Given a functor $F : \mathcal C \to \mathcal C$ with initial algebra $\alpha : FA \to A$, and another algebra $\xi : FX \to X$, we obtain a unique morphism $\mathsf{fold}~\xi : A \to X$ such that $\mathsf{fold}~\xi \circ \alpha = \xi \circ F(\mathsf{fold}~\xi)$. I am looking for a sufficient condition - ideally phrasable as $P(F) \wedge Q(\xi)$ rather than $R(F, \xi)$ - which guarantees that: 1. $\mathsf{fold}~\xi$ is monomorphic, 2. $\mathsf{fold}~\xi$ is epimorphic. (I'm looking for separate conditions for 1 and for 2.) I would expect: 1. $F$ preserves monomorphism and $\xi$ is monomorphic 2. $F$ preserves epimorphism and $\xi$ is epimorphic but I can't seem to prove this.