On the 11th November in 1962, a young 22 year old man who joined the Syrian (St. Mary’s) Monastery in Wadi Natroun in Egypt, was ordained as a monk with the name “Missael” after St. Missael (Misael or Meisael) the Anchorite. Fr. Missael was then ordained as a priest on the 1st November in 1967 and later a hegumen on the 17th May in 1969. Fr. Missael was a close disciple and secretary to the late St. Pope Cyril VI. Following the departure of St. Pope Cyril VI, Bishop Shenouda was chosen and enthroned as Pope and Patriarch on 14th November 1971. His Holiness Pope Shenouda III appointed Fr. Missael as his first secretary.
On the 26th May in 1991, H.G. Bishop Missael was ordained as the first Bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham by His Holiness Pope Shenouda III. This was the first Diocese to be established under the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in the United Kingdom and all the lands of immigration. In 2006, the Diocese of Birmingham was renamed the Diocese of the Midlands, United Kingdom.
His Grace Bishop Missael is based at St. Mary & St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Centre in Birmingham.
You may reach His Grace by:
Tel: +44 1564 783926 Fax: +44 1564 784236
