{{summary Infobox_Contents | texttopic_name =The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is an |subtopics = [[Ethiopian Orthodox Churches in Ethiopia Index]], [[Oriental Ethiopian OrthodoxChurches Worldwide Index]] church in Ethiopia that was part of the Coptic * [[Eritrean Orthodox Church until 1959, when it was granted its own Patriarch by Coptic Pope Cyril VI. It is the only pre-colonial Christian church of Sub-Saharan Africa and has a membership of about 35 million people worldwide.]] |opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}} |}}
{{overview}}The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is an [[Oriental Orthodox]] church in Ethiopia that was part of the Coptic Church until 1959, when it was granted its own Patriarch by Coptic Pope Cyril VI. It is the only pre-colonial Christian church of Sub-Saharan Africa and has a membership of about 35 million people worldwide.