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Ignatius Zakka I Iwas

1931 - 2014

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Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (Syriac: ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܙܟܝ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܥܝܘܐܨ; Arabic: إغناطيوس زكا الأول عيواص; Ignatios Zakkà ‘Īwāṣ, born Sanharib Iwas, 21 April 1931 – 21 March 2014) was the 122nd reigning Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and, as such, Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church. Also known by his traditional episcopal name, Severios, he was enthroned as patriarch on 14 September 1980 in St. George's Patriarchal Cathedral in Damascus. He succeeded Ignatius Ya`qub III. As is traditional for the head of the church, Mor Severios adopted the name Ignatius. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ignatius Zakka I Iwas is the 1,323rd most popular religious figure (up from 2,617th in 2019), the 179th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 317th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Iraqi Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ignatius Zakka I Iwas ranks 1,323 out of 3,187Before him are Saint Publius, Śāntarakṣita, Augustin Bea, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei, Mark of Ephesus, and Seán Brady. After him are Bao Xishun, Ibn Qudamah, Odilo of Cluny, John XI of Constantinople, Colette of Corbie, and Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach.

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Among people born in 1931, Ignatius Zakka I Iwas ranks 113Before him are Jack Swigert, Ted Kotcheff, Alfred Schmidt, Pascal Lissouba, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, and Ryuzo Hiraki. After him are Samir Amin, Camillo Ruini, James Tolkan, Morris Chang, Ivan Klíma, and Sri Chinmoy. Among people deceased in 2014, Ignatius Zakka I Iwas ranks 96Before him are Oscar de la Renta, Stuart Hall, Gottfried John, Ralph H. Baer, Valeri Kubasov, and Christopher Jones. After him are Jack Bruce, Fred Phelps, Run Run Shaw, Menahem Golan, Joan Rivers, and Mário Coluna.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ignatius Zakka I Iwas ranks 179 out of 384Before him are David Sassoon (1792), Seleucus of Seleucia (-190), Ibn Muqla (886), Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti (1951), Ninus (null), and Zubaidah bint Ja`far (766). After him are Diogenes of Babylon (-240), Lugalbanda (null), Ibrahim al-Jaafari (1947), Ayad Allawi (1944), Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (1954), and Al-Hakim I (1247).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iraq

Among religious figures born in Iraq, Ignatius Zakka I Iwas ranks 20Before him are Hillel the Elder (-110), Ibn Qutaybah (828), Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah (1935), Ibn Sa'd (784), Abo of Tiflis (756), and Dinkha IV (1935). After him are Suhayb ar-Rumi (587), Ahmad al-Rifaʽi (1118), Dawud al-Zahiri (815), Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935), An Shigao (101), and Emmanuel III Delly (1927).