Ignatius Andrew Akijan

Mar

Ignatius Andrew Akijan
Patriarch of Antioch
ChurchSyriac Catholic Church
SeePatriarch of Antioch
Installed20 August 1662
Term ended18 July 1677
PredecessorIgnatius Yeshu II
SuccessorIgnatius Gregory Peter VI Shahbaddin
Personal details
Born
'Abdul-Ghal Akijan

1622
Died18 July 1677 (aged 54–55)
Aleppo

Mar Ignatius Andrew 'Abdul-Ghal Akijan (or Akhidjan, Akidjian, 1622–1677) was the Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church from 1662 to 1677. His election as Patriarch marked the first separation of the hierarchy between the Syriac Catholic Church and the Syriac Orthodox Church.


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