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His Eminence Metropolitan ==Life==Gerasimos (Michaleas) of San Franciso (b. was born on [[August 21]], 1945 to Nicholas and Anastasia Michaleas in Kalamata, Greece) is the metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Franciscowhere he completed his primary and secondary education. Prior After emigrating to his selection by the Ecumenical Patriarchate on February 22United States of America, 2005he enrolled at the [[Hellenic College (Brookline, to head the Metropolis of San FranciscoMassachusetts)|Hellenic College]] in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1970 from which he was graduated in 1973 with a Bachelor of Bishop Arts degree. He continued his education at [[Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of KrateiaTheology (Brookline, having been elected by the Massachusetts)|Holy and Sacred Synod Cross Greek Orthodox School of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Theology]] in December Brookline, earning a Master of 2001Divinity degree with High Honors in 1976. After graduating, and he was serving as the Chief Secretary of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. He saw previous service as Administrative Assistant to the President appointed Registrar of Hellenic College/Holy Cross in Brookline, Massachusets, after serving there earlier as Director of Admissions and Records and as Dean of Studentsa post that he held until 1979.

He received his B.A. and M.Div. from Hellenic College and Holy CrossOn [[December 16]], respectively1979, in 1973 and 1976, both with High Honors. He holds both Gerasimos was [[ordination|ordained]] a Master's Degree and a Doctorate in Counseling and School Psychology from Boston College. He taught courses in Psychology at Hellenic College and on Teleturgics at Holy Cross, [[deacon]] and was Senior Lecturer in the field called to serve as Archdeacon to Archbishop [[Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America|Iakovos]] of Personality and Psychology at Northeastern UniversityAmerica, University Collegea position he held until 1996.

From In 1984, Dcn. Gerasimos enrolled in the Master’s Degree Program in Counseling and School Psychology at Boston College, in Boston Massachusetts. After receiving his degree in 1986, he continued in the doctoral program of the Boston College School of Education from which he received his ordination Ph.D. in School and Counseling Psychology in June 1993. His doctoral dissertation was a study of intellectual deficits in a severe alcoholic population entitled, ''Intellectual Deficiencies in a Substance Abuse Population.''  Dcn. Gerasimos taught for a number of years at Hellenic College as well as Northeastern University, where he holds the title of Senior Lecturer. At the same time he was appointed a staff member at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Boston, serving in the Department of Psychology from 1991 to 1995.  In 1990, he was again appointed the diaconate in 1976 Dean of Students at Hellenic College/Holy Cross, a position he held until 19961998, when he became Director of Admissions and Records. In 2000, he was Archdeacon named Administrative Assistant to the President of Hellenic College/Holy Cross School of Theology, Father Nicholas Triantafilou. In December 2001, he was elected Bishop of Krateia by the [[Holy Synod]] of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. After his [[consecration of a bishop|consecration]] he was appointed by Archbishop [[Demetrios (Trakatellis) of America|Demetrios]] of America as Chief Secretary of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. As Chief Secretary, he assisted the [[Synod]] in the promulgation and realization of its decisions. On [[February 22]], 2005, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elected Bp. Gerasimos to be the Metropolitan of San Francisco. On [[April 2]], 2005, Metr. Gerasimos was [[enthronement|enthroned]] by His Eminence Archbishop IakovosDemetrios of America at the Ascension [[Cathedral]] in Oakland, California.{{start box}}{{succession|before=[[Gennadios (Zervos) of Italy and Malta|Gennadios (Zervos)]]|title=Bishop of Krateia|years=2001-2005|after=[[Andriy (Peshko) of Krateia|Andriy (Peshko)]]}}{{succession|before=[[Anthony (Gergiannakis) of San Francisco|Anthony (Gergiannakis)]]|title=Metropolitan of San Francisco|years=2005-present|after=—}}{{end box}}  ==Sources==*[http://sf.goarch.org/metropolis/metropolitan/ His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos]*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/hierarchs/constantinople/bios/bio_gerasimos_michaleas_metr_sanfrancisco.htm Metropolitan Gerasimos (Michaleas) of San Francisco]*[[Wikipedia: Gerasimos_(Michaleas)_of_San_Francisco]]