His Eminent Beatitude Maximos IV Sayegh | |
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| Cardinal Patriarch (Melkite Greek) of Antioch | |
| Church | Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
| See | Antioch |
| Elected | 30 October 1947 |
| Installed | 21 June 1948 |
| Term ended | 5 November 1967 |
| Predecessor | Cyril IX Moghabghab |
| Successor | Maximos V Hakim |
| Other post(s) | Bishop of Damas |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 17 September 1905 |
| Consecration | 30 August 1919 by Demetrius I Qadi |
| Created cardinal | 22 February 1965 by Pope Paul VI |
| Rank | Patriarch, Cardinal-Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Massimo Sayegh 10 April 1878 |
| Died | 5 November 1967 (aged 89) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Denomination | Melkite Catholic |
Maximos IV Sayegh (or Saïgh; 10 April 1878 – 5 November 1967) was a Syrian Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1947 until his death in 1967. One of the fathers of Second Vatican Council, he stirred attendees by urging reconciliation between the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. He accepted the title of cardinal in 1965 after Pope Paul VI clarified the significance of that title in the case of an Eastern patriarch.