{{Short description|Head of the Coptic Church since 2012}} {{hatnote|Not to be confused with Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria (coadjutor) or Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria. "Tawadros II" redirects here; for the emperor of Ethiopia, see Tewodros II}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox Christian leader | image = Tawadros II.jpg | type = pope | honorific-prefix = His Holiness | name = Pope Tawadros II | honorific-suffix = | title = Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark | caption = Tawadros II in 2019 | native_name = {{Coptic|Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲑⲉⲟ́ⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲙⲁϩ ⲃ̅}}<br />{{langx|ar|البابا تواضروس الثانى}} | church = Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria | archdiocese = Alexandria and all of Africa | province = Alexandria | metropolis = | diocese = Alexandria | see = Alexandria | enthroned = 18 November 2012<ref name="ap"/><br />(9 Hathor 1729) | ended = | predecessor = Shenouda III | successor = | ordination = 1989<ref name="ap"/><br />(1705–1706) | consecration = 15 June 1997<ref>{{cite web|title=His Holiness Pope Tawadros II|url=http://lacopts.org/orthodoxy/pope-of-alexandria/his-holiness-pope-tawadros-ii/|website=Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles|access-date=30 January 2014}}</ref><br />(8 Paoni 1713) | consecrated_by = Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria | rank = | birth_name = Wagih Sobhi Baqi Suleiman<ref name="cop church"/> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1952|11|04}}<ref name="Le Parisien">{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/societe/l-eveque-tawadros-nouveau-patriarche-copte-d-egypte-04-11-2012-2291077.php|title=L'évêque Tawadros, nouveau patriarche copte d'Egypte|publisher=Le Parisien|date=4 November 2012|access-date=5 November 2012|language=fr}}</ref> | birth_place = Mansoura, Kingdom of Egypt<ref name="Le Parisien"/> | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | nationality = Egyptian | religion = Coptic Orthodox Christian | residence = Coptic Orthodox Patriarchal Residence<ref>Link: http://www.copticpope.org {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309161632/http://copticpope.org/ |date=9 March 2018 }}. Although the site is mostly in Arabic, the Papal Residence is briefly mentioned in English at the bottom of the Home Page.</ref> | parents = | previous_post = | education = Pharmacist | alma_mater = Alexandria University | motto = | signature = | coat_of_arms = }} {{Special characters | special = Coptic and Arabic text | fix = Help:Multilingual support#Coptic | image=CopticLetters.svg }} '''Pope Tawadros II'''{{efn|{{langx|cop|Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲑⲉⲟ́ⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲙⲁϩ ⲃ̅'|translit=Papa Abba Theódōros II}} ; Arabic: البابا تواضروس الثانى}} (born '''Wagih Sobhi Baqi Suleiman''';<ref name="cop church">{{Cite web |title=Pope Tawadros II - Coptic Orthodox Church |url=https://copticorthodox.church/en/popes/pope-tawadros-ii/ |access-date=2026-03-23 |language=en-US}}</ref>{{efn|{{langx|ar|وجيه صبحى باقى سليمان}} {{IPA|arz|waˈɡiːh ˈsˤobħi ˈbæːʔi seleˈmæːn|}}}} 4 November 1952) is the 118th and current Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, succeeding the late Pope Shenouda III as leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. He took office on 18 November 2012 (Coptic calendar: 9 Hathor 1729), two weeks after being selected.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|title=Bishop Tawadros new pope of Egypt's Coptic Christians|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20192922|access-date=4 November 2012|publisher=BBC News|date=4 November 2012}}</ref>
==Early life== Wagih Sobhi Baqi Suleiman<ref name="cop church"/> was born on 4 November 1952 in Damanhur, Kingdom of Egypt.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tawadros II {{!}} Biography, Alexandria, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tawadros-II |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Le Parisien"/> He studied at the Alexandria University, where he received a degree in pharmacy in 1975.<ref name="EI">{{cite web |date=4 November 2012 |title=Tawadros II: The 118th pope of the Coptic Church |url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/tawadros-ii-118th-pope-coptic-church |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106231818/http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/tawadros-ii-118th-pope-coptic-church |archive-date=6 November 2012 |access-date=5 November 2012 |work=Egypt Independent}}</ref> After a few years of managing a state-owned pharmaceutical factory, he joined the Monastery of Saint Pishoy in Wadi El Natrun to study theology for two years. In 1988, he was formally tonsured a monk by Pope Shenouda III and given the name "Theodore Anba-Bishoy."<ref name="Pope Tawadros II">{{cite web |title=Pope Tawadros II |url=https://stmarkclev.org/about/our-pope |access-date=20 December 2020}}</ref> He was ordained a priest in 1989 (1705–1706).<ref name="ap">{{cite news |date=2 December 2012 |title=Egypt's Copts choose new pope for uncertain times |url=https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Egypt-s-Copts-choose-new-pope-for-uncertain-times-4007984.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819234129/https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Egypt-s-Copts-choose-new-pope-for-uncertain-times-4007984.php |archive-date=19 August 2022 |access-date=19 August 2022 |newspaper=Times Union (Albany)}}</ref>
==Bishop== On 15 June 1997 (8 Paoni 1713), he was consecrated as a general bishop by his predecessor pope Shenouda III, with the Arabized Greco-Coptic name ''Tawadros'' ({{langx|ar|تواضروس}}; {{langx|cop|Ⲑⲉⲟ́ⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥ}}, <small>late Coptic:</small> {{IPA|cop|tæˈ(w)odo(ː)ros|}}), the equivalent of Greek {{Transliteration|grc|Theódōros}} ({{lang|grc|Θεόδωρος}}), {{langx|am|ታዋድሮስ}}, and English ''Theodore''. He was assigned to serve in the Eparchy of Behira in the northwestern Delta as an auxiliary to Metropolitan Pachomius.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pope Tawadros II|url=http://st-takla.org/Saints/popes/118/en/pope-tawadros-ii.html|work=St-Takla.org|access-date=9 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="Pope Tawadros II"/>
==Papal selection== The papal selection process began several weeks before the 18 November/9 Hathor selection. About 2,400 clergymen and others shortlisted three candidates: Bishop Tawadros, former aide to Metropolitan Pachomios; Bishop Raphael, General Bishop in Downtown Cairo; and Father Raphael Ava Mina, a monk in a monastery near Alexandria and disciple of the 116th pope, Cyril VI.<ref>{{cite news|title=The New Pope Will Be from These 3 Men|url=https://egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-new-pope-will-be-from-these-3-men.html|access-date=14 March 2013|newspaper=Egyptian Chronicles|date=30 October 2012}}</ref>
The ceremony to choose the pope from the three consensus candidates was held at Cairo's St. Mark's Cathedral at about noon, with a marked police presence. Metropolitan Pachomios, locum tenens of the Church, put slips bearing the candidates' names in a sealed chalice which was set upon the altar, then led the Divine Liturgy. He told the congregation to "pray that God will choose the good shepherd", and a blindfolded boy took a slip—Tawadros—from the chalice.<ref name=":0" />
Metropolitan Pachomius formally announced that the sixty-year-old Bishop Tawadros was to be the 118th Pope, and would be Pope Tawadros II, after Pope Tawadros I (r. 730–742), who was consecrated 45th Coptic Patriarch and Pope<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stshenoudamonastery.org.au/pope-tawadros-ii-is-the-118th-pope-and-patriarch-of-alexandria/|title=H.H. Pope Tawadros II is the 118th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria|date=5 November 2012|website=St Shenouda Monastery, Sydney, Australia|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref> during Egypt's Umayyad Period (658–750). Tawadros II said, from the monastery at Wadi Natrun, "[We] will start by organising the house from within. It is a responsibility. Most important is ... that the church, as an institution, serves the community".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stjohncopticchurch.com/the-coptic-orthodox-church/pope-of-alexandria/his-holiness-pope-tawadros-ii/|title=His Holiness Pope Tawadros II|website=St John Coptic Orthodox Church|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref> Bishop Raphael, who came first in the election stage of papal selection,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2012/november-web-only/egypt-copts-cast-lots-for-new-pope-shenouda.html?start=1|title=Child's Ballot Will Determine November Election—Of Next Coptic Pope|last=Casper|first=Jayson|date=2 November 2012|website=Christianity Today|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref> was appointed general secretary of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://st-takla.org/Saints/bishops/raa/rafail-cairo.html|title=الأنبا رافائيل أسقف عام لكنائس وسط القاهرة، مصر|website=St-Takla.org|language=ar|access-date=19 September 2016|quote=تم اختيار نيافته سكرتيرًا للمجمع المقدس عام 2012 م. وذلك في بداية حبرية قداسة البابا تواضروس الثاني. حيث سيستمر "سكرتير المجمع" لمدة ثلاثة سنوات، وبعدها يتم اختيار آخر.. وهكذا.. ولكن الأنبا بيشوي قضى في هذه الوظيفة من عام 1985 م. حتى اختيار أنبا رافائيل، وذلك لأن مثلث الرحمات قداسة البابا شنوده الثالث كان يريد نوعًا من الاستقرار في الكنيسة.. وكان الأنبا يوأنس في هذه المهمة قبل الأنبا بيشوي.}}</ref>
==Papacy== {{Ordination | date of priestly ordination = 1989 | denomination = <!-- Oriental Orthodoxy --> | consecrated by = Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria | date of consecration = 15 June 1997 }} Pope Tawadros II started his papacy amid multiple changes in Egypt, saying that the Orthodox Church is committed to keeping Article 2 of Egypt's draft constitution intact, as it was in the old constitution.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Khalil |first1=Imad |last2=Chmais |first2=Yasser |last3=Kassem |first3=Hamdi |translator-last=El-Khoury |translator-first=Joelle |title=Coptic Pope Warns of Extremism in Egypt's Constituent Assembly |date=13 November 2012 |url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2012/11/egypt-coptic-pope-would-keep-constitution-article-on-religion.html#ixzz2Dp0iXrGZ |website=Al-Monitor |access-date=12 December 2016}}</ref>
On Palm Sunday in 2017, Pope Tawadros II celebrated the Divine Liturgy mass at the Cathedral of St. Mark in Alexandria just before the cathedral was bombed, killing at least 17 people and injuring at least 48. The pope escaped unharmed. ISIS took responsibility for the attack.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/09/world/middleeast/explosion-egypt-coptic-christian-church.html|title=Egypt Declares State of Emergency, as Attacks Undercut Promise of Security|first1=Magdy|last1=Samaan|first2=Declan|last2=Walsh|date=9 April 2017|access-date=26 October 2017|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
==Views== Pope Tawadros II has stated that the 2011 Egyptian revolution was a turning point in the Coptic Church's relations with its youth. Amongst his first tasks is the issue of Egypt's changing political landscape, given the new constitution and more independent-minded congregants who seek their demands outside the church in dealing with the state.<ref name="ap"/>
In a short televised speech in July 2013 (Paoni 1729), Pope Tawadros II supported the removal of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi and institution of a transitional government dominated by the president of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt, Adly Mansour who acted as a temporary president at the time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pope Tawadros II Supports Revolution|url=http://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/egyptian-coptic-pope-supports-ousting-of-morsi-22324|access-date=16 October 2014|work=ecumenicalnews.com|date=6 July 2013}}</ref>
Since the beginning of the Gaza war in 2023, Tawadros II has condemned Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Palestinians in Gaza face ‘horrific injustice,’ says Egypt’s Coptic pope |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/palestinians-in-gaza-face-horrific-injustice-says-egypt-s-coptic-pope/3543693 |access-date=2025-09-20 |website=www.aa.com.tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='What we're seeing in the occupied Palestinian territories is a departure from humanity': Coptic Pope Tawadros II - Foreign Affairs - Egypt |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/515208.aspx |access-date=2025-09-20 |website=Ahram Online}}</ref>
== Travels == On 8 May 2013 (30 Parmouti 1729), Pope Tawadros II met with Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church, in Vatican City. This was the first meeting of the two recently elected church leaders and only the second gathering of popes in Italy in 1,500 years. The last visit of a Coptic pope to the Vatican occurred on 10 May 1973 (2 Pashons 1689) when then-Pope Shenouda III met with then-Pope Paul VI where they signed an important Christological declaration with the ambition to initiate ecumenical dialogue between the two ancient churches.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://catholicstarherald.org/pope-francis-and-pope-tawadros-meet/|title=Pope Francis and Pope Tawadros meet|date=16 May 2013|website=Catholic Star Herald|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref>
On 10 May (2 Pashons), Pope Tawadros II and Pope Francis held a shared prayer followed by a reception with the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and other dicasteries of the Roman Curia. Pope Tawadros II also visited the tombs of the Apostle Peter and the Apostle Paul.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/05/10/pope-francis-receives-pope-tawadros-ii/|title=Pope Francis receives Pope Tawadros II|last=El-Dabh|first=Basil|date=10 May 2013|website=Daily News Egypt|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref> Additionally, Pope Tawadros II visited Copts in Rome.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}
On 27 November 2015 (17 Hathor 1732), Pope Tawadros II made the first Coptic papal visit to Jerusalem since 1832 (1548–1549), especially controversial as Pope Shenouda III had boycotted Jerusalem for four decades over the Arab–Israeli conflict. The purpose of the visit was the funeral of Archbishop Anba Abraham,<ref name="Jerusalem visit in 2015">{{cite news|last1=Soffer|first1=Ari|title=Egypt's Coptic Pope makes historic visit to Israel|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/203988|access-date=11 December 2016|agency=Israel National News|date=26 November 2015}}</ref> rather than to formally end the boycott.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/jerusalem-visit-egypt-coptic-pope-stirs-divisions-151128121729706.html |title=Jerusalem visit of Egypt's Coptic pope stirs divisions |publisher=Al Jazeera English | date=28 November 2015 | access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref>
On 4 September 2016 (29 Mesori 1732), Pope Tawadros II visited King Abdullah of Jordan at the Royal Palace in Amman, his first visit to Jordan, before attending the general assembly of the Middle East Council of Churches on 6–8 September (1–3 Pi Kogi Enavot). The pope also visited Mount Nebo and the baptism site of John the Baptist, and praised King Abdullah and Jordan for encouraging religious tolerance and protecting holy sites.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.wataninet.com/coptic-affairs-coptic-affairs/coptic-affairs/pope-tawadros-to-mecc-hand-in-hand-with-moderate-muslims/17325/|title=Pope Tawadros to MECC: "Hand in hand with moderate Muslims"|last1=Gadallah|first1=Nevine|last2=Barsoum|first2=Marina|date=7 September 2016|website=Watani|access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref>
In 2017, Pope Tawadros visited the United Kingdom and Ireland.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/coptic-christian-pope-dedicates-drumcondra-church-1.3088343|title=Coptic Christian Pope dedicates Drumcondra church|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=26 October 2017}}</ref>
In September 2017, Pope Tawadros II visited Sydney, Australia for the first time as Pope. On 10 September 2017 (8 Mesori 1733), Pope Tawadros II visited Melbourne to officially open Eporo Tower<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://eporotower.com.au/|title=Introducing Eporo Tower – La Trobe Street Melbourne|work=Eporo Tower|access-date=2017-05-11|language=en-US}}</ref> in the diocese of Melbourne and Affiliated Regions.
On 10-13 May 2026 he was in official visit to Croatia, where he led worship in Zagreb at the "Day of Coptic-Catholic friendship" and had reception at the foreign affairs minister Gordan Grlić Radman,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vijesti.hrt.hr/hrvatska/koptski-papa-tawadros-u-posjetu-hrvatskoj-12711153|title=Koptski papa Tawadros u posjetu Hrvatskoj|trans-title=Coptic Pope Tawadros in visit to Croatia|website=Vijesti|publisher=Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT)|date=10 May 2026|language=hr}}</ref> prime minister Andrej Plenković and speaker of the parliament Gordan Jandroković,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vijesti.hrt.hr/hrvatska/predsjednik-sabora-primio-papu-tawadrosa-ii-12713541|title=Predsjednici Sabora i Vlade primili papu Tawadrosa II.|trans-title=The Presidents of the Parliament and the Government received Pope Tawadros II.|website=Vijesti|publisher=Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT)|date=11 May 2026|language=hr}}</ref> as well as with president Zoran Milanović.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ika.hkm.hr/novosti/predsjednik-milanovic-sastao-se-s-koptskim-patrijarhom-tawadrosom-ii/|language=hr|title=Predsjednik Milanović sastao se s koptskim patrijarhom Tawadrosom II.|trans-title=President Milanović met with Coptic patriarch Tawadros II|website=ika.hkm.hr|publisher=Informativna katolička agencija (IKA)|date=12 May 2026}}</ref> He also met with Croatian Catholic prelates archbishop Dražen Kutleša, bishop Vjekoslav Huzjak and others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ika.hkm.hr/novosti/nadbiskup-kutlesa-susreo-se-s-patrijarhom-koptske-crkve-tawadrosom-ii/|language=hr|title=Nadbiskup Kutleša susreo se s patrijarhom Koptske Crkve Tawadrosom II.|trans-title=Archbishop Kutleša met with the Patriarch of the Coptic Church, Tawadros II.|website=ika.hkm.hr|publisher=Informativna katolička agencija (IKA)|date=12 May 2026}}</ref>
==Saints== On 21 February 2015 (Meshir 14, 1731), Pope Tawadros II announced that 20 Copts and one Ghanaian murdered by the Islamic State in Libya would be commemorated as martyr saints on the 8th of Meshir of the Coptic calendar (15 February of the Gregorian calendar). The commemoration falls on the feast day of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple.<ref name="Vatican radio">{{cite web | url=http://www.news.va/en/news/coptic-church-recognizes-martyrdom-of-21-coptic-ch | title=Coptic Church Recognizes Martyrdom of 21 Coptic Christians | date=21 February 2015 | access-date=21 February 2015}}</ref>
== Episcopal genealogy == {{missing information|the people who did the ordaining|date=November 2020}} Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, ordained bishop on 15 June 1997 by: *Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, ordained bishop on 30 September 1962 by:<ref>{{Cite web|title=البابا تواضروس الثاني – البطريرك رقم 118 {{!}} St-Takla.org|url=https://st-takla.org/Saints/popes/118/pope-tawadrous-ii.html|access-date=2020-09-22|website=st-takla.org}}</ref> *Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, ordained bishop on 10 May 1959 by:<ref>{{Cite web|title=البابا شنوده الثالث|url=https://st-takla.org/Pope-1_.html|access-date=2020-09-22|website=st-takla.org}}</ref> *Bishop Athanasious, Metropolitan of Bany Sweif, ordained bishop in 1925 by:<ref>{{Cite web|title=الأنبا أثناسيوس مطران بني سويف والبهنسا، مصر {{!}} St-Takla.org|url=https://st-takla.org/Saints/bishops/alif/athnasius-bany-sweif.html|access-date=2020-09-22|website=st-takla.org}}</ref> *Pope Cyril V of Alexandria, ordained bishop on 1 November 1874 by:<ref>{{Cite web|title=البابا كيرلس الخامس – البطريرك رقم 112 {{!}} St-Takla.org|url=https://st-takla.org/Saints/Coptic-Synaxarium-Orthodox-Saints-Biography-00-Coptic-Orthodox-Popes/Life-of-Coptic-Pope-112-Pope-Cyril-V_.html|access-date=2020-09-22|website=st-takla.org}}</ref> *Bishop Isak, Bishop of Bahnasa, Fayoum and El-Giza, ordained bishop before 1842 by:<ref>{{Cite web|title=الأنبا إيساك أسقف البهنسا والفيوم والجيزة، مصر {{!}} St-Takla.org|url=https://st-takla.org/Saints/bishops/alif/isak-bahnasa.html|access-date=2020-09-22|website=st-takla.org}}</ref> *Pope Peter VII of Alexandria, ordained bishop in 1809 by:<ref>{{Cite web|title=البابا بطرس السابع الجاولي – البطريرك رقم 109 {{!}} St-Takla.org|url=https://st-takla.org/Saints/Coptic-Synaxarium-Orthodox-Saints-Biography-00-Coptic-Orthodox-Popes/Life-of-Coptic-Pope-109-Pope-Peter-VII_.html|access-date=2020-09-22|website=st-takla.org}}</ref> *Pope Mark VIII of Alexandria, ordained bishop on 2 October 1796 by:<ref>{{Cite web|title=البابا البابا مرقس الثامن – البطريرك رقم 108 {{!}} St-Takla.org|url=https://st-takla.org/Saints/Coptic-Synaxarium-Orthodox-Saints-Biography-00-Coptic-Orthodox-Popes/Life-of-Coptic-Pope-108-Pope-Mark-IX_.html|access-date=2020-09-22|website=st-takla.org}}</ref> *Bishop Boutrous, Metropolitan of Gerga and Akhmim, ordained in 1751 by:<ref>{{Cite web|title=الأنبا بطرس مطران جرجا وأخميم، سوهاج {{!}} رئيس دير السريان، وادي النطرون، مصر {{!}} St-Takla.org|url=https://st-takla.org/Saints/bishops/baa/butrus-gerga.html|access-date=2020-09-22|website=st-takla.org}}</ref> *Pope Mark VII of Alexandria, ordained on 30 May 1745 by:<ref>{{Cite web|title=البابا مرقس السابع – البطريرك رقم 106 {{!}} St-Takla.org|url=https://st-takla.org/Saints/Coptic-Synaxarium-Orthodox-Saints-Biography-00-Coptic-Orthodox-Popes/Life-of-Coptic-Pope-106-Pope-Mark-VIII_.html|access-date=2020-09-22|website=st-takla.org}}</ref> *Bishop Athanasius, Bishop of Jerusalem, ordained in 1720 by:<ref>{{Cite web|title=الأنبا أثناسيوس أسقف أورشليم {{!}} كرسي القيامة {{!}} St-Takla.org|url=https://st-takla.org/Saints/bishops/alif/asanasus-orshaleim.html|access-date=2020-09-22|website=st-takla.org}}</ref> *Pope Peter VI of Alexandria, ordained bishop on 21 August 1718 by:<ref>{{Cite web|title=البابا بطرس السادس – البطريرك رقم 104 {{!}} St-Takla.org|url=https://st-takla.org/Saints/Coptic-Synaxarium-Orthodox-Saints-Biography-00-Coptic-Orthodox-Popes/Life-of-Coptic-Pope-104-Pope-Peter-VI_.html|access-date=2020-09-22|website=st-takla.org}}</ref> *Bishop Khristotholos, Metropolitan of Ethiopia, ordained bishop in 1665 by:<ref>{{Cite web|title=الأنبا خريستوذولوس مطران الحبشة (الأنبا سلامة) ورئيس دير السريان، وادي النطرون، مصر {{!}} St-Takla.org|url=https://st-takla.org/Saints/bishops/khaa/khristotholos-sorian.html|access-date=2020-09-22|website=st-takla.org}}</ref> *Pope Matthew IV of Alexandria, ordained bishop on 6 December 1660<ref>{{Cite web|title=البابا متاؤس الرابع – البطريرك رقم 102 {{!}} St-Takla.org|url=https://st-takla.org/Saints/Coptic-Synaxarium-Orthodox-Saints-Biography-00-Coptic-Orthodox-Popes/Life-of-Coptic-Pope-102-Pope-Matthew-IV_.html|access-date=2020-09-22|website=st-takla.org}}</ref>
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