Abune Yacob

Abune Yacob was the second patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church.

His Holiness Abuna Yacob
2nd Patriarch of Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church
Installed4 December 2002
Term ended1 December 2003
PredecessorAbune Phillipos
SuccessorAbune Antonios
Personal details
Born(1924-07-05)July 5, 1924
DiedDecember 1, 2003(2003-12-01) (aged 79)
Asmara, Eritrea

Born, raised, and ordained in Eritrea, initially he had been made an archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and had even served briefly as Locem Tenens (acting patriarch) of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church following the abdication of Patriarch Abuna Merkorios in 1991. However, following the split of the Eritrean Orthodox Church from the Ethiopian Church, he moved to the Eritrean synod as a native Eritrean. He succeeded Abune Phillipos, the first patriarch of the church after the autocephaly of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church was recognised in 1994. He reigned only briefly before his death on 1 December 2003. He was succeeded by Abune Antonios.

Religious titles
Preceded by
Abune Phillipos
Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
20012003
Succeeded by
Abune Antonios


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