Ignatius Michael III Jarweh
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Mar Ignatius Michael III Jarweh |
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| Patriarch of Antioch | |
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| Church | Syriac Catholic Church |
| See | Patriarch of Antioch |
| Installed | January 22, 1783 |
| Term ended | September 4, 1800 |
| Successor | Ignatius Michael IV Daher |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Dionysius Michael Jarweh ibn Ni'matallah |
| Born | 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 111 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.
On July 21, 1781, his Syriac Orthodox predecessor Patriarch George IV died, and the bishops (five bishops 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. 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, making fatalities: Michael survived, but lost many days. In the meantime one of these two Syirac Orthodox bishops, Mar Matta ben Abdel-Ahad Saalab, bishop of Mosul, consecrated to bishop four of his monks in order to hold a second election 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.
Michael Jarweh was born on January 3, 1731 in Aleppo. He spent some time as deacon in Edessa and in 1757 he was ordained a priest by the Syrian bishop of Aleppo, George Fattal, who also appointed him as procurator of the church of Aleppo. He was distinguished for his sermons and for his concern for the poor.
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