Ignatius Michael IV Daher


Mar Ignatius Michael IV Daher was the Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church from 1801 to 1810.

Michael Daher was born in 1761 in Aleppo. Five days after the death of Ignatius Michael III Jarweh the Syriac Catholic synod elected as new Patriarch Mar Cyril Bennam, bishop of Mosul, which was absent and immediately resigned. This opened a difficult succession, ended on December 20, 1801 with the election as Patriarch of Michael Daher, till then responsible of the Catholic Syriac community in Aleppo. Michael Daher was ordained bishop in May 1802 and he received the Pallium, the sign of patriarchal authority, by Pope Pius VII on December 20, 1802.

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