Ignatius Moussa I. Daoud
His Beatitude Mar Ignatius Moussa I Cardinal Daoud (* as Basile Moses Daoud on September 18, 1930 in Meskané , Syria ; † April 7, 2012 in Rome ) was Patriarch of the Syrian Catholic Church of Antioch and later Cardinal of the Curia .
Life
Basil Moussa Daoud was born in 1930 as one of six children in Meskané, a village near Homs in Syria. From 1941 he studied Catholic theology and philosophy in the St.-Ephrem-St.-Benoît seminary of the French Benedictines in Jerusalem , later after its relocation from 1949 to 1955 in the convent of Charfet (Šarfeh), Lebanon . On 17 October 1954 he received by the Patriarch Ignatius Gabriel Cardinal I. Tappouni in the St. George Cathedral in Beirut , the ordination . Of the seven priests ordained that day, five later became bishops.
Daoud returned in 1955 to his home eparchie Homs and worked in various functions, including parish priest, teacher, school director and secretary of the archbishop and finally vicar general of the archeparch of Homs. From 1962 Daoud studied canon law at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, which he completed with a licentiate in canon law. In 1970 he was appointed Secretary General by Patriarch Mar Ignatius Antoine II Hayek .
In July 1977 he was elected Syrian Catholic Bishop of Cairo by the Patriarchal Synod and received episcopal ordination from Patriarch Ignatius Antoine II Hayek on September 18 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were the Auxiliary Bishop of the Patriarch, Archbishop Flavien Zacharie Melki , and the Bishop of his home Parchy of Homs, Joseph Jacob Abiad . In October 1977 he was enthroned in the Church of St. Catherine in Cairo . He was an advisor and later a member of the Commission for the Revision of the Codex of the Eastern Catholic Churches (CCEO) and responsible for the translations into the Arabic language.
In 1994 he was transferred by the Patriarchal Synod to the bishopric of Homs, Hama and Nabk in Syria, his home parish, and in 1998 he was elected by the synod as Mar Ignatius Moussa I as Patriarch of the Syrian Catholic Church based in Beirut.
In 2000, Pope John Paul II appointed him Prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches and thus head of the Curia authority responsible for the Eastern Catholic Churches . On February 21, 2001, he was appointed cardinal. In addition, on April 21, 2005, he was appointed Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Oriental Institute .
On June 9, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI. the resignation that had been submitted by Cardinal Daoud for reasons of age. He died of a stroke in the Gemelli clinic in Rome . His body was transferred to Beirut, the funeral ceremony took place on April 13, 2012 in the Syrian Catholic Cathedral, the burial in the patriarchal tomb of the Charfet monastery (Šarfeh).
Memberships in the Roman Curia
- Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
- Congregation for the Processes of Beatification and Canonization
- Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
- Pontifical Council for the Laws
Web links
- Daoud, Ignace Moussa I. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed August 7, 2016.
- Entry on Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 7, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ "Syrian Cardinal Daoud has died" , Domradio, April 7, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Daoud, Ignatius Moussa I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Daoud, Basile Moussa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Syrian clergyman, prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches, cardinal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Meskané , Syria |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 2012 |
| Place of death | Rome |