Abuna Qerellos IV

Head (abuna) of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church from 1926 to 1936 and from 1945 to 1950 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Abuna Qerellos IV

Abuna Qerellos IV (baptised as Sidarus al-Antuni; c. 1880 – 1950) was a Coptic priest from Egypt, who came to Ethiopia in 1926, becoming the Archbishop of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Except for a break between 1936 and 1945 (including the Fascist Italian occupation between 1936 and 1941, following the Second Italo-Ethiopian War) which he spent in exile, Qerellos remained the head of the Ethiopian church until his death.

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Abuna Qerellos IV

Qerellos was the last Archbishop of Ethiopia of foreign descent.[1]

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