List of Abunas of Ethiopia
Overview
Abuna
Also see Leaders of ChristianityAbun is the honorific title used for any bishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church as well as of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church...
s of Ethiopia, the spiritual heads of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is the predominant Oriental Orthodox Christian church in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Church was administratively part of the Coptic Orthodox Church until 1959, when it was granted its own Patriarch by Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All...
. This church is one of the Oriental Orthodoxy
Oriental Orthodoxy
Oriental Orthodoxy is the faith of those Eastern Christian Churches that recognize only three ecumenical councils — the First Council of Nicaea, the First Council of Constantinople and the First Council of Ephesus. They rejected the dogmatic definitions of the Council of Chalcedon...
communion, granted autocephaly
Autocephaly
Autocephaly , in hierarchical Christian churches and especially Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches, is the status of a hierarchical church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop...
by the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa in 1959.
- Abune Selama I Kesatay Birhan (St. Frumentius)FrumentiusSaint Frumentius was the first Bishop of Axum, and he is credited with bringing Christianity to the Aksumite Kingdom. He was a Syro-Phoenician Greek born in Tyre....
(c. 305-mid 4th century) - MinasMinas (bishop)Minas was a bishop of Aksum....
or Elyas - Abreham of Axum (late 4th century-early 5th century )
- Petros of Axum
- Abba Afse (late 5th century-early 6th century)
- Qozmos of Axum (fl.
