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Ignatius Andrew Akijan
Mar Ignatius Andrew Akijan | |
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| Patriarch of Antioch | |
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| Church | Syriac Catholic Church |
| See | Patriarch of Antioch |
| Installed | 20 August 1662 |
| Term ended | 18 July 1677 |
| Predecessor | Ignatius Yeshu II |
| Successor | Ignatius Gregory Peter VI Shahbaddin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 'Abdul-Ghal Akijan 1622 |
| Died | 18 July 1677 (aged 54–55) Aleppo |
Mar Ignatius Andrew 'Abdul-Ghal Akijan (or Akhidjan, Akidjian, 1622–1677) was the Patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church from 1662 to 1677. His election as Patriarch marked the first separation of the hierarchy between the Syriac Catholic Church and the Syriac Orthodox Church.
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