He married Tasoni Shereen. A few years later, he was chosen to be ordained as a priest in the United States of America. Pope Shenouda approved his ordination and appointed him to serve in America, but Fr Daoud and his wife preferred to remain in Egypt.On Monday 8 June 1998,Father Daoud was ordained by Pope Shenouda III in the Church of Saint Abba Shenouda the Archimandrite in Saint Pishoi's Monastery, Wady El Natroun, Egypt.