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This is a list of Patriarchs of Ethiopia : head patriarchs of the Tawahedo Church. This church is one of the Oriental Orthodoxy communion, autonomous to the Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria.
Patriarchs of Tawahedo Church
Bishops of Axum
- Abune Selama I Kesatay Birhan (St. Frumentios), (c. 305-mid 300's)
- Minas
- Abreham (late 300's-early 400's )
- Petros
- Abba Afse (late 400's-early 500's)
- Qozmos (fl. early 500's)
- Euprepius (fl. early 500's )
Metropolitans of Ethiopia
- Qerellos (620's-mid 600's)
unknown...
- Yohannes (c. 820-840)
- Ya'eqob I (fl. mid 800's)
- Sälama II Zä-'Azéb (fl. 800's)
- Bärtäloméwos (fl. 900's)
- Petros (920's) opposed by...
- Minas and...
- Fiqtor
- (vacant c. 940-970's)
- Daniel (fl. late 900's)
- Fiqtor (fl. 1000's)
- 'Abdun
- Sawiros (1077-1092)
- Giyorgis I (fl. 1090's)
- Mikael I (fl. early-mid 1100's)
- Ya'eqob II
- Gabra Krestos
- Atnatewos (fl. late 1100's)
unknown...
- Mikael II of Fuwa (1206-1209) opposed by...
- Hirun (pretender)
- Yeshaq (c. 1209-1225)
- Giyorgis II (fl. c. 1225)
- Tekle Haimanot (fl. 1200's )
unknown...
- John Bermudez (fl. c. 17th cent.), Catholic appointed metropilitan, did not take office
- Simon (1607-1622), died 1624
- Afonzo Mendes (1622-1632), Catholic appointed metropilitan, deposed
Between 1624-1632, Roman Catholicism is the state religion of Ethiopia, breaking away from Alexandria during this time.
unknown...
- Marqos X (1694-1716)
- (vacant 1716-c. 1718)
- Krestodolo III (c. 1718-1745)
- (vacant 1745-c. 1747)
- Yohannese XIV (c. 1747-1770)
- Yosab III (1770-1803)
- (vacant 1803-c. 1808)
- Makarios (fl. c. 1808)
- (vacant c. 1808-1816)
- Kyrillos III (1816-1829)
- (vacant 1829-1841)
- Selama III (1841-1866)
- (vacant 1866-1868)
- Atanasios (1868-1876)
- Petros VII (1876-1889), died 1918
- Mattheos X (1889-1926)
- Kyrillos (Kerlos) IV (1926-1936), deposed
- Abraham (1936-1939)
- Yohannis (Yohannese) XV (1939-1945), opposed by...
- Kyrillos (Kerlos) IV (1945), restored
- Baslios (1945-1959), became Primate of Ethiopia (1950) then Patriarch, see below...
Patriarchs of Ethiopia (1959)
- Baslios (1951-1970)
- Theophilos (1971-1976), died 1979
- Tekle Haimanot (1976-1988)
- Merkurios (1988-present), continuing in exile 1991, opposed by...
- Paulos (1992-present), recognized in Ethiopia and by the Coptic Church of Alexandria.
See also
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