Ignatius Michael III Jarweh

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Ignatius Michael III Jarweh
Mar; Ignatius Michael III Jarweh
Patriarch of Antioch
Church	Syriac Catholic Church
See	Patriarch of Antioch
Installed	January 22, 1783
Term ended	September 4, 1800
Predecessor	Ignatius George IV
Successor	Ignatius Michael IV Daher
Personal details
Born	Dionysius Michael Jarweh ibn Ni'matallah; January 3, 1731; Aleppo, Syria
Died	4 September 1800 (aged 69); Al-Charfet monastery, Mount Lebanon
Residence	Aleppo, and then Charfet

Mar Ignatius Michael III Jarweh ibn Ni'matallah (or Javré, Jaroueh, Garweh, Djarweh, Giarvé, 1731–1800) was the 111th Patriarch of Antioch and Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church from 1783 to 1800.

In 1757 Michael Jarweh converted to Catholicism and took with him a large number of his congregants.^[1]

On July 21, 1781, his Syriac Orthodox predecessor Patriarch George IV died, and the bishops (five were present), clergy and laity met in the Dayr al-Zafaran monastery and elected Ignatius Michael III Jarweh as Patriarch; he accepted only after the reading and the approval of a Catholic declaration of faith in the Church of the Forty Martyrs, Mardin. He was enthroned in Mor Hananyo Monastery on 22 January 1783 and took the traditional name of Ignatius III. His election was confirmed by the Pope on September 14, 1783, and he received the Pallium, the sign of patriarchal authority, on December 15 of the same year. The Syrian Catholic Church once again had a patriarch.

Two Syriac bishops opposed his election: two days after Michael's enthronement they took the money of the monastery and paid a group of Kurds who attacked Mardin,^[2]^: 390 making fatalities: Michael survived, but lost many days. In the meantime one of these two Syriac Orthodox bishops, Mar Matta ben Abdel-Ahad Saalab, bishop of Mosul, consecrated to bishop four of his monks^[2]^: 391 in order to hold a second election^[1] and thus he was elected Syriac Orthodox patriarch. This party arrived at Istanbul before Michael's envoy, and received the formal approval of the Ottoman authorities, and could thus continue a parallel Syriac Orthodox tradition.

^ ^a ^b Frazee, Charles A. (2006). Catholics and Sultans: The Church and the Ottoman Empire 1453–1923. Cambridge University Press. pp. 207–209. ISBN 978-0-521-02700-7. Retrieved February 22, 2009.
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[Frazee-1] Frazee, Charles A. (2006). Catholics and Sultans: The Church and the Ottoman Empire 1453–1923. Cambridge University Press. pp. 207–209. ISBN 978-0-521-02700-7. Retrieved February 22, 2009.

[Jarw-2] Cite error: The named reference Jarw was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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