Maximos III Mazloum

Maximos III Mazloum
Patriarch of Antioch
ChurchMelkite Greek Catholic Church
SeeAntioch
InstalledMarch 24, 1833
Term endedAugust, 1855
PredecessorIgnatius V Qattan
SuccessorClement Bahouth
Orders
Ordination1806 (Priest)
ConsecrationAugust 5, 1810 (Bishop)
by Agapius II Matar
Personal details
Born
Michael Mazloum

November 1779
DiedAugust , 1855 (aged 75–76)

Maximos III Michael Mazloum, (born in November 1779 in Aleppo, present Syria – died in August 1855) was patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1833 until 1855. As patriarch he reformed church administration and bolstered clerical education. He was also the first Melkite patriarch granted civil authority by the Ottoman Empire when the Melkites were recognized as a unique millet.