Translator, scribe, minor writer, and bp. He was born Yuḥanon bar Shuqayr in Aleppo . His family was originally from Ṣadad and is mentioned in ms. sources as early as 1527. He became a monk in Dayr Mār Mūsā al-Ḥabashī and was later ordained priest there. He became the vicar of Damascus in 1752 and was consecrated its bp. in 1754 in Amid . He died in June 1783 and was buried in Damascus.
His literary works include: 1. A translation of the Chronicle of Michael Rabo into Arabic in 1759, based on two Syr. mss.; 2. He may have authored the biographies of four patriarchs and the lists of the bishops they consecrated from 1687–1759; 3. A letter on the Orthodox faith, probably against Michael Jarweh; 4. Hymns in colloquial Arabic, some of which are used today.