Given the question: Facts: - title: patriarch of antioch - see: patriarch of antioch - type: patriarch - consecration: august 1754 -lrb- bishop -rrb- - successor: michael fadel - church: maronite church - elected: june 9 , 1766 - predecessor: tobias el khazen - death date: 22 april 1793 - birth date: 1729 - name: joseph vi estephan -lrb- -rrb- - ended: april 22 , 1793 - consecrated by: simon awad Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joseph estephan .
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joseph vi estephan -lrb- 1729 -- 1793 -rrb- -lrb- or yusuf istifan , '' stephan '' , -rrb- was the maronite patriarch of antioch from 1766 until his death in 1793 .