Pope Tawadros to ordain new bishops Saturday

CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark is set to ordain a number of bishops on Saturday at Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbassiya.

The bishops will serve in Egypt and a number of countries, including South Africa and Canada, the church's spokesman Bolis Halim said in a statement on Friday.