Coptic Orthodox Church UK
Media and
Communications Office
Coptic Orthodox
Church (Europe)
Media and Communications Office
HG
Bishop Angaelos proclaimed Bishop over new Coptic Orthodox Diocese of London
during historic service in Egypt
16 November 2017
On 11
November 2017 His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch
of the See of Saint Mark, and the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church,
Proclaimed His Grace Bishop Angaelos as Bishop of the new Coptic Orthodox
Diocese of London during a service at St Bishoy Monastery in Wadi-El-Natroun,
Egypt.
With
the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of London, two new dioceses were established: HG
Bishop Karass was Proclaimed Bishop of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and
West Virginia, and HG Bishop Marc was Proclaimed as Bishop of Paris and the
North of France.
On
Sunday 12 November, four monks were consecrated bishops: two monks from Saint
Shenouda Monastery in Milan, Fr Giovanni and Fr Antonio, were consecrated as
bishops of Mid-Europe and Milan respectively; Fr Seraphim El-Souriani was
consecrated as Bishop of Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana; and father Pigol
Al-Muharraqi was consecrated as Bishop and Abbot of Al-Muharraq Monastery in
Assiut.
Bishop
Angaelos, formerly the General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United
Kingdom, will travel back to England accompanied by a delegation of
Metropolitans and Bishops who will formally enthrone him as the Coptic Orthodox
Bishop of London during a vespers service in the Coptic Cathedral of Saint
George at The Coptic Centre later in the month.
