Macarius IV Tawil | |
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Patriarch of Antioch | |
Church | Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
See | Patriarch of Antioch |
Installed | 10 December 1813 |
Term ended | 15 December 1815 |
Predecessor | Athanasius V Matar |
Successor | Ignatius V Qattan |
Orders | |
Consecration | 1811 (
Bishop) by Agapius II Matar |
Personal details | |
Died | 15 December 1815 |
Macarius IV Tawil (or Taouil) was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1813 to 1815.
Macarius Tawil was born in Damascus. [1]: 123 He entered in the religious order of the Basilian Salvatorians of which he was Superior from 1804 to 1807 and from 1810 to 1812. [2] He was consecrated bishop of Zahle and Forzol by patriarch Agapius II Matar [1]: 85 in 1811. [3]
Macarius Tawil was elected patriarch by a synod of bishops held on 10 December 1813 [4] at the Holy Saviour monastery, and he kept the name of Macarius . His election was contested, and it was still under review by the Roman Congregation of Propaganda Fide when Macarius IV Tawil died of pestilence on 15 December 1815. [5] [6]