Abuna Basilios

His Holiness, Abuna

Basilios
Patriarch Catholicos of the
Ethiopia
ChurchEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Installed28 June 1959
Term ended12 October 1970
PredecessorPope Cyril VI (Before autocephaly from Coptic Church)
Abuna Qerellos IV (as Archbishop of Ethiopia)
SuccessorAbuna Theophilos
Other postsArchbishop of Ethiopia
Blessed Echege of the See of Takla Haymanot
Orders
Ordination1914 (Priesthood)
Consecration25 July 1948 by Coptic Pope Yousab II
Personal details
BornGebre-Giorghis Wolde-Tsadiq
(1891-04-23)23 April 1891
Mada Mikael, Shewa Province, Ethiopian Empire (now Merhabete, North Shewa, Amhara Region, Ethiopia)
Died13 October 1970(1970-10-13) (aged 79)
BuriedHoly Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
NationalityEthiopian

Abuna Basilios (born Gebre Giyorgis Wolde Tsadik; 23 April 1891 – 13 October 1970) was an Ethiopian Orthodox prelate who served as the first Archbishop of Ethiopia, and later the first patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

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