Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad (born Peter Gregory Abdalahad; 30 June 1930 – 4 April 2018) was

patriarch The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Roman Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and ...

of Antioch and all the East of the

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. He served as patriarch from 2001 to 2008, when he resigned and retired.

Biography

He was ordained priest on October 17, 1954 and consecrated bishop on June 21, 1997 by Syriac Catholic Patriarch

Ignatius Antony II Hayyek Ignatius Antony II Hayyek (or ''Antun Hayek'', September 14, 1910 – February 21, 2007) was the Patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syrians of the Syriac Catholic Church from 1968 to 1998. Antun Hayyek was born at Aleppo in 1910 an ...

, and served as auxiliary bishop of

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till his appointment as Primate and Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church on February 16, 2001. His resignation was accepted on February 2, 2008. He lived in

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. He was succeeded by

Ignatius Joseph III Yonan Ignatius Joseph III Yonan (or ''Younan'', , born 15 November 1944) is the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syriacs for the Syriac Catholic Church since his election on 20 January 2009. Life Ephrem Joseph Yonan wa ...

, who was elected as Primate and Patriarch on January 20, 2009 and his election confirmed by Pope Benedict XVI on January 22, 2009. Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad died in

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on 4 April 2018.

Distinctions

* Grand Master of the

Order of Saint Ignatius of Antioch The Order of Saint Ignatius of Antioch is an honorific lay order and ecclesiastical decoration founded in 1985 by the Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church. The Patriarch of Antioch is automatically the Grand Master who leads the order. That is ...

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abdalahad, Ignatius Peter 08 1930 births 2018 deaths Syriac Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch Religious leaders from Aleppo 20th-century Eastern Catholic archbishops 21st-century Eastern Catholic archbishops 20th-century Syrian people 21st-century Syrian people