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His Beatitude Peter (Petros) VII ( September 3 , 1949 – September 11 , 2004 ) was the Eastern Orthodox Pope And Patriarch Of Alexandria And All Africa from 1997 to 2004 . Peter was born as Peter Papapetrou in Sichari, Kyrenia , Cyprus . He assumed the Patriarchate of Alexandria on March 9 , 1997 , following his election by the Holy Synod the previous February 21 . Before his election, Peter had served as a deacon and a priest, and was consecrated as a bishop in 1983 . He had a close rapport with his predecessor, Patriarch 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. Peter VII died along with 16 others (including three other bishops of the Church of Alexandria: Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Carthage , Metropolitan Irenaios of Pelusium , and Bishop Nectarios 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.
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