Ignatius Zakka I

Ignatius Zakka I Iwas 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.

21 April 1933

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Born on the same birth day (21 April): Ahmed Arif • Al Bumbry • Alfred Henry Maurer • Eddy Christiani • Humphry Repton • Isco • Jan van Riebeeck • Jean-Baptiste Biot • Michael Zarnock • Michel Rolle • Randall Thompson • Roger Doucet • Shivaji Satam • Tatu Kolehmainen • Tim Jacobus • William Stang

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