Ignatius Elias II (1778–1847) was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1838 until his death in 1847.
When he reached his youth, he joined Mor Mattai Monastery near Mosul.
He was ordained monk by Metropolitan Eustathios Moosa in 1791 and in 1798 he was appointed the abbot of Mar Behnam Monastery that used to belong to the Syriac Orthodox Church at that time.
Then in 1817, he was appointed as Metropolitan of Mosul and Maphrian of the East by Ignatius Yunan and assumed the name Basil Elias III.
[2] During Ignatius Elias II time as Patriarch and Metropolitan, he had the duty to ordain and consecrate many Metropolitans in the Syria Orthodox church in addition to tens of priests, monks, and deacons.