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ALEXANDRIAN HOLY SYNOD ESTABLISHES 5 NEW DIOCESES

Alexandria, November 28, 2018

Meeting in Alexandria under the chairmanship of His Beatitude
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 Pat. 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.

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 Innokentios of Burudi and Rwanda.


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