RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ignatius Zakka I Iwas

1931 - 2014

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Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (Syriac: ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܙܟܝ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܥܝܘܐܨ; Arabic: إغناطيوس زكا الأول عيواص; Ignatios Zakkà ‘Īwāṣ, born Sanharib Iwas, 21 April 1931 – 21 March 2014) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ignatius Zakka I Iwas has received more than 86,298 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Ignatius Zakka I Iwas is the 2,616th most popular religious figure (down from 2,218th in 2019), the 317th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 283rd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Iraqi Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ignatius Zakka I Iwas ranks 2,616 out of 3,187. Before him are Theodore II of Constantinople, Kudur-Enlil, Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, Rudolf Kittel, Sophronius of Vratsa, and Johannes de Jong. After him are Pope Primus of Alexandria, Ulf Ekman, Luigi De Magistris, Pope Timothy II of Alexandria, Hugh O'Flaherty, and Georg Sterzinsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Ignatius Zakka I Iwas ranks 370. Before him are Yoshiko Kuga, George Jones, Adrienne Corri, Lindy Remigino, Dana Wynter, and Arturo Pomar. After him are Hal Connolly, Mady Mesplé, Vasily Rudenkov, Ernst Degner, Nick Adams, and Shirley Verrett. Among people deceased in 2014, Ignatius Zakka I Iwas ranks 311. Before him are Cheo Feliciano, Mary Anderson, Polly Bergen, Lucien Clergue, Arnoldo Foà, and Milan Horvat. After him are Mary Stewart, Carol Ann Susi, Simón Díaz, Paolo Salvati, Carmelo Bossi, and Nadya Nozharova.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ignatius Zakka I Iwas ranks 317 out of 384. Before him are Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur (-1200), Akurgal (-2600), Abdul Aziz al-Hakim (1952), Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi (1948), Mullah Krekar (1956), and Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750). After him are David Sassoon (1792), Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (1967), Avi Shlaim (1945), Shlomo Hillel (1923), Puzur-Ashur I (-2050), and Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (1980).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iraq

Among religious figures born in Iraq, Ignatius Zakka I Iwas ranks 36. Before him are Emmanuel III Delly (1927), Yitzhak Kaduri (1898), Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (1879), Dinkha IV (1935), Louis Raphaël I Sako (1948), and Mullah Krekar (1956). After him are Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (1980), Paulos Faraj Rahho (1942), Sajida al-Rishawi (1970), and Bashar Warda (1969).

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