His Beatitude and Eminence Ignatius Moses I Daoud | |
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| CardinalPatriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syrians | |
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| Church | Syrian Catholic Church |
| See | Antioch |
| Installed | 25 October 1998 |
| Term ended | 8 January 2001 |
| Predecessor | Ignatius Antony II Hayyek |
| Successor | Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad |
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| Ordination | 17 October 1954 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 18 September 1977 (Bishop) by Antony II Hayyek |
| Created cardinal | 21 February 2001 |
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| Born | Basile Daoud (1930-09-18)18 September 1930 Meskaneh, Syria |
| Died | 7 April 2012(2012-04-07) (aged 81) Rome, Italy |
Ignatius Basile Moses I Daoud (orMoussa Daoud) (Syriac:ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܡܘܫܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܐܘܕ) (18 September 1930 – 7 April 2012) wasPatriarch ofAntioch for theSyrian Catholic Church,[1] aCardinal Bishop (because he was an Eastern Patriarch elevated to Cardinal), andPrefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in the Catholic Church.
Daoud was born inMeskaneh, a village nearHoms, Syria, to Daoud Moussa Daoud and Kahla Elias Dabbas.[2] He was ordained a priest on 17 October 1954. He earned a degree inCanon law at thePontifical Lateran University in Rome. On 18 September 1977 he was consecrated Bishop ofCairo by PatriarchIgnatius Antony II Hayyek. In 1994 he was appointedArchbishop ofHoms of the Catholic Syrians.[2]
Then-Archbishop Moses Daoud was electedPatriarch of Antioch for theSyrian Catholic Church on 13 October 1998. He was confirmed as Patriarch of Antioch byPope John Paul II on 20 October 1998, and was enthroned as Patriarch of Antioch on 25 October 1998. By custom, he added the name Ignatius to his own name, honoringSaint Ignatius of Antioch. He retired from the Patriarchal See on 8 January 2001, shortly after being named Prefect of theCongregation for the Oriental Churches, which deals with Vatican relations with the Eastern-Rite Churches in communion with Rome, by Pope John Paul II, on 25 November 2000.
Moses Daoud was proclaimedcardinal-bishop by Pope John Paul in the consistory of 21 February 2001.[2] He was one of thecardinal electors who participated in the2005 papal conclave that electedPope Benedict XVI. On 9 June 2007, Patriarch Emeritus Ignatius Moses I resigned his post as Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
Until his 80th birthday, he was a member of the following dicasteries of the Roman Curia:
He died on 7 April 2012 in Rome.
Afuneral Mass in theRoman Rite took place on 10 April 2012, atSaint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, with theDean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, formerCardinal Secretary of StateAngelo Sodano, as principalcelebrant. Cardinal Daoud's body was then flown toBeirut and with Syriac rites buried with other Patriarchs of Antioch inSharfeh, Harissa, Lebanon on 16 April 2012. In his homily, Cardinal Sodano said he had visited the ailing Patriarch a few days before he died of complications from acerebrovascular accident (CVA, or stroke). He said Cardinal Daoud told him he was "offering to the Lord his suffering for the good of the holy Church and above all for the unity of all Christians". In a message to the incumbent Syriac Patriarch of Antioch,Ignatius Joseph III Younan, Pope Benedict XVI called the Cardinal Patriarch "a faithful Pastor who devoted himself with faith and generosity to the service of the people of God". He went on to say that, "these days, when we celebrate the resurrection of the Lord", he was offering special prayers "for the peoples of the region who are living through difficult times".[3][4]
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| Preceded by | Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrian Catholic Church 20 October 1998 – 8 January 2001 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches 25 November 2000 – 9 June 2007 | Succeeded by |
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