Abuna Mattheos (Matewos) X (1843–1926) was a Coptic priest from

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, who came to

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

in 1881, becoming a bishop of Shewa under

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Sahle Mariam. When Sahle Mariam became the Emperor of Ethiopia under the

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Menelik II , spoken = ; ''djānhoi'', lit. ''"O steemedroyal"'' , alternative = ; ''getochu'', lit. ''"Our master"'' (pl.) Menelik II ( gez, ዳግማዊ ምኒልክ ; horse name Abba Dagnew ( Amharic: አባ ዳኘው ''abba daññäw''); 17 ...

in 1889, Mattheos then became Archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church until his death. In 1916, on behalf of the Ethiopian church, Mattheos announced the dethronement and excommunication of the uncrowned Emperor of Ethiopia

Lij Iyasu ''Lij'' Iyasu ( gez, ልጅ ኢያሱ; 4 February 1895 – 25 November 1935) was the designated Emperor of Ethiopia from 1913 to 1916. His baptismal name was Kifle Yaqob (ክፍለ ያዕቆብ ''kəflä y’aqob''). Ethiopian emperors traditio ...

(Iyasu V), who reportedly converted to Islam.Nicolle, ''The Italian Invasion of Abyssinia 1935-1936'', p. 5.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mattheos X 1843 births 1926 deaths Archbishops of Ethiopia 19th-century Oriental Orthodox bishops 19th century in Ethiopia 20th-century Oriental Orthodox bishops 20th century in Ethiopia Egyptian emigrants to Ethiopia