Bishop of Guizeh (Coptic)
Rev. Toma Adly Zaki was born in Minia in Egypt, on 5 November 1966. In 1988 he graduated in civil engineering, obtaining in 1999 a certificate in Islamology from the PISAI in Rome, and a licentiate in biblical theology from the Pontifical Urbaniana University. He was ordained a priest on 20 April 2001. He has held various ministries: from 2001 to 2003 he was deputy pastor of the Cathedral of Minya; since 2008 teacher of sacred scripture and formator at the Coptic Catholic Seminary in Cairo. He is currently rector of the seminary, secretary general of the Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy in Egypt, and head of the “Saint Jerome” Centre for Bible Studies in Cairo. In addition to Arabic, he speaks Italian and English.