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Patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syrians | |
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 |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (1995–2009) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 12 September 1971 |
Consecration | 7 January 1996 by Antony II Hayyek |
Personal details | |
Born | Ephrem Joseph Yonan 15 November 1944 |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
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]