 His career as patriarchal administrator was controversial, and was marked by a series of conflicts with his own bishops and also with the Vatican.Suspended from his functions in 1812 and again in 1818, he was reinstated by the Vatican in 1828.In 1830, following the death of the Amid patriarchal administrator Augustine Hindi, he was recognised by the Vatican as "patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans" and the Mosul and Amid patriarchates were united under his leadership.