About Us

The Coptic Orthodox Church in Birmingham has its roots back in the 1970’s. A small group of congregants would travel to London each week to attend church and this led to a priest visiting from London, when they could, to celebrate the Divine Liturgy for the growing congregation. Eventually in 1981, they successfully acquired a church building which was consecrated at the hands of H.G. Bishop Missael on 31st April 1985 as St. Mary & St. Antony’s Church – the first Coptic Orthodox Church outside London. The church expanded and established St. Mary & St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Centre which the late Thrice Blessed Pope Shenouda III consecrated on 22nd August 1989. The Centre became a hub for the Copts in the U.K. and a meeting point for the Pope with the bishops and priests serving in Europe. It was enlarged with a new church in 2000 which Pope Shenouda consecrated on 19th February 2006. In late 2009 the church acquired a third place of worship near Solihull Town Centre, starting its service in 2011 for five years before undertaking a construction project for the Cathedral of St. Mary & Archangel Michael which was inaugurated in September 2022.

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His Grace Bishop Missael is our diocesean bishop, father and shepherd.
Tel: +44 1564 783926
Diocese website: www.ukmidcopts.org

We are also served (in order of ordination and rank) by:

  • Hegumen Fr. John (Youhanna), ordained 1988.
    Tel: +44 7912 861406
    Email: frjyanny[at]ukmidcopts.org
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  • Hegumen Fr. Peter, ordained 2005.
    Diocese Deputy
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  • Hegumen Fr. George, ordained 2018.
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  • Hegumen Fr. David, ordained 2019.
    Serving the children and youth ministries
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  • Presbyter Fr. Andrew, ordained 2025.
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  • Archdeacon Mokhlis, ordained 2015, departed from this world 18th November 2023.
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  • Archdeacon Ashraf, ordained 2024.
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  • Deacon Fayek, ordained 2016.
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