Metropolitan Seraphim of Glastonbury
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Abba Seraphim El-Suriani.
William Henry Hugo Newman-Norton. Born 27 Feb. 1948, London, England.
Metropolitan of Glastonbury and Head of the British Orthodox Church within the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria.
Education: St Luke’s College, Exeter; Avery Hill College of Education, London; Teacher’s Certificate, University of London.
Apppointments: British Orthodox Church: Ordained Deacon, 1967, Priest, 1971; Diocesan Secretary, 1968-77; Assistant Priest, Blackheath, London, 1972-77; Consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop to the Metropolitan of Glastonbury, 1977; succeeded as Metropolitan of Glastonbury, 1979; consecrated as a Metropolitan of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, 1994; Monk of the Monastery of the Holy Virgin Mary (El-Surian), Wadi El Natrun, Egypt.
Publications: Even Good Men, 1971; Julius, Bishop of Iona, 1971; Our Christian Brethren, 1974; The Time of Silence, 1974; The Hamburg Schism, 1974; Fitly Framed Together, 1976; Apostolic and Conciliar Witness (w. Dr. J. E. Pinnington), 1978; Root and Branch, 1992; Evangelism & Youth, 1995; A Victorian Family (2005), The Terrible Tale of Ex-Monk Widdows (2006), Flesh of Our Brethren (2006) as well as theological, biographical and historical articles in numerous religious and scholarly journals.
Editor: The Orthodox Catholic Review, 1967-68; Glastonbury Review (previously Glastonbury Bulletin) since 1971.
Member: Council of Oriental Orthodox Churches (Vice-President), Council of Society of Saint John Chrysostom, Society of Genealogists, Heraldry Society, Kent Family History Society, Kent Archaeological Society, Lewisham Local History Society, Van Cat Club. Recreations: Heraldry; Genealogy; Walking; Book Collecting; Turkish Van Cats. Clubs: Institute of Directors; Royal Over-Seas League, Lansdowne (Mayfair).
Address: 10 Heathwood Gardens, Charlton, London, SE7 8EP.
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