About Abuna Qerellos IV
Lived 1880 – 1950 (aged 69–70). Abuna Qerellos IV was an Egyptian eastern Orthodox priest.
Abuna Qerellos IV (baptised as Sidarus al-Antuni; 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.
Qerellos was the last Archbishop of Ethiopia of foreign descent.
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Who was Abuna Qerellos IV?
coptic priest
When was Abuna Qerellos IV born?
Abuna Qerellos IV was born in 1880.
When did Abuna Qerellos IV die?
Abuna Qerellos IV died in 1950.
What was Abuna Qerellos IV's occupation?
Abuna Qerellos IV was an eastern Orthodox priest.
What nationality was Abuna Qerellos IV?
Abuna Qerellos IV was Egyptian.
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