Anba Suriel

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Anba Suriel also called Bishop Suriel (born Nabil Guirgis; 9 May 1963) is a bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Los Angeles, United States. He previously led the Diocese of Melbourne and affiliated regions in Australia from 1999 to 2018, and first served as a bishop in New Jersey, United States, in the Archdiocese of North America. H.G. Bishop Suriel was born as Nabil Guirgis (نبيل جرجس) in Port Said, Egypt on 9 May 1963. In 1967, when he was three, his family migrated to Sydney, Australia where they were founding members of St. Mary and St. Mina, the first Coptic Orthodox church in Australia. He was educated at Marrickville West Public School, Tempe High School, the University of Sydney where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science, and the Sydney Institute of Education where he achieved a Diploma of Education. He taught mathematics at Fairvale and Dulwich high schools. On a pilgrimage to Egypt and the Levant in 1985, then 22 year-old Nabil Guirgis met Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria. Upon returning to Australia, he began leading youth meetings and conventions in the church and translated one of the Pope's books into English, "The Life of Repentance and Purity". In 1990, Guirgis was the youth representative on the NSW Board of Deacons and the following year at the 7th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Canberra, he once again met the Pope. At this audience Guirgis stated his desire for a religious life, and the Pope invited him to the Monastery of Saint Pishoy, Egypt, where he was consecrated a monk on 6 July 1991, assuming the name of Father Suriel el-Anba Bishoy.