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His Grace Bishop Daniel

 

His Grace Bishop Daniel was born Adeeb Mikhail Andrawos on the 7th March 1959 to a pious Christian family in Atbara, Sudan.

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He received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in 1982 from Alexandria University. He received a certificate in computer studies in 1983. He also attended the Institute of Coptic Studies in the Cathedral of St Rewis, Cairo and received a master’s degree in church history. He then completed his PhD on “The History of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Sudan during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries” in 2014.

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His Grace served as a Sunday School teacher both in Sudan and Egypt before becoming a monk on August 5th, 1984 with the name Fr. Mettaous El-Antony at St Anthony’s Monastery, Red Sea, Egypt. He was ordained a priest by H.H. the late Pope Shenouda III on February 6th, 1986. He served in many areas as a priest including in Khartoum, Sudan (February, 1986 to May, 2000); West of Sudan in the Nubian Mountains, as well as in Newcastle, England (June, 2000 to June, 2002).

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His Grace was ordained a Bishop for Sydney and its Affiliated Regions on June 23rd, 2002 by H.H. Pope Shenouda III - with the new name Bishop Daniel. He has overseen and shepherded the growth of the Coptic Church in Sydney and throughout other parts of Australia and the Asia-Pacific regions.