Abune Phillipos

His Holiness
Abune

Phillipos
Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
ChurchEritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Installed29 April 1999
Term ended27 September 2001
PredecessorPaulos
(before autocephaly from Ethiopia)
SuccessorYacob
Personal details
Born(1901-09-29)29 September 1901
Endadeko, Italian Eritrea
Died17 September 2002(2002-09-17) (aged 100)
Asmara, Eritrea
DenominationOriental Orthodoxy (Eritrean Tewahedo)

Abune Phillipos (29 September 1901 – 17 September 2002) was the first Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

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