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 |
| Church | Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria |
| Metropolis | Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California, and Hawaii |
| Installed | 23 December 1995 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 18 July 1981 |
| Consecration | 2 June 1985 |
| Rank | Metropolitan of Southern California and Hawaii |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Denomination | Coptic Orthodox Christian |
| Alma mater | Faculty 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.