Abuna Qerellos IV
Qerellos IV | |
|---|---|
| Abuna of Ethiopia | |
 Abuna Qerellos IV | |
| Church | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church |
| In office | 1926–1936 1945–1950 |
| Predecessor | Mattheos X Yohannes XV |
| Successor | Abraham Basilios |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sidarus al-Antuni c. 1880 |
| Died | 1950 |
| Denomination | Oriental Orthodoxy |
Abuna Qerellos IV (baptised as Sidarus al-Antuni; c. 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.[1]
References
- ^ Margery Perham, The Government of Ethiopia, Faber and Faber, London, 1969