Coptic Church announced that Pope Tawadros is going to ordain new bishops including the successor of Bishop Epiphanius, head of St. Maqar monastery.
Sources in the Coptic Orthodox Church said that the new ordination will be held next November and will name Bishop Macarious of Minya and two bishops of Abu Qurqas and East Nile churches as the diocese will be divided into 3 segments.