Akave akaitwa bhishopu muna 1961 uye akasarudzwa kuva Metropolitan weLatakia muSyria muna 1970. Maitiro ake semutungamiriri wedunhu akaputsa netsika yekare yehukuru hwebhishopu uye akatanga tsika yechokwadi yekutaurirana kazhinji. Musi waChikunguru 2, 1979, pasi pezita raIgnatius IV, akazova Patriarch weOrthodox weAntioch, wechitatu wepamusoro weChechi yeOrthodox mushure meEcumenical Patriarchs yeConstantinople neAlexandria.Panguva yekushanya kwepamutemo kuimba yekugara yemutungamiriri muna Chivabvu 2010, Mutungamiri weRussian Federation Dmitry Medvedev akapa patriarch weAntiochan Orthodox Order yeRussian Friendship.Musi waZvita 5, 2012 akafira muSt. George's Hospital muBeirut kuLebanon, zvichitevera sitiroko. Rufu rwake rwakashumwa uye rwakaburitswa chete kuburikidza nesangano renhau reSyria. Patriarch Ignatius IV weAntioch haana kutsigira kumukira kweSyria uye akadaidzwa kutaurirana kwezvematongerwo.
Gore ra1961