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Ignace Ziadé (born on 26 January 1906 in Harharaya, Lebanon - died on 31 March 1994 in Beirut, Lebanon) was Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo and the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut.
Life
Ignace Ziadé was born in the Mount Lebanon Governorate, in the resort Harharaya, located in the district of Keserwan (where Jounieh is located).
Ziadé was, at the age of 23 years on 26 May 1929 in Syria, consecrated to the priesthood.
On April 27, 1946 he was appointed Bishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo, in the same Syrian city of Aleppo. His episcopal ordination was celebrated on November 24, 1946 by Maronite Patriarch of Antioch Anthony Peter Arida, and his co-consecrators were François Ayoub, Archeparch of Cyprus and Pietro Dib, Eparch of Cairo. On 26 January 1952 Ziadé was appointed and installed as Maronite Archbishop of Beirut. At the age of 80 years Ignace Ziadé presented on April 4, 1986 his resign as archbishop.
As emeritus Archbishop Ignace Ziadé died at the age of 88 years, on 31 March 1994 in Beirut. Ziadé had been for 65 years as Maronite priest and bishop for 47 years. In these decades of his pastoral ministry, he served as co-consecrator of Elie Farah, Abdallah Bared, Antoine Torbey, Paul-Emile Saadé, and Bechara Boutros al-Rahi.