Stéphanos I Sidarouss
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His Beatitude and Eminence Stéphanos I Sidarouss إسطفانوس الأول سيداروس CM |
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| Cardinal Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria | |
| Appointed | 10 May 1958 |
| Term ended | 24 May 1986 |
| Predecessor | Markos II Khouzam |
| Successor | Stéphanos II Ghattas |
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| Ordination | 22 July 1939 |
| Consecration | 25 January 1948 by Markos II Khouzam |
| Created Cardinal | 22 February 1965 by Pope Paul VI |
| Rank | Cardinal-Bishop Patriarch |
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| Birth name | Stéphanos Sidarouss |
| Born | 22 February 1904 Cairo, Egypt |
| Died | 23 August 1987 Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Denomination | Coptic Catholic Church |
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Stéphanos I Sidarouss CM (Arabic: إسطفانوس الأول سيداروس) (February 22, 1904 – August 23, 1987) was a Cardinal and leader of the Coptic Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic sui juris particular church of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Patriarch of Alexandria from 1958 to 1986, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965.
Stéphanos I Sidarouss was born in Cairo, and later entered the Congregation of the Mission, more commonly known as the Lazarists. He was educated at houses of studies belonging to this religious institute in France, where he was ordained to the priesthood on July 22, 1939, in Dax. Sidarouss then taught at the seminary of Évreux and at the scholasticates of Dax and Montmagny until 1946. From 1946 to 1947, he was director of the Ecclesiastical Institute of Catholic Copts in Tantah, Egypt.
On August 9, 1947, Sidarouss was elected Auxiliary Bishop of the Eparchy of Alexandria and Titular Bishop of Sais. He received his episcopal consecration on January 25, 1948 from Patriarch Markos II Khouzam, with Bishops Alexandros Scandar and Pierre Dib serving as co-consecrators. Sidarouss was later elected Patriarch of Alexandria, and thus primate of the Coptic Catholic Church, on May 10, 1958, and attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965.
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