Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church from 2007 to 2015
His Holiness Abune
Dioskoros
Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church (Disputed)
Church
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Appointed
19 April 2007
Term ended
21 December 2015
Predecessor
Antonios
Successor
Qerlos
Orders
Consecration
19 May 1994
Personal details
Born
Diosqoros Hagos Mendefera
1935
Died
21 December 2015(2015-12-21) (aged 79–80)
Denomination
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo
Previous post(s)
Bishop of Seraye district (1994–2004), Bishop of South West (2004–2007)
Abune Diosqoros (born Diosqoros Hagos Mendefera; 1935 – 21 December 2015)[1][2] was the fourth Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, appointed in April 2007.[3]
^"His Holiness Abune Diosqorios Anointed as 4th Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church". Shabait. 28 May 2007.
^Africa Yearbook
^"New Eritrean patriarch appointed". Shabait. 25 April 2007.
Abune Diosqoros (born Diosqoros Hagos Mendefera; 1935 – 21 December 2015) was the fourth Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, appointed...
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