Pope Peter VII of Alexandria

His Holiness Peter (Petros) VII of Alexandria, né Mankarius, was the Coptic Pope from 1810 to 1852. He was the 109th to hold the position.

During his patriarchate, sensing intimations of pressure from Roman Catholicism, the Coptic Church intensified its teaching, its preaching, and its pastoral work, and the pope himself intensified his writing on matters of faith and doctrine. During the period, many private and public patriarchal libraries were founded.

Peter VII died on 5 April 1852, after which the papal throne stood vacant for over one year before his successor, Cyril IV, was appointed.

A different Peter VII was the Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria from 1997 to 2004. See: Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria.