Pope John VI of Alexandria

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His Holiness

Pope John VI
74th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
Papacy began1189
Papacy ended1216
PredecessorMark III
SuccessorCyril III
Personal details
Born
Died1216
Egypt
BuriedChurch of the Holy Virgin (Babylon El-Darag)
NationalityEgyptian
DenominationCoptic Orthodox Christian
ResidenceThe Hanging Church


Pope John VI of Alexandria, 74th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.

In 1210, his envoys reached the city of Lalibela in Ethiopia, where they met Emperor Gebre Mesqel Lalibela.[1]

He was the last Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria to consecrate a bishop for Western Pentapolis as the people converted to Islam under the rule of the Arabs.

References

  1. ^ Taddesse Tamrat, Church and State in Ethiopia (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972), p. 62
Preceded by Coptic Pope
1189–1216
Succeeded by