Stéphanos I Sidarouss


Stéphanos I Sidarouss
إسطفانوس الأول سيداروس

Cardinal Patriarch of Alexandria
Sidarouss attending the second Vatican council.
ChurchCoptic Catholic Church
SeeAlexandria
Appointed10 May 1958
Term ended24 May 1986
PredecessorMarkos II Khouzam
SuccessorStéphanos II Ghattas
Previous post(s)
  • Auxiliary Bishop of Alexandria (1947–1958)
  • Titular Bishop of Sais (1947–1958)
Orders
Ordination22 July 1939
Consecration25 January 1948
by Markos II Khouzam
Created cardinal22 February 1965
by Pope Paul VI
RankCardinal-Bishop Patriarch
Personal details
Born
Stéphanos Sidarouss

22 February 1904
Cairo, Egypt
Died23 August 1987 (aged 83)
Cairo, Egypt
NationalityEgyptian
DenominationCoptic Catholic Church
Coat of arms
Styles of
Stéphanos I Sidarouss
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal

Stéphanos I Sidarouss CM (Arabic: إسطفانوس الأول سيداروس) (22 February 1904 – 23 August 1987) was an Egyptian patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic sui juris particular church. He served as Patriarch of Alexandria from 1958 to 1986, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965.