Ignatius George IV

Ignatius George IV was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1768 until his death in 1781.

Biography George was born in Mosul in 1709. His father's name was Mousa and he was from the family of priest Abdaljalil from Mosul. In 1742, Ignatius George III sent him on a mission to Mosul to check on the diocese there and while he was there Nader Shah laid siege on Mosul for about one month. After the siege was lifted, he stayed to take care of renovating the churches in Mosul that were damaged by the artillery of Nader Shah's campaign including the Church of Saint Thomas.

During his time as a patriarch, the pull of the Roman Catholic doctrine was appearing in the diocese of Aleppo and pushing it to secede from the Syriac Orthodox Church with support from the Catholic Missionaries and the French counsel in Aleppo. (1761–1789). Metropolitan of the Patriarchal office, in 1773 bishop of Amid, later Metropolitan of Jerusalem Iyawannis Behnam (1763–1776). Metropolitan of the Monastery of Mor Behnam Gregorius Antone (1768–1774). Bishop of Gargar and Hisn Mansour Cyril Matthew Abdulahad (1770 -1782). Metropolitan of Mosul and Mor Mattai Monastery . Later, he was elected Ignatius Matthew, the 111th Patriarch of Syriac Orthodox Church (1782–1817). Cyril Mansour. Metropolitan of Jerusalem Cyril Mousa (1771). Metropolitan of Mar Mousa Monastery in Syria Clemis Ibraheem (1772). Ecumenical Metropolitan Julius Abdulahad (1774-1792)). Metropolitan of the Patriarchal office, abbot of Mor Hananyo Monastery. Iyawannis Ne’matallah (1774). Ecumenical Metropolitan Timothy Abdulahad (1774). Metropolitan of Bitlis Dionysius Abdullah (1777). Metropolitan of Aleppo Cyril Ibraheem (1777). Ecumenical Metropolitan Jacob Mirijan (1778–1804). Bishop of Mydiat Julius Israel (1779). Metropolitan of the Monastery of Beth El Cyril Andulaziz (1782-1816). Bishop of Mosul and Mor Mattai Monastery

Death Ignatius George IV died in 1781 in Mor Hananyo and was buried at Beth Qadish in the same monastery.