Cyril VI Tanas
Patriarch Cyril VI Tanas, also known as Cyril VI of Antioch (born in 1680, Damascus – died on January 10, 1760), became the first Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church following the schism of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch in 1724. Cyril re-established full communion with the Catholic Church.
Cyril VI Tanas | |
|---|---|
| Patriarch of Antioch | |
| Church | Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
| See | Patriarch of Antioch |
| Installed | September 24, 1724 |
| Term ended | January 10, 1760 |
| Predecessor | Athanasius III Dabbas |
| Successor | Maximos II Hakim |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | October 1, 1724 (Bishop) by Neophytos Nasri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Seraphim Tanas 1680 |
| Died | January 10, 1760 (aged 79–80) |
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