Macarius IV Tawil

Macarius IV Tawil (or Taouil) was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1813 to 1815.

Macarius Tawil was born in Damascus.^[1]: 123 He entered in the religious order of the Basilian Salvatorians of which he was Superior from 1804 to 1807 and from 1810 to 1812.^[2] He was consecrated bishop of Zahle and Forzol by patriarch Agapius II Matar^[1]: 85 in 1811.^[3]

Macarius Tawil was elected patriarch by a synod of bishops held on 10 December 1813^[4] at the Holy Saviour monastery, and he kept the name of Macarius . His election was contested, and it was still under review by the Roman Congregation of Propaganda Fide when Macarius IV Tawil died of pestilence on 15 December 1815.^[5][6]

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