Abune Yacob was the second Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church. Born raised and ordained in Eritrea initially he had been made an Archbishop of the Ethopian Orthodox Church and had even served briefly as Locem Tenens (Acting Patriarch) of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church following the abdication of Patriarch Abuna Merkorios in 1991.
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