Anba Angaelos
{{Short description|Coptic Bishop}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
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| name = Angaelos
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE|size=100%}}
| title = Bishop
| image = Bishop Anba Angaelos 2015 (17179750832).jpg
| enthroned = 14 November 1999
| ordination = 1999
| consecration = Consecrated by Pope Shenouda III
| other_post = Member of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1967}}{{cite web |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/HTI9dst18hS2uDaQvnBO-ARB8DQ/appointments |title=Anba ANGAELOS - Personal Appointments|newspaper=Companies House|date= |author= |accessdate= 22 July 2018}}
| birth_place = Cairo, Egypt{{cite web | url=http://www.bishopangaelos.org/about-Bishop-Angaelos | title=Bishop Angaelos of London - Biography| publisher=Bishop Angaelos.org | accessdate=10 December 2020}}
| religion = Coptic Orthodox
| residence = United Kingdom
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Archbishop Angaelos {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} is the Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London and is the official representative of Pope Tawadros II to the UK.{{Cite web |title=Our Bishop {{!}} The Coptic Orthodox Church Centre UK |url=http://www.copticorthodox.london/our-bishop/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=www.copticorthodox.london}}
Early life
Angaelos was born in Cairo, Egypt and emigrated with his family to Australia, where he spent his childhood years. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in political science, philosophy and sociology, and went on to postgraduate studies in law whilst working in the same field.
Religious life
In 1990, Angaelos returned to Egypt to join the Monastery of Saint Bishoy in Wadi-El-Natroun, where he was subsequently{{when|date=December 2022}} consecrated a monk by Pope Shenouda III. He served as Papal secretary until 1995, and was then delegated by the Pope to serve as a parish priest in the United Kingdom. He was consecrated in 1999 as a General Bishop (a rank between auxiliary bishop and chorbishop) in the United Kingdom of the Coptic Orthodox Church.{{cite web |url=http://www.marthoman.tv/dec.%2008.html |title=Malankara Orthodox Church of India/Malankara Nazrani |newspaper=Marthoman.tv|accessdate= 30 November 2015}} He was then enthroned as the first Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London (ecclesial title given by Pope Tawadros II) on 18 November 2017.{{cite web |title=Our Archbishop | the Coptic Orthodox Church Centre UK |url=http://www.copticorthodox.london/our-bishop/}}
Political awards and activism
In the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours, Angaelos was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to international religious freedom.United Kingdom: {{London Gazette |issue=61256 | date=12 June 2015 |pages=B11| supp=y}}{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2015-06-12/campaigning-bishop-is-among-people-honoured-in-hertfordshire/ |title=Campaigning bishop is among people honoured in Hertfordshire |newspaper=ITV Web site |date=12 June 2015|accessdate= 30 November 2015}}
Archbishop Angaelos is President of Bible Society.{{Cite web |title=Meet our New President |url=https://www.biblesociety.org.uk/latest/news/coptic-bishop-to-be-our-next-president/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=www.biblesociety.org.uk |language=en-GB}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{official|http://bishopangaelos.org}}
- [http://www.copticorthodox.london Coptic Orthodox Diocese of London]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20161011171039/https://annenglishhour.wordpress.com/2015/10/01/bishop-anjaelos/ Interviewed on ANN TV 2015 discusses Christian Minorities and Modern Citizenship]
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