Basilios | |
|---|---|
| Patriarch Catholicos of the Ethiopia | |
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| Church | Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church |
| Installed | 28 June 1959 |
| Term ended | 12 October 1970 |
| Predecessor | Pope Cyril VI (Before autocephaly from Coptic Church) Abuna Qerellos IV (as Archbishop of Ethiopia) |
| Successor | Abuna Theophilos |
| Other post(s) | Archbishop of Ethiopia Blessed Echege of the See of Takla Haymanot |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1914 (Priesthood) |
| Consecration | 25 July 1948 by Coptic Pope Yousab II |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gebre-Giorghis Wolde-Tsadiq 23 April 1891 |
| Died | 13 October 1970 (aged 79) |
| Buried | Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Nationality | Ethiopian |
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.[1]
- ^ Unless otherwise indicated, material for this article was taken from Yolande Mara, The Church of Ethiopia – The National Church in the Making (Asmara: IL POLIGRAFICO, 1972), pp. 113-115.