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Ignatius Joseph III Yonan
ܐܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܝܘܣܦ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ ܝܘܢܢ
His Beatitude Moran Mor; Ignatius Joseph III Yonan; ܐܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܝܘܣܦ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ ܝܘܢܢ;
Patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syrians
	Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Yonan in Lodi, 2017
Church	Syriac Catholic Church
See	Antioch
Elected	20 January 2009
Installed	15 February 2009
Predecessor	Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad
Other post(s)	Bishop of Beirut
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (1995–2009)
Orders
Ordination	12 September 1971
Consecration	7 January 1996; by Antony II Hayyek
Personal details
Born	Ephrem Joseph Yonan; 15 November 1944 (age 80); Hassaké, Syria
Denomination	Catholic Church

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Ignatius Ephrem Joseph III Yonan (or Younan, Syriac: ܐܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܝܘܣܦ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ ܝܘܢܢ, born November 15, 1944) is the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syriacs for the Syriac Catholic Church since his election on January 20, 2009.^[1]

Life

Ephrem Joseph Yonan was born at Al-Hasakah, Syria, on November 15, 1944, and was ordained a priest on September 12, 1971. He served as director of the Seminary of Charfet for two years, as Director of Catechesis of the diocese of Hassaké for seven years and as pastor of the Church of the Annunciation in Beirut up to 1986.

In 1986 he was sent to the United States to establish missions for the Assyrian Catholic faithful. He founded a mission in Newark, New Jersey (Our Lady of Deliverance) and others in North Hollywood (Sacred Heart) in 1991 and in San Diego (Our Mother of Perpetual Help) in 1994.

On November 6, 1995, Pope John Paul II erected the Syrian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance in Newark for all the Assyrian Catholics of the United States and Canada,^[2] and appointed Ephrem Joseph Yonan as first eparch (bishop).^[3] He was thus consecrated bishop on January 7, 1996, by Ignatius Antony II Hayyek and served in the United States until his election as Primate and Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church on January 20, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI granted him ecclesiastical communion on January 22, 2009,^[4] in accordance with Canon 76 § 2 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.

Along with Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Yonan served as a co-president of the October 2010 Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East in the Vatican.

Works

The patriarch has visited members of his flock in various areas of the diaspora, including Australia and the United States.^[5]

Yonan has been very active in the request for the beatification for Flavianus Michael Malke, who was beatified in 2015.^[6]

He has continuously called on Western countries to not support insurgents in Syria "just to make the regime of Assad fall" and to find another way to resolve the conflict.^[7] He has also condemned them for not caring enough about Middle Eastern Christians.^[8]^[9]

References

^ "Interview with Patriarch Yonan". Real Catholic TV. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
^ "Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian)". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
^ Sharon Bernstein (November 19, 1995). "Valley Priest to Be Bishop of New Diocese". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
^ "Pontiff Urges Syriac Leader to Remember Diaspora". ZENIT News Agency. January 23, 2009. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
^ "Patriarchal Visit in the USA and Canada". Syriac Catholic Patriarchate.
^ "Syriac Catholic Church investigation concludes in a report for the Bishop Mar Flapejanos Mikhail Malki to be beatified". Syriac Catholic Patriarchate.
^ Video on YouTube
^ http://www.catholicweekly.com.au/article.php?classID=1&subclassID=84&articleID=10628&class=&subclass=Breaking%20News^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "The Catholic Weekly - Sydney". Archived from the original on 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2013-02-14.

External links

Media related to Ignatius Joseph III Younan at Wikimedia Commons

"Archbishop Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
[1] (German)

Positions

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad	Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrian Catholic Church 20 January 2009 –	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by New Eparchy	Eparch of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark 1986–2009	Succeeded by Bishop Joseph (Youssif) Habash

[1] "Interview with Patriarch Yonan". Real Catholic TV. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved February 11, 2013.

[2] "Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian)". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved August 22, 2010.

[3] Sharon Bernstein (November 19, 1995). "Valley Priest to Be Bishop of New Diocese". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 22, 2010.

[4] "Pontiff Urges Syriac Leader to Remember Diaspora". ZENIT News Agency. January 23, 2009. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2009.

[5] "Patriarchal Visit in the USA and Canada". Syriac Catholic Patriarchate.

[6] "Syriac Catholic Church investigation concludes in a report for the Bishop Mar Flapejanos Mikhail Malki to be beatified". Syriac Catholic Patriarchate.

[7] Video on YouTube

[8] ttp://www.catholicweekly.com.au/article.php?classID=1&subclassID=84&articleID=10628&class=&subclass=Breaking%20News^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[9] "The Catholic Weekly - Sydney". Archived from the original on 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2013-02-14.

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-| name = {{unbulleted list|Moran Mor Ignatius Joseph III Yonan|ܐܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܝܘܣܦ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ ܝܘܢܢ}}
+| name = {{unbulleted list|Ignatius Joseph III Yonan|ܐܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܝܘܣܦ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ ܝܘܢܢ}}
-| title=[[List of Syriac Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch|Patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syriacs]]
+| title=[[List of Syriac Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch|Patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syrians]]
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-| image = Ignacio José III Younan 2015 (cropped).jpg
+| image = Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Yonan .JPG
+| caption = Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Yonan in [[Lodi, Lombardy|Lodi]], 2017
-| caption =
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 |consecrated_by=[[Ignatius Antony II Hayyek|Antony II Hayyek]]
 | previous_post = [[Syriac Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark|Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark]] (1995–2009)
-| religion = [[Syriac Catholic Church|Syrian Catholic]]
+| religion = [[Catholic Church]]
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-'''Ignatius Ephrem Joseph III Yonan''' (or ''Younan'', {{lang-syr|ܐܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܝܘܣܦ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ ܝܘܢܢ}}, born November 15, 1944) is the [[Patriarch]] of [[List of Syrian Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch|Antioch and all the East of the Syriacs]] for the [[Syriac Catholic Church]] since his election on January 20, 2009.<ref>{{cite web
+'''Ignatius Ephrem Joseph III Yonan''' (or ''Younan'', {{langx|syr|ܐܓܢܛܝܘܣ ܝܘܣܦ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ ܝܘܢܢ}}, born November 15, 1944) is the [[Syriac Catholic]] [[Patriarch]] of [[List of Syrian Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch|Antioch and all the East of the Syriacs]] for the [[Syriac Catholic Church]] since his election on January 20, 2009.<ref>{{cite web
-|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9vB0wLLI7c |publisher=Real Catholic TV |title=Interview with Patriarch Yonan |accessdate=February 11, 2013}}</ref>
+|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9vB0wLLI7c  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/j9vB0wLLI7c |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|publisher=Real Catholic TV |title=Interview with Patriarch Yonan |access-date=February 11, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
 ==Life==
-Ephrem Joseph Yonan was born at [[Al-Hasakah|Hassaké]], [[Syria]] on November 15, 1944 and was ordained a priest on September 12, 1971. He served as director of the Seminary of Charfet for two years, as Director of Catechesis of the diocese of Hassaké for seven years and as pastor of the Church of the Annunciation in [[Beirut]] up to 1986.
+Ephrem Joseph Yonan was born at [[Al-Hasakah]], [[Syria]], on November 15, 1944, and was ordained a priest on September 12, 1971. He served as director of the Seminary of Charfet for two years, as Director of Catechesis of the diocese of Hassaké for seven years and as pastor of the Church of the Annunciation in [[Beirut]] up to 1986.
-In 1986 he was sent to the [[United States]] to establish missions for the Syrian Catholic faithful. He founded a mission in [[Newark, New Jersey]] (''Our Lady of Deliverance'') and others in [[North Hollywood]] (''Sacred Heart'') in 1991 and in [[San Diego]] (''Our Mother of Perpetual Help'') in 1994.
+In 1986 he was sent to the [[United States]] to establish missions for the Assyrian Catholic faithful. He founded a mission in [[Newark, New Jersey]] (''Our Lady of Deliverance'') and others in [[North Hollywood]] (''Sacred Heart'') in 1991 and in [[San Diego]] (''Our Mother of Perpetual Help'') in 1994.
-On November 6, 1995, [[Pope John Paul II]] erected the [[Syrian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark|Syrian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance]] in Newark for all the Syrian Catholics of the United States and Canada,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnesy.html |publisher=catholic-hierarchy.org |title=Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian) |accessdate=August 22, 2010}}</ref>  and appointed Ephrem Joseph Yonan as first [[Eparchy#Church hierarchy|eparch]] (''bishop'').<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1995-11-19/local/me-5096_1_syriac-catholic-church |date=November 19, 1995 |publisher=Los Angeles Times |author=Sharon Bernstein |title=Valley Priest to Be Bishop of New Diocese |accessdate=August 22, 2010}}</ref> He was thus consecrated bishop on January 7, 1996 by [[Ignatius Antony II Hayyek]] and served in the United States until his election as Primate and Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church on January 20, 2009. [[Pope Benedict XVI]] granted him ecclesiastical communion on January 22, 2009,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.zenit.org/article-24882?l=english |publisher=ZENIT News Agency |date=January 23, 2009 |title=Pontiff Urges Syriac Leader to Remember Diaspora}}</ref> in accordance with Canon 76 § 2 of the [[Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches]].
+On November 6, 1995, [[Pope John Paul II]] erected the [[Syrian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark|Syrian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance]] in Newark for all the [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] Catholics of the United States and Canada,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnesy.html |publisher=catholic-hierarchy.org |title=Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian) |access-date=August 22, 2010}}</ref>  and appointed Ephrem Joseph Yonan as first [[Eparchy#Church hierarchy|eparch]] (''bishop'').<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-19-me-5096-story.html |date=November 19, 1995 |work=Los Angeles Times |author=Sharon Bernstein |title=Valley Priest to Be Bishop of New Diocese |access-date=August 22, 2010}}</ref> He was thus consecrated bishop on January 7, 1996, by [[Ignatius Antony II Hayyek]] and served in the United States until his election as Primate and Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church on January 20, 2009. [[Pope Benedict XVI]] granted him ecclesiastical communion on January 22, 2009,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.zenit.org/article-24882?l=english |publisher=ZENIT News Agency |date=January 23, 2009 |title=Pontiff Urges Syriac Leader to Remember Diaspora |access-date=January 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607234625/http://www.zenit.org/article-24882?l=english |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in accordance with Canon 76 § 2 of the [[Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches]].
 Along with Cardinal [[Leonardo Sandri]], Prefect of the [[Congregation for the Oriental Churches]], Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Yonan served as a co-president of the October 2010 Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East in the Vatican.
-==Travel==
+==Works==
-Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Yonan has visited members of his flock in various areas of the diaspora, including Australia and the United States.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.syr-cath.org/news/display/1714 |publisher=Syriac Catholic Patriarchate |title=Patriarchal Visit in the USA and Canada}}</ref>
+The patriarch has visited members of his flock in various areas of the diaspora, including Australia and the United States.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.syr-cath.org/news/display/1714 |publisher=Syriac Catholic Patriarchate |title=Patriarchal Visit in the USA and Canada}}</ref>
+Yonan has been very active in the request for the beatification for [[Flavianus Michael Malke]], who was beatified in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.syr-cath.org/news/display/1689 |publisher=Syriac Catholic Patriarchate |title=Syriac Catholic Church investigation concludes in a report for the Bishop Mar Flapejanos Mikhail Malki to be beatified}}</ref>
-==Work in the Church==
-Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Yonan has been very active in the request of the beatification for [[Flavianus Michael Malke]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.syr-cath.org/news/display/1689 |publisher=Syriac Catholic Patriarchate |title=Syriac Catholic Church investigation concludes in a report for the Bishop Mar Flapejanos Mikhail Malki to be beatified}}</ref>
+He has continuously called on Western countries to not support insurgents in Syria "just to make the regime of [[Bashar al-Assad|Assad]] fall" and to find another way to resolve the conflict.<ref>{{YouTube|NEMQcIGTIv8}}</ref> He has also condemned them for not caring enough about [[Middle Eastern Christians]].<ref>http://www.catholicweekly.com.au/article.php?classID=1&subclassID=84&articleID=10628&class=&subclass=Breaking%20News{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.catholicweekly.com.au/article.php?classID=3&subclassID=9&articleID=11700&class=Features&subclass=A%20conversation%20with |title=The Catholic Weekly - Sydney |access-date=2013-02-14 |archive-date=2013-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410153725/http://catholicweekly.com.au/article.php?classID=3&subclassID=9&articleID=11700&class=Features&subclass=A%20conversation%20with |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-==Political views ==
+[[File:Patriarch Ignatius Yonan and Bishop Malvestiti.JPG|thumb|right|Mons. [[Maurizio Malvestiti]] and patriarch Ignatius Joseph III in Lodi, February 20, 2017]]
-===Syrian situation ===
-He has continuously called on Western countries to not support insurgents in Syria "just to make the regime of Assad fall", and to find another way to resolve the conflict.<ref>{{YouTube|NEMQcIGTIv8}}</ref> He has also condemned them for not caring enough about [[Middle Eastern Christians]].<ref>http://www.catholicweekly.com.au/article.php?classID=1&subclassID=84&articleID=10628&class=&subclass=Breaking%20News</ref><ref>http://www.catholicweekly.com.au/article.php?classID=3&subclassID=9&articleID=11700&class=Features&subclass=A%20conversation%20with</ref>
-==Gallery==
-<gallery>
-File:Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Yonan .JPG|Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Yonan in [[Lodi, Lombardy|Lodi]], February 20, 2017.
-File:Patriarch Ignatius Yonan and Bishop Malvestiti.JPG|Mons. [[Maurizio Malvestiti]] and patriarch Ignatius Joseph III in Lodi, February 20, 2017.
-</gallery>
 ==See also==
-{{Portal|Syriac Christianity}}
+{{Portal|Christianity}}
 * [[Dioceses of the Syrian Catholic Church]]
 * [[List of Syriac Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch]]
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+*{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/byounan.html|title=Archbishop Ignace Joseph III (Ephrem) Younan|publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|access-date=2009-01-27}}
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