enthroned consecrated_by ended predecessor successor patriarch_of consecration birth_place death_date article_title see birth_date ordination name church
march 20 , 1968 gabriel i tappuni july 23 , 1998 ignatius gabriel i tappuni ignatius moses i daoud patriarch syrians of antioch and all the east of the august 15 , 1959 -lrb- bishop -rrb- aleppo , syria 21 february 2007 ignatius antony ii hayyek
 antioch september 14 , 1910 june 10 , 1933 -lrb- priest -rrb- ignatius antony ii hayyek syrian catholic church
ignatius antony ii hayyek

ignatius antony ii hayyek -lrb- or `` antun hayek '' , september 14 , 1910 -- february 21 , 2007 -rrb- was the patriarch of antioch and all the east of the syrians of the syriac catholic church from 1968 to 1998 .
antun hayyek was born at aleppo in 1910 and was ordained priest on june 10 , 1933 .
on august 15 , 1959 he was consecrated bishop of aleppo by patriarch ignatius gabriel i tappuni and served there till his appointment as primate and patriarch on march 10 , 1968 .
his resignation was accepted on july 23 , 1998 .
he died on february 21 , 2007 .
