Metropolitan Paphnutius of Samalut explained

Metropolitan Paphnutius or Pephnotious is the first Metropolitan Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Samalut and Taha al-Amida.[1]

Type:Metropolitan
Consecration:13 June 1976
Education:Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Nationality:Egyptian
Alma Mater:Cairo University
Birth Date:1948 11, df=yes
Consecrated By:Pope Shenouda III
Metropolitan of Samalut, Taha al-Amida and its Jurisdictions.
Rank:Metropolitan Bishop
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Church:Coptic Orthodox Church
Native Name:الأنبا بفنوتيوس
Metropolis:Samalut
Predecessor:Sawires
Birth Place:Cairo, Egypt
Paphnutius
Ordination:30 March 1975
Native Name Lang:Arabic
Diocese:Samalut

Early life

He was born as Nagy Shoukry Morqos, on 12 November 1948 in Cairo. He received a Bachelor's of Medicine and Surgery in 1971.[2]

Monastic Life

On 14 January 1972, he entered the Monastery of the Syrians. On 12 March 1972, was tonsured a monk by the name Antonius the Syrian by the hands of Bishop Theophilus, the abbot of the Monastery of the Syrians. He was ordained a priest on 30 March 1975, and was later elevated to the dignity of Hegumen by Pope Shenouda III on 4 June 1976. During his time in the monastery he served as a physician in the monastery clinic.[3]

Episcopate

Consecration as Bishop

On the Feast of Pentecost, 13 June 1976, he was ordained as Bishop Paphnutius by Pope Shenouda III, for the newly established Diocese of Samalut. He was received in Samalut and enthroned on 24 June 1976, in the presence of then Bishop Wissa of El Balyana, Bishop Pimen of Malawi, Bishop Arsanius of Minya, and Bishop Timotheos. He celebrated his first liturgy in the Diocese's Cathedral on 25 Jun 1976.[4]

Elevation to Metropolitan

On 27 February 2016, he was elevated to the dignity of Metropolitan by Pope Tawadros II.[5]

References

  1. Web site: Metropolitan Pephnotious - Coptic Orthodox Church . 2022-10-07 . en-US.
  2. Web site: الوفد . الأنبا بفنوتيوس.. سيَّمه البابا شنودة وترقى بيد البابا تواضروس . 2022-10-07 . الوفد.
  3. Web site: Samalout Dioceses . 2022-10-07 . www.samalutdioceses.com.
  4. Web site: الأنبا بفنوتيوس مطران سمالوط، المنيا، مصر St-Takla.org . 2022-10-07 . st-takla.org.
  5. Web site: سيامة مطران ورسامة ستة من مطارنة الكنسية (ترقية) يوميّ 27 و28 فبراير 2016 م. بيد البابا تواضروس الثاني St-Takla.org . 2022-10-07 . st-takla.org.