Background
Ephrem Rahmani was born on 21 November 1848 (or on 9 November 1849 according other sources) in Mosul.
Ephrem Rahmani was born on 21 November 1848 (or on 9 November 1849 according other sources) in Mosul.
He studied by the Dominican friars in Mosul and later in the College of the Propaganda in Rome and was ordained priest in April 1873.
Rahmani was appointed vicar of the bishop of Mosul with the titular title of bishop of Edessa and consecrated bishop on 2 October 1887 by Patriarch Ignatius George V Shelhot. On 1 May 1894 Rahmani was appointed bishop of Aleppo. After the death of Ignatius Behnam II Benni (13 September 1897) he was elected Patriarch on 9 October 1898 and confirmed by Pope Leo XIII on 28 November 1898.
As patriarch Rahmani was particularly interested in the instruction of the clergy.
In 1910 he moved the Patriarchal See from Mardin to Beirut. Ephrem Rahmani died in Cairo on 7 May 1929.