Pope Joseph II of Alexandria
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Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Azbakeya) |
Pope Joseph II of Alexandria (Abba Yousab II) was the
The Pope
He was the metropolitan of Girga before becoming the pope and he is the third bishop / metropolitan to become a pope after Popes John XIX (1928–1942) and Macarius III (1942–1945).[2]
The
Ethiopia
He is revered in
Work
During Pope Yosab II's papacy the Institute of Coptic Studies was founded in 1954.[3] by the Coptic Orthodox Church and based in Cairo.
Between the years 1950–1952 A.D., in the time of Pope Yosab II, the building of
Removal from office
Pope Yousab II proved to be a weak and indecisive patriarch. During his reign, there were numerous power struggles within the church and corruption became widespread.[5][6] Yousab's valet and secretary, Malik, acted as an intermediary between the Pope and the rest of the Church, and gradually assumed much of the Pope's power. According to various reports, Malik charged large sums of money for an audience with the Pope and sold at least sixteen of the nineteen episcopal appointments made during Yousab II's reign.[5] Accusations of corruption and simony against Yousab II became common in the Egyptian press during this time, stirring up discontent among the Coptic laity.[5]
In July 1954, a group of political activists known as the Umma al-Qibtiya (Society of the Coptic Nation) staged a protest demanding that Yousab II resign. On July 25, 1954, the protest culminated in the group kidnapping the Pope and taking him to the Coptic Convent of Saint George in Old Cairo where he was forced to sign a letter of abdication.[5][6] However, the police were able to rescue the Pope and return him to the patriarchal residence.[5]
A year later, the Church's Synod and the General Congregation Council agreed to remove Pope Yousab II from office, stating that he was not fit to execute his duties.[5] He retired to one of the monasteries and in his last days he was transferred to the Coptic Hospital in Azbakeya, Cairo where he died in 1956.
The Church was managed by a committee formed of three of the
References
- ^ Hagai Erlikh: The cross and the river: Ethiopia, Egypt, and the Nile, Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc., Boulder, Colorado, 2002, P. 136–137
- ^ History of the Coptic Church, Iris Habib Elmasry Volume five.
- ^ Kamil, Jill (2007). "Obituary: Isaac Fanous (1919-2007)". Al-Ahram. Archived from the original on 16 February 2007.
- ^ "CHURCH - HISTORY". Saint-Mark Coptic Orthodox Church. Archived from the original on 13 July 2007.
- ^ ISBN 9774247574.
- ^ a b Hulsman, Cornelis (17 March 2012). "Egypt's Pope Shenouda III Dead at 88". Christianity Today. Retrieved 4 November 2012.