Abune Qerlos (28 September 1927 – 2 December 2022) was the fifth

Patriarch The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Roman Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and ...

of the

Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church () is one of the Oriental Orthodox Churches with its headquarters in Asmara, Eritrea. It was given autocephaly by Shenouda III of Alexandria, pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church, after Eritrea gained its in ...

.Скончался Предстоятель Эритрейской Церкви

Ecclesiastical career

Prior to the election of Qerlos, the position of patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church had been left vacant since the death of

Abune Dioskoros Abune Diosqoros (born Diosqoros Hagos Mendefera; 1935 – 21 December 2015) was the fourth Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, appointed in April 2007. Bishop Born in 1935, Dioskoros was consecrated as bishop of the Seraye distric ...

in 2015. On 13 May 2021, Qerlos was elected Patriarch of Eritrea at the age of 93. His ordination and enthronement as Patriarch took place a month later on 13 June.

Personal life and death

Qerlos died on 2 December 2022, at the age of 95.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Qerlos 1927 births 2022 deaths Date of birth missing 21st-century Oriental Orthodox archbishops Eritrean Oriental Orthodox Christians Patriarchs of Eritrea