sentences:  He was elected Patriarch by the Holy Synod at Ain Traz on November 22, 1967 and his election was confirmed on November 26 of the same year.As a priest, he distinguished himself by his running of the Patriarchal College in Cairo and by the launching and publication of the review "Le Lien".Later, as an archbishop, he built schools, a junior seminary, an orphanage, a home for the elderly and several churches.