List of abunas of Ethiopia

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Abuna of Ethiopia
Bishopric
oriental
Incumbent: Mathias Since 28 February 2013
Style	His Holiness
Information
First holder	St. Frumentius (Bishop) Basilios (Patriarch)
Established	c. 350 (Foundation) 1959 (Autocephaly)
Cathedral	Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa

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This is a list of the abunas of Ethiopia, the spiritual heads of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The Abuna of Ethiopia is known officially as His Holiness Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, Archbishop of Axum and Ichege of the See of St. Tekle Haymanot. The current Abuna, Mathias, acceded to this position on 28 February 2013.^[1]

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is part of the Oriental Orthodox communion, and it was granted autocephaly by Cyril VI, Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church, in 1959.