Pope John XIX of Alexandria

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His Holiness Pope John XIX
Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
File:Pope John XIX.jpg Pope John XIX
Native name	البابا يوأنس التاسع عشر
Papacy began	1928
Papacy ended	1944
Predecessor	Cyril V
Successor	Macarius III
Personal details
Nationality	Egyptian
Denomination	Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
Residence	Coptic Orthodox Patriarchal Residence

Pope John XIX of Alexandria was the Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark (1928–1942).

[edit] A Monk

He joined the Paromeos Monastery in the Nitrian Desert as a monk and was sent to Greece to study Theology. Afterwards, Pope Cyril V appointed him a Metropolitan.

[edit] Enthroning a Bishop as Pope

Before becoming a Pope, John XIX was the Metropolitan of Al Beheira in Egypt; he is the first ever Bishop/Metropolitan of an Eparchy to become a Pope in the history of the Coptic Orthodox Church; before him the tradition was to nominate a Monk to the Papal position ^[1]

Some argue that the choice of Bishop as Pope (and Bishop) of the City of Alexandria is not canonical (against Canon 15 of Nicea and other Church councils/canons).^[2] This issue has caused an ongoing dispute since 1928 in the Coptic Orthodox Church.

The seat of the Pope in Cairo during his papacy remained in the Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Azbakeya in Cairo.

[edit] References

^ The story of the Coptic Church, Iris Habib Elmasry
^ http://www.rezgar.com/debat/show.art.asp?t=0&userID=981&aid=80855

Preceded by Cyril V	Coptic Pope 1929—1942	Succeeded by Macarius III

v t e Patriarchs of Alexandria

Patriarchs prior to the Chalcedonian schism (43–451)	Mark I (Founder) Anianus Avilius (AKA Melius) Kedron Primus Justus Eumenes Markianos (Considered Mark II by Greek side of later schism) Celadion Agrippinus Julian Demetrius Heraclas Dionysius Maximus Theonas Peter I Achillas Alexander I Athanasius I Peter II Timothy I Theophilus I Cyril I Dioscorus I

Coptic Orthodox Popes & Patriarchs (451–present)	Timothy II Peter III Athanasius II John I John II Dioscorus II Timothy III Theodosius I Peter IV Damian Anastasius Andronicus Benjamin I Agatho John III Isaac Simeon I Alexander II Cosmas I Theodoros I (AKA Theodosius II) Michael I Mina I John IV Mark II Jacob (AKA James) Simeon II Joseph I Michael II Cosmas II Shenouda I Michael III Gabriel I Cosmas III Macarius I Theophilus II (AKA Theophanes) Mina II Abraham Philotheos Zacharias Shenouda II Christodolos Cyril II Michael IV Macarius II Gabriel II Michael V John V Mark III John VI Cyril III Athanasius III John VII Gabriel III John VII Theodosius III John VIII John IX Benjamin II Peter V Mark IV John X Gabriel IV Matthew I Gabriel V John XI Matthew II Gabriel VI Michael VI John XII John XIII Gabriel VII John XIV Gabriel VIII Mark V John XV Matthew III Mark VI Matthew IV John XVI Peter VI John XVII Mark VII John XVIII Mark VIII Peter VII Cyril IV Demetrius II Cyril V John XIX Macarius III Joseph II Cyril VI Shenouda III Theodoros II (Current)

Greek Orthodox Patriarchs (451–present)	Proterius Timothy II Timothy III John I Peter III Athanasius II John II John III Dioscorus II Timothy IV Theodosius I Paul Zoilus Apollinarius John IV Eulogius Theodore I John V George I Cyrus Peter IV Peter V Peter VI Cosmas I Politianus Eustatius Christopher I Sophronius I Michael I Michael II Christodoulos Eutychius Sophronius II Isaac Job Elias I Arsenius Theophilus II George II Leontius Alexander II John VI Cyril II Sabbas Sophronius III Elias II Eleutherius Mark III Nicholas I Gregory I Nicholas II Athanasius III Gregory II Gregory III Niphon Mark IV Nicholas III Gregory IV Nicholas IV Athanasius IV Mark V Philotheus Mark VI Gregory V Joachim I Silvester Meletius Pegas Cyril III Gerasimus I Metrophanes Nicephorus Joannicius Paisius Parthenius I Gerasimus II Samuel Cosmas II Cosmas III Matthew Cyprian Gerasimus III Parthenius II Theophilus III Hierotheus I Artemius Hierotheus II Callinicus Jacob Nicanor Sophronius IV Photius Meletius II Nicholas V Christopher II Nicholas VI Parthenius III Peter VII Theodore II (Current)

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Date of birth	1855
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