Also known as Joseph-Maxime Sedfaoui (sometimes Sedfawi), he was appointed Coptic Catholic Bishop of Hermopolis (Minia) from 1896. He was also appointed as Apostolic Administrator, a post he carried simultaneously from 1908 onwards until his death in 1925. He was succeeded by locum tenens Markos Khouzam starting 1927 until the latter's election as Patriarch in 1947.