Abuna Basilios

Abuna Basilios (23 April 1891 – 13 October 1970) was an Ethiopian-born first Archbishop or Abuna, and later the first Patriarch, of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.


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 post(s)Archbishop of Ethiopia
Blessed Echege of the See of Takla Haymanot
Orders
Ordination1914 (Priesthood)
Consecration25 July 1948 by Coptic Pope Yousab II
Personal details
Born
Gebre-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
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