Background
Sidarouss, Stephanos was born on February 22, 1904 in Cairo. Son of Sesostris and Clotilde Boghos (Ghali) Sidarouss.
Sidarouss, Stephanos was born on February 22, 1904 in Cairo. Son of Sesostris and Clotilde Boghos (Ghali) Sidarouss.
Degree, Jesuits College, Cairo. Degree, University Paris & Ecole libre des science politiques. Honorary Doctor, St. John's University, New York City.
Honorary Doctor, Chicago Vincentian University, 1965.
Barrister at law, Cairo, 1926—1932. Ordained priest Roman Catholic Church, 1939. Director, seminars France, 1939—1946.
Rector Coptic Catholic Seminary, Tahta, 1946, Tanta, 1947—1953, Maadi, Egypt, 1953—1958. Bishop, 1948; patriarch of Alexandria, 1958. Elevated Sacred College Cardinals, 1965.
Member Sacred Congregation of Oriental Churches Rome, Pontifical Commission for Code of Canonic Lex, Pontifical Commission for Oriental Code of Canonic Lex.