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| name =Angaelos
| honorific-suffix =OBE
| title = Archbishop
| image = His Grace Bishop Angaelos of the Coptic Orthodox Church Centre.jpg
| enthroned = 14 November 1999
| ordination = 1999
| consecration = Consecrated by [[Pope Shenouda III]]
| other_post = Member of the [[Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church]]
| birth_name =Anba Angaelos<ref name=basicbio>{{cite web |url=http://www.marthoman.tv/dec.%2008.html |title=Malankara Orthodox Church of India/Malankara Nazrani |newspaper=Marthoman.tv|accessdate= 30 November 2015}}</ref>
| birth_date       = 1967<ref name=comho>{{cite web |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/HTI9dst18hS2uDaQvnBO-ARB8DQ/appointments |title=Anba ANGAELOS - Personal Appointments|newspaper=Companies House|date=  |author= |accessdate= 22 July 2018}}</ref><!--Companies House reference covers date and country of birth, nationality, and company directorships.  ref name=comho is to a beta test version of Companies House Web site, and may change, in which case a search on name "Archbishop angaelos" should find the new address-->
| birth_place = [[Cairo]], Egypt<ref name=bio>{{cite web | url=http://www.bishopangaelos.org/about-Bishop-Angaelos | title=His Grace Bishop Angaelos General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom | publisher=Bishop Angaelos.org | accessdate=7 May 2015}}</ref>
| nationality = British<ref name=comho/>
| religion = [[Oriental Orthodoxy]]
| residence = United Kingdom
| alma_mater =
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'''Anba Angaelos'''  was consecrated in 1999 as a General [[Bishop]] ([[Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church#Seniority|a rank between auxiliary bishop and chorbishop]]) in the United Kingdom of the [[Coptic Orthodox Church]],<ref name=basicbio/> the church of Egypt founded, according to its tradition, by [[Mark the Apostle]] around 55 AD and the largest Christian denomination in the Middle East. He was born in [[Cairo]], Egypt and emigrated with his family to Australia; he spent his childhood and early life there, obtained his Bachelor of Arts, majoring in political science, philosophy and sociology, and went on to postgraduate studies in law whilst working in the same field. He returned to Egypt in 1990 to join the [[Monastery of Saint Bishoy]] in [[Wadi-El-Natroun]], where he was subsequently consecrated a monk by [[Pope Shenouda III]]. He served as Papal secretary until 1995, and was then delegated by the Pope to serve as a parish priest in the United Kingdom.<ref name=bio/> He is also [[Patriarchal Exarch]] for the Youth Ministry at the Patriarchal Center and the Coptic Orthodox Theological College at [[Stevenage]].<ref name=basicbio/> His nationality is recorded as British at Companies House.<ref name=comho/>

He travels extensively around the world lecturing to Coptic youth at various youth conventions and conferences.rchbishop ANGAELOS - Personal Appointments|newspaper=Companies House|date=  |author= |accessdate= 22 July 2018}}</ref><!--Companies House reference covers date and country of birth, nationality, and company directorships.  ref name=comho is to a beta test version of Companies House Web site, and may change, in which case a search on name "Archbishop angaelos" should find the new address-->
| birth_place = [[Cairo]], Egypt<ref name=bio>{{cite web | url=http://www.bishopangaelos.org/about-Bishop-Angaelos | title=His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London, United Kingdom | publisher=Bishop Angaelos.org | accessdate=7 May 2015}}</ref>
| nationality = British<ref name=comho/>
| religion = [[Oriental Orthodoxy]]
| residence = United Kingdom
| alma_mater =
| signature =
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'''Archbishop Angaelos'''  was consecrated in 1999 as a General [[Bishop]] ([[Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church#Seniority|a rank between auxiliary bishop and chorbishop]]) in the United Kingdom of the [[Coptic Orthodox Church]],<ref name=basicbio/> the church of Egypt founded, according to its tradition, by [[Mark the Apostle]] around 55 AD and the largest Christian denomination in the Middle East. He was born in [[Cairo]], Egypt and emigrated with his family to Australia; he spent his childhood and early life there, obtained his Bachelor of Arts, majoring in political science, philosophy and sociology, and went on to postgraduate studies in law whilst working in the same field. He returned to Egypt in 1990 to join the [[Monastery of Saint Bishoy]] in [[Wadi-El-Natroun]], where he was subsequently consecrated a monk by [[Pope Shenouda III]]. He served as Papal secretary until 1995, and was then delegated by the Pope to serve as a parish priest in the United Kingdom.<ref name=bio/> His nationality is recorded as British at Companies House.<ref name=comho/>

On 18 November 2017, His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos was enthroned as the first Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London, having served as General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom since 1999. In addition to this new role, His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, has also seen it fit that he continue representing the Church in the United Kingdom at the ecumenical and official level as Papal Legate, and thus conferred him with the ecclesial title of Archbishop of London. 

Archbishop Angaelos is widely recognised for his extensive advocacy work, and as a result he was conferred the honour of Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Her Majesty The Queen for ‘Services to International Religious Freedom.’ Archbishop Angaelos has also been conferred the Lambeth Cross for Ecumenism by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Coventry Cross of Nails for Reconciliation. With a pastoral ministry spanning more than two decades, Archbishop Angaelos specialises in youth ministry and travels around the world to speak at youth conferences and conventions. 

Having commenced his pastoral ministry in the United Kingdom in 1995 as a parish priest, Archbishop Angaelos was consecrated a General Bishop in 1999 by His Holiness, the late Pope Shenouda III, with whom he served as private secretary. He was Proclaimed Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of London by His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, and the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church during a historic service at St Bishoy Monastery in Wadi-El-Natrun, Egypt. 

Archbishop Angaelos specialises in initiatives relating to advocacy, international religious freedom and development work, and is a member of, and chairs, numerous local, national and international bodies dealing with these matters. He is founder and convener of the Asylum Advocacy Group which works closely in partnership with the All Party Parliamentary Group on International Religious Freedom or Belief. 

Archbishop Angaelos frequently issues statements and comments relating to current religious and minority issues, with his particular focus on dialogue, conflict-resolution, and reconciliation. His comments and views are frequently sought on matters of human rights, civil liberties and international religious freedom, particularly in relation to the situation in Egypt, the Middle East, and North Africa. 

He has visited refugee camps in Greece, Lebanon, Kurdistan and Jordan, and continues to work tirelessly to promote collaboration across the whole spectrum of his official, ecumenical and inter-religious engagements, to facilitate the support of and assistance to those in greatest need and suffering persecution and displacement.

'''Background'''

Archbishop 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 and served as his private secretary until 1995 when he was delegated to serve in the United Kingdom. He was proclaimed Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of London on 11 November 2017 in Egypt, and enthroned over the new Diocese on 18 November 2017 at the Cathedral of Saint George in England.⏎

==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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==External links==
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* {{official|http://bishopangaelos.org}}
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  [http://www.wcopticorthodox.london wopticorthodox.london]
* [https://annenglishhour.wordpress.com/2015/10/01/bishop-anjaelos/ Interviewed on ANN TV 2015 discusses Christian Minorities and Modern Citizenship]

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