Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Iraqi patriarch (born 1933)

Ignatius Zakka I

122nd Patriarch of Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch (1980–2014)

Mor 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…