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Wissa Of El Balyana
Metropolitan Wissa (, ) is the serving Metropolitan bishop, Metropolitan Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of El Balyana, in Sohag Governorate, Egypt. His Diocese encompasses the districts of El Balyana (Abydos, Egypt, Abydos), Bardis, Awlad Toukh and the villages under their jurisdictions. Early life He was born as Botros Youssef Takla (), on 16 July 1939 in the city of Tanta, Gharbia Governorate, Gharbiya Governorate, Kingdom of Egypt. He was ordained as a chanter at the age of seven, and elevated to the rank of Reader (liturgy), Reader in 1946 at the hands of Bishop Theophilus of the Monastery of Saint Mary Deipara, Syrian Monastery. After enrolling in Cairo University, he relocated to Greater Cairo, and began serving in Coptic Orthodox Sunday School Movement, Sunday School in Rod El Farag, Rod el Farag. In 1959, Bishop Theophilus elevated him to the rank of Subdeacon. After receiving his Bachelor's of Agricultural Science from Cairo University, in 1962, he sought the mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Bishop
In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan (alternative obsolete form: metropolite), pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis. Originally, the term referred to the bishop of the chief city of a historical Roman province, whose authority in relation to the other bishops of the province was recognized by the First Council of Nicaea (AD 325). The bishop of the provincial capital, the metropolitan, enjoyed certain rights over other bishops in the province, later called " suffragan bishops". The term ''metropolitan'' may refer in a similar sense to the bishop of the chief episcopal see (the "metropolitan see") of an ecclesiastical province. The head of such a metropolitan see has the rank of archbishop and is therefore called the metropolitan archbishop of the ecclesiastical province. Metropolitan (arch)bishops preside over synods of the bishops of their ecclesiastical province, and canon law and traditio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
