He studied in Rome for thirteen years,[2] and at his return in Lebanon he served as secretary of Patriarch Estephan El Douaihy, who[3] consecrated him bishop of Tripoli[4] in 1698.
[8] These rumors turned into a large scandal,[9] and finally the bishops, advised by some Latin missionaries, in particular by the Carmelite Elias Giacinto, sent for Jacob Awad and summoned a brief trial in the church of Saint Serge and Bacchus in Rayfoun.
In his place the bishop of Saida, Youssef Moubarak Al Rayfouni, was elected patriarch,[7][10] and Awad was confined in the monastery of Our Lady of Louiaze.
However, to fully enforce the decisions taken, it was necessary to obtain the approval of Pope; with this aim the opponents of Awad sent Georges Benjamin bishop of Ehden to Rome.
The final verdict was to reject Awad's resignation, to reinstall him as Patriarch and to condemn the Carmelite Elias Giacinto who was considered the origin of the false rumors.