Abuna Yohannes XV

Abuna

Yohannes XV
Abuna of Ethiopia
ChurchEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
In office1939–1945
PredecessorAbraham
SuccessorQerellos IV
Personal details
DenominationOriental Orthodoxy

Abuna Yohannes XV was a cleric of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church who served as Abuna of Ethiopia (archbishop and head of the Church) from 1939 to 1945, during the final years of the Fascist Italian occupation of Ethiopia and the early restoration of imperial rule under Emperor Haile Selassie.

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