Canonical Status
The Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Church of NSA, being an autocephalous body, recognize Pope Shenouda III, Abuna Merkorios, in exile, as the lawful Patriarch, and Abuna Nathanael Joshua Shiloh as the Metropolitan primate . Being an autocephalous body, this group is not under the control or directly governed by the See of Alexandria. The Holy See of the Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Archdiocese of North and South America is located in Manhattan, New York.
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