Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Midlands & Affiliated Areas U.K.

Contents 1 About the Diocese 2 H.G. Bishop Missael 3 Diocese Priests 4 Diocese Churches 5 Website 6 The UKmidCopts Dev Team

About the Diocese

His Holiness Pope Shenouda III is the 117th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria. His Holiness' Papacy is marked by the growth in Coptic Churches outside of Egypt. To address the needs of these churches, His Holiness felt the urgency to establish dioceses abroad. Hence, in 1991 the first Coptic Orthodox Diocese to be established in the United Kingdom was the Diocese of Birmingham, later known as the Diocese of the Midlands & Affiliated Areas. H.H. Pope Shenouda III appointed His Grace Bishop Missael, at the time a General Bishop to oversee this Diocese.

The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Midlands & Affiliated Areas is composed of the following regions:

• West Midlands
• Warwickshire
• Greater Manchester
• Nottinghamshire
• Derbyshire
• Northamptonshire
• North Wales
• Oxfordshire
• Worcestershire
• Leictershire
• Staffordshire
• Shropshire
• Gloucestershire
• Herefordshire
• Lincolnshire
• Rutland

H.G. Bishop Missael

His Grace Bishop Missael starting as a General Bishop established St. Mary & St. Antony's Coptic Church in 1985 and later established the Coptic Orthodox Centre in Birmingham in 1989.

On the 26th May 1991, H.G. Bishop Missael was consecrated as Bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham, later known as the Diocese of the Midlands & Affiliated Areas by His Holiness Pope Shenouda III.

His Grace was enthroned as the first Bishop of the Diocese and is the first Coptic Orthodox Bishop to be present within the United Kingdom.

His Grace Bishop Missael is based at the Coptic Orthodox Centre in Birmingham.

Diocese Priests

The Diocese at the moment has 4 priests:

• Fr. John Yanny
• Fr. Peter
• Fr. Bishoy Naguib
• Fr. John Saleeb
• (Vacant)
• (Vacant)

Diocese Churches

The Diocese has a total of 10 Churches and rented buildings:

• St. Mary & St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Centre, Birmingham
• St. Mary & Archangel Michael's, Birmingham
• St. Mary & St. Antony's Coptic Orthodox Church, Birmingham
• St. Mary & St. Mina's Coptic Orthodox Church, Manchester
• St. Mary & St. George's Coptic Orthodox Church, Nottingham
• St. Mary & St. Abaskhyron's Coptic Orthodox Church, Llandudno
• Coptic Orthodox Church, Stoke-on-trent
• Rented Church in Leicester
• Rented Church in Oxford
• Rented Church in Northampton

Website

Official Diocese Website: http://www.ukmidcopts.org

The UKmidCopts Dev Team

The UKmidCopts Dev Team is a team set up by the diocese to work together to serve the coptic community in the growing area of technology through services online, software and advice. The UKmidCopts Dev Team are behind the diocese's website http://www.ukmidcopts.org .

The team's Projects Homepage/Blog: http://www.ukmidcopts.org/blog/

Other Main Projects:

• DeaconTube.com
• CopticWiki.com / CopticWiki.org
• iCopt App for iPhone
• Diocese Church Websites