Ignace Moussa I Daoud was born Basile Moussa Daoud on 18 September 1930. He is the Patriarch Emeritus of Antioch for the Syrian Catholic Church, a Cardinal Bishop, and Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in the Roman Catholic Church. Born in Meskaneh, Syria, he was ordained a priest on 17 October 1954. He studied Canon law at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. On 14 September 1977 he was consecrated Bishop of Cairo by Patriarch Ignace Antoine II Hayek. In 1994 he was appointed Archbishop of Homs for the Catholic Syrians.