Serapion (Coptic bishop of Los Angeles)


Metropolitan Serapion
Bishop of Los Angeles and Metropolitan of Southern California and Hawaii
Metropolitan Serapion
Native name
نيافة الأنبا سرابيون
ChurchCoptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
MetropolisCoptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California, and Hawaii
Installed23 December 1995
Orders
Ordination18 July 1981
Consecration2 June 1985
RankMetropolitan of Southern California and Hawaii
Personal details
Born
NationalityEgyptian
DenominationCoptic Orthodox Christian
Alma materFaculty of Medicine at Assiut

HE Metropolitan Serapion (Arabic: نيافة الأنبا سرابيون) is the first hierarch and bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California, and Hawaii. He was born in Assiut, Kingdom of Egypt. Following his graduation from the Faculty of Medicine at Assiut in 1975, he practiced medicine in Aswan before becoming a monk.