I te 2 o Hōngongoi, 1979, i raro i te ingoa o Ignatius IV, ka riro ia i te Orthodox Patriarch o Anatioka, te tuatoru o nga rangatira o te Ekalesia Orthodox i muri i nga Ecumenical Patriarchs o Constantinople me Alexandria. I te haerenga a te perehitini ki te whare o te perehitini i te marama o Mei 2010, i whakawhiwhia e te Perehitini o te Russian Federation a Dmitry Medvedev ki te Patriarch Orthodox Antiochian te Order of Russian Friendship. I te 5 o Tihema 2012 i mate ia i te Whare Hauora o St. George i Repanona, whai muri i te parekura. I ripoatahia tana mate me te whakaputa noa ma te tari purongo a te kawanatanga o Syria SANA. Kaore a Ignatius IV o Anatioka i tautoko i te whakaoho o Syria i te tau 2011-2012 a ka tanumia ia mo te korerorero rangimarie.
Ko te tau 1961