Maximos IV Sayegh

Maximos IV Sayegh (or Saïgh; 10 April 1878, in Aleppo, Syria – 5 November 1967, in Beirut, Lebanon) was Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1947 until his death in 1967. One of the fathers of Second Vatican Council, the outspoken patriarch stirred the Council by urging reconciliation between the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. He accepted the title of cardinal in 1965 after Pope Paul VI clarified the significance of that title in the case of an Eastern Patriarch.

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Maximos IV Sayegh
Cardinal Patriarch (Melkite Greek) of Antioch
ChurchMelkite Greek Catholic Church
SeeAntioch
Elected30 October 1947
Installed21 June 1948
Term ended5 November 1967
PredecessorCyril IX Moghabghab
SuccessorMaximos V Hakim
Other post(s)Bishop of Damas
Orders
Ordination17 September 1905
Consecration30 August 1919
by Demetrius I Qadi
Created cardinal22 February 1965
by Pope Paul VI
RankPatriarch, Cardinal-Bishop
Personal details
Born
Massimo Sayegh

(1878-04-10)10 April 1878
Died5 November 1967(1967-11-05) (aged 89)
Beirut, Lebanon
DenominationMelkite Catholic
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