Maximos III Mazloum
| Maximos III Mazloum | |
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| Patriarch of Antioch | |
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| Church | Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
| See | Antioch |
| Installed | March 24, 1833 |
| Term ended | August, 1855 |
| Predecessor | Ignatius V Qattan |
| Successor | Clement Bahouth |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1806 (Priest) |
| Consecration | August 5, 1810 (Bishop) by Agapius II Matar |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Michael Mazloum |
| Born | November 1779 Aleppo, Syria |
| Died | August , 1855 (aged 75–76) |
Maximos III Michael Mazloum, (born in November 1779 in Aleppo, present Syria – died in August 1855) was patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1833 until 1855. As patriarch he reformed church administration and bolstered clerical education. He was also the first Melkite patriarch granted civil authority by the Ottoman Empire when the Melkites were recognized as a unique millet.
Born in Aleppo, Syria in November 1779, Mazloum was ordained priest in 1806. Mazloum was a protégé of Germanos Adam, the Melkite Archbishop of Aleppo. Adam, a theologian, was wary of the Latinizing influence of Western missionaries and championed the rights of the Melkite Church but also was taken by the Jansenist ideas of Scipione de' Ricci and not liked by the Latin missionaries of Aleppo because of litigations on properties. As a consequence, in June 1810 Rome opposed the elevation of Mazloum as Adam's successor in Aleppo. But Michael Mazloum was elected bishop of Aleppo on 26 July 1810 and consecrated bishop on August 5, 1810 by patriarch Agapius II Matar, taking the name of Maximos.
His appointment as bishop of Aleppo was contested by Propaganda Fide (and by Ignatius IV Sarrouf, Archbishop of Beirut and future patriarch). In May 1811, a compromise was reached: Mazloum was offered the position of superior of the first Melkite seminary established in Ain Traz. In 1814 Mazloum was sent to Rome by the Melkite Episcopal Synod to appeal his dismissal from the See of Aleppo: Pope Pius VII on July 24, 1814 rejected the appeal and asked Mazloum (who was given the titular title of Myra) to remain in Europe. Mazloum remained in Europe until 1831, living mainly in Rome, and endearing himself to the Roman Curia because of his untiring efforts in aid of the Melkites.
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