Meet our Preists
Beloved Fathers Marcus Mansour and Philemon Hanna are our Priests serving our Church and other small Coptic communities: in Tucson, Arizona, and in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Biography of Father Marcus Mansour

Fr. Marcus Halim Mansour was born on October 19th, 1950, in El-Fayoum, Egypt. He has been ordained the Priest of St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church, Scottsdale, Arizona, on June 1995.
If you would like to reach Fr. Marcus, he may be contacted by telephone at 480-990-2399, by fax at 480-507-3786 or by e-mail at frmarcus@suscopts.org.

Before being ordained, Fr. Marcus served the Lord at different levels in the following churches:
  • St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church, New Orleans, Louisiana from August 1994 to June 1995.
  • St. Mena Coptic Orthodox Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada from 1984 to July 1994.
  • St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church, Faggala, Cairo, Egypt, before 1984.

Fr. Marcus' Education Background:

  • Ph.D, Bridge Engineering, Technical University of Nova Scotia, Canada, April 1984
  • M. Sc. (Eng) Steel Structural, McMaster University, May 1978
  • B. Sc., Mathematics, Ain Shams University, Egypt, November 1975
  • B. Sc. (Eng) Civil Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt, July 1972

Biography of Father Philemon Hanna

Fr. Philemon Hanna has been ordained the Priest of St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church, Scottsdale, Arizona, on June 26, 2005.
If you would like to reach Fr. Philemon, he may be contacted by telephone at 480-600-0287, by fax at 480-361-4636 or by e-mail at frphilemon@cox.net.