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His Holiness Pope Tawadros II

3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.

4 The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek (Psalm 110:3-4)



His Holiness Pope Tawadros II was born Wagih Sobhy Baky Soliman on November 4th, 1952 in Mansoura. His father was an irrigation engineer and his family moved around during his childhood from Mansoura to Sohag and then to Damanhour.

He received his bachelor’s degree in pharmacy in 1975 from Alexandria University and earned a fellowship for the World Health Organization from the British International Health Institute in England in 1985.

He attended the Coptic Seminary and graduated in 1983. He then worked as a manager in a pharmaceutical company in Damanhour that was owned by the Ministry of Health

His Holiness’s life has always revolved around church since his youth; he wished to live the life of monasticism. He entered the Monastery of St. Bishoy in Wadi Elnatroun on August 20, 1986 and remained a brother for two years.

He was ordained a monk on July 31, 1988, and after a year he was ordained a priest on December 23, 1989. Two months after, H.H. Pope Tawadros started serving with H.E. Metropolitan Pakhomious of Beheira on February 15, 1990. He was ordained a bishop on June 15, 1997, by H.H. the Late Pope Shenouda III as a General Bishop assisting H.E. Metropolitan Pakhomious. His Holiness focused on childhood whether it was in the country-wide children’s festival as well when he was in charge of the children’s committee in the Holy Synod. Before assuming the papacy, H.H. wrote twelve books.

His Holiness was enthroned as the 118th Pope of Alexandria and Pope of the See of St. Mark on November 18, 2012, at the Cathedral of St. Reweis in Abbassiya, Cairo. The enthronement was presided by H.E. Metropolitan Pakhomious of Beheira, other metropolitans and bishops of the Coptic church and was attended by many delegates of Christian Churches

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List of Coptic Orthodox
popes of Alexandrea

1st Century

No Papacy & Apostolic Throne Patriarchs of Alexandria English · Coptic Birth Name & PlaceNotes
1 43 St. Mark the Apostle & Evangelist John (Yoannis), son of Aristopolus The Evangelist of the Land of Egypt. He was martyred at Baucalis (East of Alexandria) during the persecution of Copts led by the Roman Emperor Nero.
5/8/0068 MARCOS Cyrene, Pentapolis (North Africa)
25 Y Μαρκοϲ
2 62 St. Anianus Anianus St. Anianus turned his house into a church, and it is said that it is the one known as the church of St. Mark which stands today in Alexandria.
11/29/0083 Alexandria, Egypt
22 Y INIANOS
3 83 St. Avilius Avilius He was elected Pope of Alexandria during the persecution against Copts by the Roman Emperor Domitian.
9/11/0095 Egypt
12 Y MELYOS
4 9/18/0095 St. Cerdo Cerdo He was martyred during the persecution of Copts led by the Roman Emperor Trajan.
6/28/0106 Egypt
10Y, 9M CEDRONUS

2nd Century
No Papacy & Apostolic Throne Patriarchs of Alexandria English · Coptic Birth Name & Place Notes
5 6/29/0109 St. Primus Primus He was one of the three who were ordained priest by St. Mark the Apostle.
8/9/0118 Egypt
9Y ABRIAMUS
6 118 St. Justus Justus He was the First Dean of the Catechetical School of Alexandria appointed by St. Mark the Apostle. He was elected Pope of Alexandria during the persecution against Copts by the Roman Emperor Hadrian.
6/19/0129 Egypt
11Y YUSTUS
7 129 St. Eumenius Eumenius Second Dean of the Catechetical School of Alexandria. He was elected Pope of Alexandria during the persecution against Copts by the Roman Emperor Hadrian.
10/19/0141 Egypt
13Y OMENIUS
8 141 St. Markianos Markianos Third Dean of the Catechetical School of Alexandria. During his Patriarch the Copts were persecuted by the Roman Emperor Antonius Pius.
1/14/0152 Alexandria, Egypt
9Y, 2M MARCIANUS
9 1/29/0152 St. Celadion Cladion He was elected Pope of Alexandria during the persecution against Copts by the Roman Emperor Antonius Pius.
7/16/0166 Egypt
14Y, 6M CLADIANUS
10 167 St. Agrippinus Agrippinus He was elected Pope of Alexandria during the persecution against Copts by the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
02/12/0178 Alexandria, Egypt
12Y AGHREPPINUS
11 03/18/0178 St. Julian Julian He was elected Pope of Alexandria during the persecution against Copts by the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
03/18/0188 Egypt
10Y, 9M YULIANUS
12 03/17/0188 St. Demetrius I Demetrius During his Patriarchy the Copts were persecuted by the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus.
10/22/0230 DEMETRIUS Alexandria, Egypt
43Y

3rd Century
No Papacy & Apostolic Throne Patriarchs of Alexandria English · Coptic Birth Name & Place Notes
13 231 St. Heraclas Heraclas He is the first Patriarch to carry the hierarchy title "Pope". Which the Bishop of Rome did not use until the sixth century. During his Patriarchy the Copts were persecuted by the Roman Emperor Maximus the Tharacian.
12/17/0246 YAROKLAS Egypt
13Y
14 12/28/0247 St. Dionysius Dionysius He was the Dean of the Catechetical School of Alexandria. He was elected Pope of Alexandria during the great persecution against Copts by the Roman Emperor Decius.
03/22/0264 DIONYSIUS Egypt
17Y, 2M
15 11/09/0265 St. Maximus He participated in the Synods of Antioch against the heresies of Paul of Samosata. During his Patriarchy the Copts were persecuted by the Roman Emperor Aurelian.
04/22/0282 MAXIMUS Alexandria, Egypt
16Y, 5M
16 282 St. Theonas Eusebius the Historian calls him a “pillar of the Church”.
01/10/0300 THEONAS Egypt
18Y

4th Century
No Papacy & Apostolic Throne Patriarchs of Alexandria English · Coptic Birth Name & Place Notes
17 300 St. Peter “Seal of the Martyrs" Peter (Petros) He was the last martyred during The Great Persecution led by the Roman Emperors Diocletian and Galerius.
12/08/0310 PETROS Alexandria, Egypt
11Y Πετροϲ
18 12/24/0310 St. Achillas He was the Dean of the Catechetical School of Alexandria, defending the teachings of Orthodoxy.
06/26/0311 ARCHELAUS Egypt
6M, 2D
19 313 St Alexander I On the 18th of November 325 AD, St. Alexandros, 19th Pope & Patriarch of Alexandria attended the 1st Ecumenical Council at Nicaea, and was accompanied by his Archdeacon, St. Athanasius the Apostolic.
04/30/0328 ALEXANDROS Alexandria, Egypt
15Y
20 05/05/0328 St. Athanasius the Apostolic Attended the 1st Ecumenical Council at Nicaea as a Deacon and wrote the Nicene Creed also known as the Orthodox Creed or Athanasius Creed.
05/15/0373 ATHANASIUS Alexandria, Egypt
45Y
21 373 St. Peter II
02/27/0381 PETROS II Egypt
8Y Πετροϲ
22 03/14/0378 St. Timothy I Attended the 2nd Ecumenical Council at Constantinople.
08/02/0384 TIMOTHEOS Egypt
6Y, 4M
23 384 St. Theophilus St. Theophilus fought against the pagans, the Arians and the Anthropomorphists, supported by Emperor Theodosius. St. Theophilus was succeeded on the Apostolic Throne by his nephew St. Cyril, 24th Pope of Alexandria.
10/28/0412 THEOPHILUS Egypt
30Y

5th Century
No Papacy & Apostolic Throne Patriarchs of Alexandria English · Coptic Birth Name & Place Notes
24 10/17/0412 St. Cyril "Pillar of Faith" Known as the "Pillar of Faith" and "Lamp of the Orthodox Church". On the 22nd of September 431 AD, St. Cyril attended the 3rd Ecumenical Council at Ephesus, which he rebuked and excommunicated Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople who denied the Virgin as Theotokos ('God-bearer').
07/10/0444 KYRILLOS Alexandria, Egypt
31Y, 8M
25 444 St. Dioscorus Known as the "Champion of Orthodoxy". Last Pope & Patriarch of Alexandria to attend a Western council, the 4th Ecumenical Council at Chalcedon. St. Dioscorus was exiled by the Emperor Marcianus and the Empress Pulcheria to the Island of Gangra, where he departed and was laid to rest.
09/17/0454 DIOSCORUS Egypt
11Y
26 00/10/0457 St. Timothy II
08/13/0477 TIMOTHEOS II Egypt
21Y, 10M
27 00/00/0477 St. Peter III
11/11/0489 PETROS III Egypt
8Y Πετροϲ
28 492 St. Athanasius II
09/30/0496 ATHANASIUS II Egypt
3Y, 9M
29 09/29/0496 St. John I
05/12/0505 YOANNIS Alexandria, Egypt
8Y, 7M Ιωαnnнϲ

6th Century
No Papacy & Apostolic Throne Patriarchs of Alexandria English · Coptic Birth Name & Place Notes
30 05/29/0505 St. John II
06/04/0516 YOANNIS II Egypt
10Y, 11M, 24D Ιωαnnнϲ
31 516 St. Dioscorus II
10/27/0518 DIOSCORUS II Egypt
2Y
32 518 St. Timothy III
02/20/0536 TIMOTHEOS III Egypt
17Y
33 536 St. Theodosius I
07/05/0567 THEODOSIUS
30Y Egypt
34 7/25/0567 St. Peter IV
07/02/0576 PETROS IV Egypt
8Y, 10M, 24D Πετροϲ
35 06/26/0576 St. Damian
06/25/0605 DAMIANOS Syria
29Y

7th Century
No Papacy & Apostolic Throne Patriarchs of Alexandria English · Coptic Birth Name & Place Notes
36 7/9/0605 St. Anastasius
12/31/0616 ANASTASIUS Alexandria, Egypt
11Y, 6M, 10D
37 616 St. Andronicus
01/16/0623 ANDRONICUS Alexandria, Egypt
6Y
38 623 St. Benjamin I During his Patriarchy there were 15 million Copts. In 639 an army of 4,000 Arabs led by Amr Ibn Al-Aas sent by the Caliph Umar, successor to Muhammad, invaded Egypt and defeated Byzantine Emperor Heraclius. Thus ended 200 years of Byzantine persecution of Coptic Orthodox Christians since the Council of Chalcedon.
01/16/0662 BENJAMIN Barshüt, Beheira Governorate, Egypt
37Y
39 662 St. Agathon
10/26/0680 AGATHON Egypt
19Y
40 680 St. John III
11/19/1901 YOANNIS III Egypt
9Y Ιωαnnнϲ
41 06/689 St. Isaac
11/18/692 ISHAAQ El-Borolos, Egypt
3 ½ Y
42 12/19/0692 St. Simeon I
07/31/0699 SIM’AN Syria
6Y, 7M, 13D

8th Century
No Papacy & Apostolic Throne Patriarchs of Alexandria English · Coptic Birth Name & Place Notes
43 704 St. Alexander II
02/14/0726 ALEXANDROS II Bana, Egypt
14Y, 9M
44 03/26/0729 St. Cosmas I
06/10/0730 COSMOS I Abu-Sair, Egypt
1Y, 2M, 2D
45 730 St. Theodore I
02/14/0742 THEODORUS Egypt
12Y
46 09/14/0743 St. Michael I He was imprisoned and tortured by the Governor Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. When King Kyriakos of Makuria heard the news, he was extremely enraged and prepared 100,000 soldiers which invaded Egypt and freed the Pope. The King and Makurian army slew all the Muslims that he met, until he surrounded the city al-Fustat (Cairo). When Abd al-Malik saw the army surrounding the city he became terrified, so he released the Pope from prison to mediate peace between him and the King. The Pope asked the King to accept the peace from Abd al-Malik which the King accepted and returned to Makuria.
03/25/0767 MIKHAIL I Egypt
23 ½ Y Μıχαнλ
47 767 St. Mina I
2/14/1902 MENAS Egypt
8Y Μнnα
48 01/24/0777 St. John IV
01/24/0799 YOANNIS IV Egypt
23Y Ιωαnnнϲ
49 01/26/0799 St. Mark II During his Patriarch the Copts were persecuted by the Mamluk Sultan, Harun al-Rashid
04/30/0819 MARCOS II Alexandria, Egypt
20Y, 2M, 21D Μαρκοϲ

9th Century
No Papacy & Apostolic Throne Patriarchs of Alexandria English · Coptic Birth Name & Place Notes
50 819 St. James In 829, the Copts of the entire Nile Delta rebelled against the Muslim authorities because of excessive taxation and religious persecution. The revolt spread to Upper Egypt. This was the greatest, the most widespread and the most broad based Egyptian rebellion in the history of Egypt under Islam.
02/21/0830 YAKOVOS Egypt
10Y, 9M, 28D Ιακωвοϲ
51 05/0830 St. Simeon II
10/13/0830 SIM’AN II Alexandria, Egypt
5 ½ M
52 831 St. Joseph In 831, Al-Ma'mun, Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate asked the Pope to pacify the rebels. The Pope asked the people for calm and obedience to the oppressor. All heeded him except the Bashmurians in the northernmost part of the Nile Delta, who refused his advice. Al-Ma'mun finally had to bring a large army with elephants from Turkey to conquer the Bashmurians. Without the help of Upper Egypt the Bashmurians revolt ended up in defeat, a blood bath, and widespread destruction in the marshland of the lower delta. All the surviving population of that area was removed by force to Syria.
11/02/0849 YOUSAB Menouf. Egypt
19Y
53 11/20/0849 St. Michael II
04/30/0851 MIKHAIL II Egypt
1Y, 4M, 28D Μıχαнλ
54 851 St. Cosmas II
11/30/0858 COSMOS II Samanoud, Egypt
7 1/2 Y
55 01/08/0859 St. Shenouda I
05/02/0880 SHENUTE I Samanoud, Egypt
21Y, 4M, 12D Ϣεnοɤϯ
56 04/25/0880 St. Michael III
03/29/0907 MIKHAIL III Egypt
26Y, 11M, 20D Μıχαнλ

10th Century
No Papacy & Apostolic Throne Patriarchs of Alexandria English · Coptic Birth Name & Place Notes
57 910 St. Gabriel I
02/28/0920 GHABRI Egypt
11Y
58 02/28/0920 St. Cosmas III
03/12/0932 COSMOS III Egypt
11Y
59 932 St. Macarius I
04/02/0952 MACARI Egypt
20Y Μακαρi
60 852 St. Theophilus
12/19/0956 THEOPHANES Egypt
4Y
61 956 St. Mina II
8/31/1902 MENAS II Egypt
46Y Μнnα
62 11/28/0975 St. Abraham Ebn-Zaraa Al-Mu'iz, Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate challenged Pope Abraham "if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move" (Matt 17:20 & Mark 11:23). After 3 days of prayers and fasting the Pope with St. Simon the Tanner moved the Mokattam Mountain east of Cairo. The story of this miracle can be found in the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria written by the historian Severus Ibn al-Muqaffa.
12/16/0978 AVRAAM Syria
3Y, 6D
63 979 St. Philotheos
9/29/1902 PHILOTHEOS Egypt
24Y

11th Century
No Papacy & Apostolic Throne Patriarchs of Alexandria English · Coptic Birth Name & Place Notes
64 1004 St. Zacharias During his Patriarchy the Copts were persecuted for nine years by the Caliph Al-Hakim. More than 30,000 churches were demolished, including the burning of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. Al-Hakim had seized the Pope smeared his clothes with the blood of a slaughtered sheep and cast him to hungry lions, but they did not harm him. The Caliph marvelled and ordered that the Pope be allowed to rebuild churches and restore those that were destroyed.
11/22/1032 ZACHARIAS Alexandria, Egypt
28Y
65 1032 St. Shenouda II
11/11/1902 SHENUTE II Egypt
14Y Ϣεnοɤϯ
66 1047 St. Christoldoulos In the year 1047 the Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria was moved from Alexandria to Cairo.
12/23/1077 EKHRISTODOULOS Egypt
30Y
67 03/18/1078 St. Cyril II George (Guirguis)
06/19/1092 Egypt
14Y, 2M, 20D KYRILLOS II
68 10/09/1092 St. Michael IV
06/07/1202 MIKHAIL IV Egypt
9Y, 7M, 17D Μıχαнλ

12th Century
No Papacy & Apostolic Throne Patriarchs of Alexandria English · Coptic Birth Name & Place Notes
69 1102 St. Macarius II
09/14/1128 MACARI II Egypt
27Y Μακαρi
70 11357 St. Gabriel II
04/18/1145 GHABRI II Cairo, Egypt
14Y, 2M, 2D
71 29 July 1145 – 11 April 1146 St. Michael V
29 July 1145 – 11 April 1146 MIKHAIL V Daqadus, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt
8M Μıχαнλ
72 08/25/1147 St. John V During his Patriarchy the Coptic Orthodox Christians were indiscriminately persecuted by the Crusaders from 1154 to 1169.
05/12/1166 YOANNIS V Egypt
18Y, 8M Ιωαnnнϲ
73 1166 St. Mark III
4/3/1903 MARCOS III Alexandria, Egypt
23Y Μαρκοϲ
74 1189 St. John VI After his departure, the Apostolic Throne remained vacant for nineteen years. This is the longest vacancy in the history of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
4/30/1903 YOANNIS VI Egypt
27Y Ιωαnnнϲ

13th Century
No Papacy & Apostolic Throne Patriarchs of Alexandria English · Coptic Birth Name & Place Notes
75 07/30/1235 St. Cyril III Ebn-Loqloq After his departure, the Apostolic Throne remained vacant for seven years and seven months because of the intense persecution which did not allow the Copts to elect a successor.
03/23/1243 Egypt
7Y, 9M KYRILLOS "EBN-LOQLOQ"
76 10/15/1250 St. Athanasius III Paul (Bolis)
12/10/1261 Egypt
11Y, 1M, 26D ATHANASIUS III
77 01/14/1262:1268 St. John VII Ibn Sa`id as-Sukari With support from some of the bishops, Pope John VII was replaced for three years by Pope Gabriel III, who was originally one of the candidates for pope. Pope John VII was restored as pope after the death of Pope Gabriel III. This is the only occasion in history when the Coptic Orthodox Church had two popes at the same time.
1271:07/24/1274 YOANNIS VII Cairo, Egypt
Ιωαnnнϲ
78 11/03/1268 St. Gabriel III With support from some of the Bishops, Pope Gabriel III replaced Pope John VII and reigned for three years until his death, when Pope John VII was reinstated. This is the only occasion in history when the Coptic Orthodox Church had two Popes at the same time.
05/04/1271 Egypt
3Y GHABRI III
79 07/17/1274 St. Theodosius II Christodulus (Abdel Masih)
01/13/1300 Minyat Bani Khasim, Egypt
26Y THEODOSIUS II

14th Century
No Papacy & Apostolic Throne Patriarchs of Alexandria English · Coptic Birth Name & Place Notes
80 02/26/1300 St. John VIII Youhanna Ben-Ebsal During his Patriarch the Copts were persecuted by the Mamluk Sultan, Al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun. The Sultan decreed that whoever kills a Christian could have his possessions.
06/11/1320 YOANNIS VII Bani-Khosaim, Egypt
20Y, 3M, 15D Ιωαnnнϲ
81 10/11/1320 St. John IX On the 8th of May 1321, fanatic Muslims destroyed and burned over 60 Coptic churches and monasteries throughout Egypt.
04/10/1327 YOANNIS EL NAKADY Nephia-Monufia Governorate, Egypt
6Y, 5M, 15D
82 05/23/1327 St. Benjamin II
01/19/1339 Ad-Dimikarat, Egypt
11Y, 8M BENJAMIN II
83 01/14/1340 St. Peter V
07/21/1348 PETROS V Egypt
8Y, 6M Πετροϲ
84 07/15/1349 St. Mark IV Farag
02/13/1363 MARCOS IV Kaliub, Egypt
14Y, 3M Μαρκοϲ
85 05/12/1363 St. John X He was the forth and last Syrian elected Pope of Alexandria. The other three popes elected from among the Syrians are as followed Pope Damian the 35th, Pope Simeon the 42nd, Pope Abraam the 62nd.
07/26/1369 YOANNIS Damascus, Syria
6Y, 2M Ιωαnnнϲ
86 01/19/1370 St. Gabriel IV During his Patriarchy the Coptic Orthodox Christians were indiscriminately persecuted by Crusaders.
05/11/1378 Egypt
8 years & 4 months. GHABRI IV
87 1378 St. Matthew Also known as El Meskin ("The Poor") for his charitable deeds to the poor. During his Patriarchy a great number of Coptic Orthodox Christians were indiscriminately persecuted by Crusaders.
01/13/1409 MATTHEOS Bani Ruh, Al-Ashmunain, Egypt
23Y Ματɵɪαϲ

15th Century
No Papacy & Apostolic Throne Patriarchs of Alexandria English · Coptic Birth Name & Place Notes
88 1409 St. Gabriel V
11/27/1903 GHABRI V Giza, Egypt
18Y
89 5/11/1427 St. John XI Farag In 1441, the Ethiopian Emperor Zara Yaqob threatened the Burji Sultan Sayf ad-Din Jaqmaq to cut the flow of the Nile because of the destruction of monasteries and persecution against Copts led by the Sultan Jaqmaq. However, the Emperor refrained from doing so for the human suffering it would cause.
05/17/1452 YOANNIS XI El-Maksa, Cairo, Egypt
24Y, 11M, 23D Ιωαnnнϲ
90 1452 St. Matthew II
09/23/1465 MATTHEOS II Egypt
13Y Ματɵɪαϲ
91 1466 St. Gabriel VI
1/13/1904 GHABRI VI Egypt
8Y
92 1477 St. Michael VI
1/17/1904 MIKHAIL VI Egypt
1Y
93 1480 St. John XII
1/22/1904 YOANNIS XII Egypt
3Y Ιωαnnнϲ
94 1484 St. John XIII
3/3/1904 YOANNIS XII Egypt
40Y Ιωαnnнϲ

16th Century
No Papacy & Apostolic Throne Patriarchs of Alexandria English · Coptic Birth Name & Place Notes
95 1525 St. Gabriel VII Roufail
07/17/1570 GHABRI VII Near El-Mouharraq Monastery, Egypt
50Y
96 04/17/1571 St. John XIV
09/08/1586 YOANNIS EL-MANFALOUTY Manfalout, Egypt
14Y, 4M, 21D Ιωαnnнϲ
97 06/20/1587 St. Gabriel VIII Shenouda
05/17/1603 Meer, Egypt
15Y, 10M, 24D GHABRI VII

17th Century
No Papacy & Apostolic Throne Patriarchs of Alexandria English · Coptic Birth Name & Place Notes
98 1603 St. Mark V Arabic becomes Egypt's official language. Islamic rulers threatened to cut the tongues of any Egyptian that was found speaking in the Coptic language. Despite the persecutions, the Coptic Popes are credited for preserving the Coptic language.
6/6/1904 MARCOS Egypt
16Y Μαρκοϲ
99 09/18/1619 St. John XV Buried at St.Anba Bishih Monastery in El-Bayadia, Egypt.
09/10/1626 YOANNIS EL-MALLAWANY Mallawi, Egypt
9Y, 11M, 22D Ιωαnnнϲ
100 09/07/1631 St. Matthew III Tadros
04/03/1643 MATTHEOS III Toukh El-Nasarah, El-Monufia, Egypt
14Y, 6M, 23D Ματɵɪαϲ
101 04/20/1646 St. Mark VI Tadros
04/20/1656 MARCOS VI Bahgourah, Egypt
10Y Μαρκοϲ
102 12/06/1660 St. Matthew IV George (Guirguis)
08/22/1675 MATTHEOS IV Meer, Ashmonain District, Diocese of Qousqam
15Y, 8M, 10D Ματɵɪαϲ (known as El-Muharaq), Egypt
103 05/05/1776 St. John XVI Ibrahim
06/17/1718 YOANNIS EL NAKADY Takh El-Nasara the diocese of El-Menoufia, Egypt
42Y, 1M, 11D Ιωαnnнϲ

18th Century
No Papacy & Apostolic Throne Patriarchs of Alexandria English · Coptic Birth Name & Place Notes
104 08/21/1718 St. Peter VI Morgan
04/04/1726 PETROS VI Assiut, Egypt
7Y, 7M, 11D Πετροϲ
105 01/12/1727 St. John XVII Abdel Sayed
04/21/1745 YOANNIS the 17th Mallawi, Egypt
18Y, 3M, 8D Ιωαnnнϲ
106 05/30/1745 St. Mark VII Simeon
05/20/1769 MARCOS VIII Klosna, in the district of El Bahnasa, Egypt
23Y, 11M, 20D Μαρκοϲ
107 10/23/1769 St. John XVIII Joseph Pope John XVIII of Alexandria (Abba Youannis), 107th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. Pope John XVIII was born in Fayoum, Egypt. His lay name was Joseph. He became a monk in the Monastery of Saint Anthony. At the departure of Pope Mark VII, he was unanimously chosen to succeed him. He was ordained at the church of Saint Mercurius Church in Coptic Cairo, on Sunday, 15 Paopi, 1486 A.M. (23 October 1769 AD). The Seat of the Pope during his papacy remained in the Saint Mary Church (Haret Elroum) in Cairo.
06/09/1796 YOANNIS XVIII Fayoum, Egypt
26Y, 7M, 16D Ιωαnnнϲ
108 11/30/1904 St. Mark VIII John (Youhanna) Napoleon and French Invasion of Egypt which had a population of 3 million Egyptians.
12/21/1809 MARCOS VIII Sohag, Egypt
13Y Μαρκοϲ

19th Century
No Papacy & Apostolic Throne Patriarchs of Alexandria English · Coptic Birth Name & Place Notes
109 12/24/1809 St. Peter VII Mankarius A Russian ambassador offered the Patriarch Peter VII the protection from the Russian Emperor, Nicholas I, however the patriarch thanked the Emperor, saying no other protection was needed than God.
04/06/1852 BOUTROS "EL-GAWLY" Gawli - Manfalout, Egypt
42Y, 3M, 12D Πετροϲ
110 06/05/1854 St. Cyril IV David (Daoud) He established a Coptic School in Haret El-Sakkayeen. As well as a printing house and printed many church books.
01/31/1886 KYRILLOS IV Sawamaa of the district of the city of Girga, Egypt
6Y, 7M, 27D
111 6/15/1861 St. Demetrius II Michael (Mikhail) He completed the construction of Saint Mark Cathedral, built many buildings in the patriarchate, and in his monastery in the area of Atrees. On 17 November 1869, he attended the celebration for the opening of the Suez Canal, and met many kings. He was well respected by Ottoman Sultan Abdülâziz. When this Pope came before him to greet him, the Pope kissed the sultan on his chest. The Sultan was troubled, and the guards asked the Pope why he did that. The Pope said, "The book of God says: 'The king's heart in the hand of the Lord' (Proverbs 21:1), when I kissed his heart, I have kissed the hand of God." The Sultan was pleased with his answer, and gave him many farm lands to help the poor and the schools
1/18/1870 DEMITRIUS II Galda, Minya Governorate, Egypt
7Y, 7M, 7D
112 11/1/1874 KYRILLOS V John (Youhanna) Longest-serving Pope in the history of the Coptic Orthodox Church. In 1908, Marcus Simaika Pasha obtained the approval of the Pope to build the Coptic Museum which was inaugurated on the 14th of March 1910.
8/7/2027 Tezment, Beni Suef Governorate, Egypt
52Y, 9M, 6D

20th Century
No Papacy & Apostolic Throne Patriarchs of Alexandria English · Coptic Birth Name & Place Notes
113 12/16/2028 St. John XIX First ever Bishop or Metropolitan ordained Pope.
6/21/1942 YOANNIS XIX Dair Tasa, Assiut, Egypt
13Y, 6M, 6D Ιωαnnнϲ
114 2/19/1944 St. Macarius III Was ordained metropolitan for Assiut at 24 years old.
8/31/1945 MACARI III El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Egypt
1Y, 6M, 13D Μακαρi
115 4/29/1905 St. Joseph II Foundation of the Higher Institute of Coptic Studies.
11/14/1956 YOUSAB II Damanhour, Egypt
10Y
116 5/10/1959 St. Cyril VI Azer Youssef Atta This article uses dates and years written in the Coptic calendar, using the A.M. calendar era, in addition to the Gregorian calendar, using the A.D. calendar era.
3/9/1971 KYRILLOS VI Damanhour, Egypt
11Y, 7M, 29D
117 11/14/1971 Pope Shenouda III Nazeer Gayed Roufail First Pope to visit the Patriarchs of Rome and Constantinople since 451 AD.
3/17/2012 SHENOUDA III Abnub, Asyut Governorate, Egypt
40Y, 4M, 4D Ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲅ̅

21st Century
No Papacy & Apostolic Throne Patriarchs of Alexandria English · Coptic Birth Name & Place Notes
118 11/18/2012 Pope Theodore II Wagih Subhi Baqi Sulayman Pope Tawadros II or Theodore II 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, two weeks after being selected.
Present TAWADROS II Mansoura, Egypt
2Y Өεοδωροϲ
Source: List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria
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