Joseph Dergham El Khazen
| Joseph V (Dergham) El Khazen (يوسف الخامس درغام الخازن) |
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| Patriarch of Antioch | |
| Church | Maronite Church |
| See | Patriarch of Antioch |
| Elected | February 25, 1733 |
| Term ended | May 13, 1742 |
| Predecessor | Jacob Awad |
| Successor | Simon Awad |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1728 (Bishop) by Jacob Awad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ghosta, Lebanon |
| Died | May 13, 1742 |
Joseph V Dergham El Khazen (or Yusuf Dargham al-Khazin, Arabic: يوسف الخامس درغام الخازن, Latin: Ioseph Dargam Alchasen, born in Ghosta, Lebanon - died on May 13, 1742), was the 60th Maronite Patriarch of Antioch from 1733 to his death in 1742.
Joseph Dergham El Khazen was a member of the Khazen family and he was born in the village of Ghosta, in the Keserwan District, Lebanon. He married, and after the death of his wife he became priest. He was consecrated titular bishop of Ghosta in 1728 by the hands of patriarch Jacob Awad. At the death of Jacob Awad, the electoral synod couldn't decide between two pretenders, so finally on February 25, 1733 he was elected for acclamation because of his influential family. The confirmation of his election by Pope Clement XII arrived on December 18, 1733, with the brief Cum nos a vinculo and El Khazen received the pallium.
The need for reform of the Maronite Church, the ecclesiastical discipline of the religious establishments and the need to establish canonically dioceses, pushed the bishops, the clergy and the notables of the country to write to Rome to request the intervention of the Holy See with the sending Giuseppe Simone Assemani as apostolic delegate to Rome. During the works, Joseph Dergham clashed often with Giuseppe Simone Assemani, who presided it, due to the fact that the synod was going to limit the faculties of the Patriarch Assemani arrived in Lebanon, with full powers and instructions of Propaganda Fide, on June 17, 1736. After three months of preparation, the synod was announced on 30 September and on 1 and 2 October. Among the main points discussed by the assembly: the separation of mixed monasteries, the division of patriarchy in eparchies, the training of clergy, the discipline of the sacraments, and economic issues. The documents, written in Arabic, were signed by all present on October 2, 1736. Assemani, before returning to Rome, proceeded, on behalf of the same patriarch, to immediately running some decisions of the Synod, but he found some pockets of resistance especially in the issue of the separation of mixed monasteries, where religious men and women were living under the same roof, although separated from the enclosure.
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