Photo from here
Serbian Orthodox Church
28 November 2018
Meeting
in Alexandria under the chairmanship of Patriarch
Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa on Monday, the Holy Synod of
the Church of Alexandria resolved to establish 5 new dioceses for the
Church, reports the Patriarchate’s website.
The decision came on the first day of the session that is scheduled to run through Friday.
At the proposal of Patriarch
Theodors, the Synod decided to establish the new Metropolis of Katanga and the Dioceses of Malawi, Gulu and East Uganda, Toliara and South Madagascar, and Goma and Kisangani.
Archimandrite
Theodosius Tsitsivos was elected as the Metropolitan of Katanga, and
Archimandrite Daniel Biazis, the secretary of the Holy Synod, was also
elected as the new Metropolitan of Aksum.
Metropolitan
Innocentios of Burundi
and Rwanda (from here)
The
new Diocese of Malawi was created by dividing the former Metropolis of Zambia and Malawi and will be led by Archimandrite Photios
(Hadjantoniou), the abbot of St. Sabba’s Monastery in Alexandria, who
was born in Nikaia, Attica, in 1954.
The
newly-established Diocese of Gulu and East Uganda will be led by
Archimandrite Sylvester (Kisitou), also from the Monastery of St. Sabba
in Alexandria. He was born in Uganda and studied theology in Greece.
The
Diocese of Toliara and South Madagascar will be led by Archimandrite
Prodromos (Katsoulis), who was born in Sparta, Greece, in 1982.
The bishop for the new Diocese of Goma and Kisangani has not yet been chosen.
The
Synod also resolved to raise the Bishop of Rwanda to the dignity of
Metropolitan. The Diocese is currently headed by His Grace Bishop
Innocentios of Burundi
and Rwanda.
See also
Appointment of Bishop Elect Silvestros Kisitu of the Bishopric of Gulu and Eastern Uganda (photo)
"Uganda has now got two Orthodox Bishops..Glory to God!"
Bishop Neofitos Neokong'ai (Kenya), from here.
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