The Patriarch , Ignatius Abdul Masih II , was deposed in 1903 , and Metropolitan Abded was elected as new Patriarch of Antioch as Ignatius Abded Aloho II effective 1906 . The circumstances of how Patriarch Ignatius Abdul Masih II and by who and why is highly controversial within the Syriac Orthodox church . Supporters of Abded Sattuf claim the patriarch had converted to Catholicism and was excommunicated by the Holy Synod as a result . Some others claimed that the Patriarch had developed serious drinking problems particularly after the 1895 Massacres of Diyarbakır and that 's why a number of Syriac bishops demanded he be deposed . Whereas supporters of Abded Mshiho claim Abded Sattuf bribed the Ottoman Government to issue a firman deposing Abded Mshiho as Patriarch and that he was not excommunicated by the Holy Synod . Abded Sattuf claimed the patriarchal throne by paying £ 500 to secure his election and was enthroned on August 15 , 1906 as an exception that he was never been a Maphrian and left for London shortly after
Massacres of Diyarbakır
Massacres of Diyarbakır (1895)
Ignatius Abded Aloho II