Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria

His Divine Beatitude

Peter VII
Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa
ChurchGreek Orthodox Church of Alexandria
SeeAlexandria
Installed9 March 1997
Term ended11 September 2004
PredecessorParthenius III
SuccessorTheodore II
Orders
Ordination1978
Consecration1983
Personal details
BornPetros Papapetrou
(1949-09-03)3 September 1949
Sichari, Kyrenia District, Cyprus
Died11 September 2004(2004-09-11) (aged 55)
Northern Aegean Sea near Mount Athos, Greece
This article is about the Greek Orthodox pope. For the Coptic pope, see Pope Peter VII of Alexandria.

Peter VII (September 3, 1949 – September 11, 2004) was the Greek Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa from 1997 to 2004. During his reign, Petros VII was credited with reviving the Greek Orthodox churches in Africa by increasing the churches' attendance of about 250,000 people.

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