the BOC announced that Seraphim was once again considered as its Patriarch, since from the moment of the union with the Coptic Church Seraphim had ceased to use this title. On 29 October 2017, Metropolitan Seraphim, acting solus, consecrated Father David Seeds as Bishop David of Priddy. On 23 February 2019, Patriarch Seraphim, acting with Bishop David of Priddy, consecrated Father James Maskery as His Eminence Abba James, Archbishop Titular of Caerleon-upon-Usk and Mafrian of the British Orthodox Church. Mafrian is a title used in the Syrian Orthodox Church for the Catholicos of the East, and the primate of the church in the Sassanid Empire, now Iran and Iraq. Publications Through the church press it publishes the Glastonbury Review, the only English-language journal committed to regular reporting about the activities of the Oriental Orthodox churches and it has also begun to republish some important theological works. Primates Richard Williams Morgan (claimed) Charles Isaac Stevens (claimed) James Martin (claimed) Andries Caarel Albertus McLaglen (claimed) Herbert James Monzani-Heard (claimed) Hugh George de Willmott Newman Abba Seraphim See also Catholicate of the West References External links Official website Oriental Orthodox church bodies Oriental Orthodoxy in the United Kingdom 1994 establishments in the United Kingdom Religious organizations established in 1994