Very Rev. Hegumen Fr. Thomas Rizkallah
Palm Desert, California, USA
Very Rev. Hegumen Fr. Thomas Rizkallah serves at St. Mary Magdalene Coptic Orthodox Church in Palm Desert, California, USA. He is a priest of the Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California, & Hawaii. He was ordained a priest in 2001 and elevated to hegumen in 2019.
Contact
- Office
- +1 760-883-5885
Serving
Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California, & Hawaii
- St. Mary Magdalene Coptic Orthodox Church Palm Desert, California
About
- Ordained
- 2001-06-10 Serving for 25 years.
- Diocese of Ordination
- Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California, & Hawaii
- Elevated
- 2019-07-08 Serving for 7 years.
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Biography
Fr. Thomas Rizkallah was born in Egypt on October 30,1939. He earned a Ph.D. in Physics from Assiut University in Egypt and worked as an Assistant Professor at the same university for 5 years. He also worked in Paris, France from 1969-1976. Upon returning to Egypt, he served in Assiut from 1976-1992. He came to California in 1992 and was ordained presbyter by His Grace Bishop Serapion on June 10, 2001.
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