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Anba Angaelos

{{Infobox Bishop
| honorific-prefix =
| name =Bishop Angaelos [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]
| honorific-suffix =
| title = first Bishop of new Coptic Orthodox Diocese of London of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom
| image = Bishop Angaelos, 26 April 2015.JPG
| enthroned = 14 November 1999
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==Biography==

Angaelos was born in Egypt and emigrated to Australia in his early childhood with his family. After obtaining his degree in Political science, Philosophy and Sociology, he continued on to postgraduate studies in law while working in the same field. In 1990 he returned to Egypt to the monastery of St Bishoy in Wadi-El-Natroun where he was consecrated a monk by the late 
[[Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria|Pope Shenouda III]] of Alexandria and served as his private secretary until 1995, when he was delegated to serve as a bishop in the United Kingdom.

==Official representation==
Church ecumenical and public relations in the United Kingdom. Ecumenical activity at local, national and international levels, also working extensively in the area of inter-religious relations.

===Local===
;Churches Together in Stevenage (CTIS)

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[[Category:Egyptian emigrants to Australia]]
[[Category:Australian emigrants to England]]
[[Category:Coptic emigrants to England]]
[[Category:Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]