Abune Paulos

His Holiness Abune Paulos
Patriarch and Catholicos of Ethiopia, Archbishop of Axum and Echege of the See of Takla Haymanot
Abune Paulos at Timket celebration in 2005
Church	Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Installed	1992
Term ended	2012
Predecessor	Abuna Merkorios
Successor	Abune Mathias (Ethiopia) Abune Phillipos (Eritrean)
Personal details
Born	Gebremedhin Woldeyohannes (1936-11-03)3 November 1936 Adwa, Eritrea Governorate, Italian East Africa (now Tigray Region, Ethiopia)
Died	16 August 2012(2012-08-16) (aged 75) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Nationality	Ethiopian
Alma mater	Theological College of the Holy Trinity Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary Princeton Theological Seminary

Abune Paulos (born Gebremedhin Woldeyohannes; 3 November 1936 – 16 August 2012)^[1] was the fifth Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church from 1992 to his death in 2012. His full title was "His Holiness Abuna Paulos, Fifth Patriarch of the Orthodox Tewahido Church of Ethiopia, Ichege of the see of Saint Tekle Haymanot, Archbishop of Axum and one of the seven serving Presidents of the World Council of Churches."