List of Abunas of Ethiopia
Patriarchs and Catholicoi of All Ethiopia
In 1959, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria granted autocephaly to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and elevated the Archbishop to the Patriarchal dignity and was enthroned with the title of: Patriarch and Re'ese Liqane Papasat Echege (Catholicos) of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

List of Abunas of Ethiopia

Section Title: Patriarchs and Catholicoi of All Ethiopia
Table Section Text: In 1959, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria granted autocephaly to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and elevated the Archbishop to the Patriarchal dignity and was enthroned with the title of: Patriarch and Re'ese Liqane Papasat Echege (Catholicos) of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

No.	Abuna (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Reign	Notes

1	Basilios (1891–1970)	-	1959–1970	Reigned during the Conference of Addis Ababa of 1965

2	Theophilos (1910–1979)	-	1971–1976	Deposed by the Derg and executed by strangling in 1979

3	Takla Haymanot (1918–1988)	-	1976–1988

4	Merkorios (born 1938)	-	1988–present	Deposed by the EPRDF, which claimed that he abdicated; in exile from 1991 to 2018

5	Paulos (1936–2012)	-	1992–2012	Reign disputed by followers of Abune Merkorios

6	Mathias (born 1941)	-	2013–present	Reign disputed by followers of Abune Merkorios until 2018

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Abune Mathias was the Sixth Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia.

final_sentence: Abune Mathias was the Sixth Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia.