. On 9th June 2007, His Beatitude Patriarch-Emeritus Ignace Moussa I resigned from the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.

His Beatitude is still a member of the folowing dicasteries of the Roman Curia:

  • Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
  • Congregation for the Causes of Saints
  • Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity
  • Pontificial Council for Legislative Texts
  • Special Council for Lebanon of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops

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