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Ignace Cardinal Daoud
His Eminence Ignace Moussa I Cardinal Daoud (born 18 September 1930) is a Cardinal Bishop and Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in the Roman Catholic Church.
Born in Meskaneh , Syria, Daoud was ordained a priest on 17 October 1954. He studied canon law at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. In 1977, he was elected Bishop of Cairo by the Syrian Patriarchal Synod . He was promoted to Archbishop of Homs for Syrians in 1994 and to Patriarch of Antioch for Syrians on 1998, a post he held until 2001.
Daoud was proclaimed Cardinal by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of 21 February 2001, having been named Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in November of the previous year.
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