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[[Image:Petros vii.jpg|right|frame|Pope Petros VII of Alexandria]]
His Beatitude '''Petros VII (Papapetrou)''' ([[September 3]], 1949 – [[September 11]], 2004) was the [[Patriarch of Alexandria|Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa]] from 1997 to 2004.

Petros was born as '''Petros Papapetrou''' in Sichari, Kyrenia, in what is today the self-proclaimed and internationally unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on the island of Cyprus. He assumed the [[Patriarchate]] of [[Church of Alexandria|Alexandria]] on [[March 9]], 1997, following his election by the Alexandrian [[Holy Synod]] the previous [[February 21]]. Before his election, Petros had served as a [[deacon]] and a [[priest]], and was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] as a [[bishop]] in 1983. He had a close rapport with his predecessor, Pope [[Parthenios III of Alexandria]] and assumed the latter's post after his death in 1996.

His tenure was marked by renewed [[missionary]] efforts in Kenya, Uganda, Madagascar, Cameroon, and elsewhere across the African continent.

Pope Petros died along with 16 others (including three other bishops of the Church of Alexandria: [[Metropolitan]] [[Chrysostomos (Papadopoulos) of Carthage]], Metropolitan [[Irenaeus (Talambekos) of Pilousion]], and Bishop [[Nektarios (Kellis) of Madagascar|Nektarios of Madagascar]]) when the helicopter carrying them crashed into the Aegean Sea while en route to the [[monastic]] enclave of [[Mount Athos]] in Greece. The cause of the crash remains unknown.

He was succeeded on [[October 24]], 2004, by Pope [[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria|Theodoros II]].

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title=Metropolitan of Accra and West Africa|
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before=[[Anastasios (Yannoulatos) of Albania|Anastasios (Yannoulatos)]]|
title=Patriarchal Exarch of the Archdiocese of Irinoupolis|
years=1991-1994|
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title=Metropolitan of Cameroon and West Africa|
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after=[[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria|Theodoros II (Choreftakis)]]}}
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==External links==
*[http://www.greece.org/gopatalex/sa/orthodoxJohannesburg/English/Obituaries/PetrosVII.html Obituary H.B. Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria Petros VII (1949-09-03 to 2004-09-11)]
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/alexandria/former.htm#petros_patr Listing] at the Orthodox Research Institute
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_Peter_VII_of_Alexandria Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria] at Wikipedia.

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 [[Image:Petros vii.jpg|right|frame|Pope Petros VII of Alexandria]]
-His Beatitude '''Petros VII (Papapetrou)''' ([[September 3]], 1949 &ndash; [[September 11]], 2004) was the [[Patriarch of Alexandria|Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa]] from 1997 to 2004.
+His Beatitude '''Petros VII (Papapetrou)''' ([[September 3]], [[1949]] &ndash; [[September 11]], [[2004]]) was the [[Patriarch of Alexandria|Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa]] from [[1997]] to [[2004]].
-Petros was born as '''Petros Papapetrou''' in Sichari, Kyrenia, in what is today the self-proclaimed and internationally unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on the island of Cyprus. He assumed the Patriarchate of [[Church of Alexandria]] on [[March 9]], 1997, following his election by the Alexandrian Holy Synod the previous [[February 21]].  Before his election, Petros had served as a deacon and a priest, and was consecrated as a bishop in 1983.  He had a close rapport with his predecessor, Pope [[Parthenios III of Alexandria]] and assumed the latter's post after his death in 1996.
+Petros was born as '''Petros Papapetrou''' in [[Sichari]], [[Kyrenia province|Kyrenia]], in what is today the self-proclaimed and internationally unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on the island of [[Cyprus]]. He assumed the Patriarchate of [[Church of Alexandria]] on [[March 9]], [[1997]], following his election by the Alexandrian Holy Synod the previous [[February 21]].  Before his election, Petros had served as a [[deacon]] and a [[priest]], and was consecrated as a [[bishop]] in [[1983]].  He had a close rapport with his predecessor, Pope [[Parthenios III of Alexandria]] and assumed the latter's post after his death in 1996.
 His tenure was marked by renewed missionary efforts in Kenya, Uganda, Madagascar, Cameroon, and elsewhere across the African continent.
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 Pope Petros died along with 16 others (including three other bishops of the Church of Alexandria: Metropolitan [[Chrysostomos (Papadopoulos) of Carthage]], Metropolitan [[Irenaeus (Talambekos) of Pilousion]], and Bishop [[Nektarios (Kellis) of Madagascar]]) when the helicopter carrying them crashed into the Aegean Sea while en route to the monastic enclave of [[Mount Athos]] in Greece. The cause of the crash remains unknown.
-He was succeeded on [[October 24]], 2004, by Pope [[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria]].
+He was succeeded on [[October 24]], [[2004]], by Pope [[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria]].
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