On Saturday, March 5, 2016, he was enthroned as the 22nd Coptic Metropolitan of Jerusalem, and all the Near East. He was lead with a great procession through the Jaffa Gate of the Old City, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, visiting and venerating many of the Holy Sites therein. The procession ended in the Monastery of Saint Anthony, Jerusalem, (the headquarters of the Coptic Orthodox Archdiocese of Jerusalem) where he was installed on the throne by numerous other Metropolitans of the Coptic Orthodox Church.[5]