His name before ordination: Deacon Doctor Basem Lamei Ashamallah. was born in Cairo on 11 March 1962.His mother and father also held positions in the church. Before his ordination Daoud, together with his brother and sister, served in Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church in Heliopolis.He completed his Sunday School Preparatory studies in 1978. He then started serving in the church's Sunday Schools firstly by teaching children, first of primary school age, then preparatory school age and finally of secondary school age.