Question: Facts:   - title: patriarch of antioch    - see: patriarch of antioch    - type: patriarch    - consecration: august 1754 -lrb- bishop -rrb-    - successor: michael fadel    - church: maronite church    - elected: june 9 , 1766    - predecessor: tobias el khazen    - death date: 22 april 1793      - birth date: 1729    - name: joseph vi estephan -lrb- يوسف السادس اسطفان -rrb-    - ended: april 22 , 1793    - consecrated by: simon awad   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joseph estephan .
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joseph vi estephan -lrb- 1729 -- 1793 -rrb- -lrb- or yusuf istifan , `` stephan '' , -rrb- was the maronite patriarch of antioch from 1766 until his death in 1793 .