Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni


Mar Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni
Cardinal Patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syrians
ChurchSyriac Catholic Church
SeeAntioch
Installed15 July 1929
Term ended29 January 1968
PredecessorIgnatius Ephrem II Rahmani
SuccessorIgnatius Antony II Hayyek
Orders
Ordination3 November 1902 (Priest)
Consecration19 January 1913 (Bishop)
by Ephrem II Rahmani
Created cardinal16 December 1935
by Pope Pius XI
RankCardinal-Priest (1935-1965);
Cardinal-Bishop Patriarch (1965-1968)
Personal details
Born
Abdul-Ahad Dawood Tappouni

3 November 1879
DiedJanuary 29, 1968(1968-01-29) (aged 88)
Beirut, Lebanon

Mar Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (Arabic: جبرائيل تبّوني, French: Ignace-Gabriel I Tappouni) (3 November 1879 – 29 January 1968) was a leading prelate of the Syriac Catholic Church. He served as Patriarch of Antioch from 1929 to 1968, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1935.