Ignatius Joseph III Yonan
Head of the Syriac Catholic Church since 2009 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ignatius Ephrem Joseph III Yonan (or Younan, Syriac: ܐܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܝܘܣܦ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ ܝܘܢܢ, born November 15, 1944) is the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syriacs for the Syriac Catholic Church since his election on January 20, 2009.[1]
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Patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syrians | |
Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Yonan in Lodi, 2017 | |
Church | Syriac Catholic Church |
See | Antioch |
Elected | 20 January 2009 |
Installed | 15 February 2009 |
Predecessor | Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad |
Other post(s) | Bishop of Beirut |
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Ordination | 12 September 1971 |
Consecration | 7 January 1996 by Antony II Hayyek |
Personal details | |
Born | Ephrem Joseph Yonan (1944-11-15) 15 November 1944 (age 79) |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (1995–2009) |
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