H.E. Metropolitan Youssef
الأنبا يوسف
H.E. Metropolitan Youssef serves the Diocese of the Southern United States (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas). He was ordained a bishop in 1992 and elevated to metropolitan in 2022.
Contact
- Phone
- +1 817-841-9353
- Fax
- +1 817-704-2389
Serving
Diocese of the Southern United States (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas)- St. Mary & St. Moses Abbey Sandia, Texas
About
- Tonsured a monk
- 1987-04-12
- Ordained
- 1992-06-14 Serving for 34 years.
- Diocese of Ordination
- Diocese of the Southern United States (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas)
- Elevated
- 2022-11-20 Serving for 3 years.
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Biography
Listening to the call of the Lord Jesus Christ, His Grace Bishop Youssef entered the monastic life in 1986 at the El-Souryan Monastery. He was ordained into the priesthood in 1988. Then in 1989, he came to the United States under the auspices of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III, the 117th Pope of the Holy See of St. Mark. He was appointed resident priest to serve the Coptic congregation of St. Mary Church in Dallas/Fort Worth.
In 1992, His Grace was ordained as General Bishop and in 1993, His Grace was appointed to oversee the Southern Coptic Diocese. In 1995, His Grace was enthroned as the first Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States.
Last updated 2026-10-05 14:01:22