In the meantime one of these two Syirac Orthodox bishops , Mar Matta ben Abdel - Ahad Saalab , bishop of Mosul , consecrated to bishop four of his monks in order to hold a second election .
Thus he was elected Syriac Orthodox patriarch .
In the meantime one of these two Syirac Orthodox bishops , Mar Matta ben Abdel - Ahad Saalab , bishop of Mosul , consecrated to bishop four of his monks in order to hold a second election and thus he was elected Syriac Orthodox patriarch .