Gerasimos Michaleas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gerasimos Michaleas

Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1945

Place of Birth: Kalamata, Peloponnese Region, Greece

Profession: priest

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco is the metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco, a metropolis of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, under the spiritual authority of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
His spiritual flock comprises more than 100 Greek Orthodox parishes in Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, and Arizona. He was elected to his office by the Sacred and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on February 22, 2005, to succeed Metropolitan Anthony who died Christmas Day, 2004.
He was enthroned (formally installed as the metropolitan of the metropolis) at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension, Oakland, California, on April 2, 2005, by Archbishop Demetrios.