List of Abunas of Ethiopia

The list includes the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, one of the Eastern Churches, as well as their predecessors, until the establishment of the Patriarchate in 1959.

Bishops of Aksum

• Abune Selama I. Kesatay Birhan (St. Frumentius ) (ca. 305 -ca. 350)
• Minas
• Abreham
• Petros
• Abba Afse
• Qozmos
• Euprepius (6th century )

Metropolitan of Ethiopia

• Qerellos (620 -ca. 650)
• Unknown ...
• John (ca. 820-840 )
• Ya'eqob I.
• Sälama II fenc - ' Azeb
• Bartholomew ( 900 )
• Petros (920 ) Minas
• Fiqtor

• Hirun

• Yosab II ( 1547 - )
• Simon (1607-1622), † 1624
• Afonzo Mendes SJ (1622-1632)

• Unknown ...
• Christodoulos II (1662-1672)
• Shenouda ( about 1686 )
• Markos ( 1692 -? )
• Markos X. (1694-1716)
• Vacant 1716 -ca. 1718
• Christodoulos III. (ca. 1718-1745 )
• Vacant 1745 -ca. 1747
• John XIV (ca. 1747-1770 )
• Yosab III. (1770-1803)
• Vacant 1803 -ca. 1808
• Makarios ( 1808 )
• Vacant approximately 1808-1816
• Kyrillos III. (1816-1829)
• Vacant 1829-1841
• Salama III. (1841-1866)
• Vacant 1866-1868
• Athanasios (1868-1876)
• Petros VII (1876-1889), † 1918
• Matthew X. (1889-1926)
• Kyrillos ( Kerlos ) IV (1926 - 1936 expulsion; † October 22, 1950 ) Abraham (1937-1939) ( Ethiopians )
• John XV. (1939-1945) ( Ethiopians )

Patriarch of Ethiopia

• Baslios (1959-1970)
• Theophilus (1971-1976), † 1979
• Tekle Haimanot (1976-1988)
• Merkorios (1988-1991)
• Paulos (1992-2012)
• Mathias (2013 - )

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• Christianity in Ethiopia
• List ( Ancient Near Eastern Churches )