Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco

The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco is an ecclesiastical territory or metropolis of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Pacific region of the United States, encompassing the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. It is part of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and is led by a metropolitan bishop who serves as the priest of the mother church, Annunciation Cathedral in the City of San Francisco. Right Reverend Metropolitan Gerasimos was enthroned as the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of San Francisco on April 2, 2005, following his election to that post by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Phanar, Constantinople, Turkey.

Metropolis of San Francisco
Bishopric
Location
Country	United States of America
Territory	Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington
Statistics
Population Total	~150,000
Churches	70
Information
Cathedral	Annunciation Cathedral
Secular priests	64
Current leadership
Patriarch	Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Major Archbishop	Archbishop Elpidophoros of America
Metropolitan	Gerasimos (Michaleas)

Metropolitans of San Francisco

• Anthony (Gergiannakis) (1979 – 2004)
• Gerasimos (Michaleas) (2005 – present)

External links

• Official biography of Metropolitan Gerasimos from the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco
• News release from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America concerning Metropolitan Anthony's passing, with biography
• Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America 2007 Yearbook^{[permanent dead link]}