– Was the Metropolitan of Beheira and Monoufia for 42 years before he was appointed Patriarch
– He established a theological school in Alexandria and Helwan to teach monks and sent a mission from its students to Athens
– Ordained a Coptic metropolitan for the Ethiopian Empire as well as four Ethiopian bishops who were scholars
– The Coptic metropolitan was returned to Egypt when a war erupted between Italy and Ethiopia
– However, Ethiopia returned to the Coptic Church after Italy’s defeat in World War II