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Kyrillos Makarios was born in Scenaineh in 1867 and was ordained a priest in 1891.
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He served as Patriarch of Alexandria from 1899 to 1908 when he resigned. The delegation requested the reinstatement of the seat of the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate. The papal decision followed quickly on 26 November 1895 reestablishing the patriarchal seat, assigning two eparchies, namely The Eparchy of Hermopolis (El Minia) to be headed by Bishop Maximus Sedfawi and Eparchy of Taybeh (Luxor) to be headed by Bishop Ignatius Barazi, and confirmed Kyrillos Makarios as Apostolic Vicar.
In 1898, he held the First Alexandria Council for the Catholic Copts heading as vicar.
He served as Vicar until 19 June 1899 when he was appointed as Patriarch of Alexandria as the first patriarch of the reinstated Coptic Catholic Patriarchate and was officially ordained as Patriarch in July 1899 and was instrumental in organizing the dioceses and the churches. His successes however prompted a lot of opposition, upon which he tended his resignation from the seat and retreated to Beirut, Lebanon.
After his resignation, the Patriarchal seat remained vacant for almost 4 decades (from 1908 until 1947).
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Religion
Coptic Catholic Church