# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abuna-merkorios
# Generated: 2026-08-15T17:59:33.950Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abuna-merkorios"
name: "Abuna Merkorios"
slug: "abuna-merkorios"
description: "Abune Merkorios was an Ethiopian bishop and the fourth Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, elected after the death of Abuna Takla Haymanot in May 1988. Merkorios remained Patriarch for three years until 1991, when the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) overthrew the Communist military junta known as Derg in Addis Ababa. After spending almost three decades living in exile, he was allowed to return to Addis Ababa and be recognized as Patriarch alongside Abune Mathias."
tagline: "Fourth Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church (1938–2022)"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1938-06-14"
deathDate: "2022-03-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.69
  momentum:             3.707865168539325
  historical:           8.548633333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Abuna Merkorios"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "أبونا مركوريوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "ابونا مركوريوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abune_Merkorios"
    title: "Abune Merkorios"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuna_Merkorios"
    title: "Abuna Merkorios"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkorios"
    title: "Merkorios"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkorios_(patriarcha_Etiopii)"
    title: "Merkorios (patriarcha Etiopii)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merc%C3%BArio_da_Eti%C3%B3pia"
    title: "Mercúrio da Etiópia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Абуна Меркурий"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abune_Merkorios"
    title: "Abune Merkorios"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3376344"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump