His Eminence Metropolitan '''Gerasimos (Michaleas) ''' of San Franciso Francisco (b. Kalamata, Greece) is the metropolitan [[bishop ]] of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco. Prior to his selection by the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate ]] on [[February 22]], 2005, to head the Metropolis of San Francisco, he was of Bishop of Krateia, having been elected by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in December of 2001, and 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 of [[Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Hellenic College/Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology]] in Brookline, Massachusets, after serving there earlier as Director of Admissions and Records and as Dean of Students.

He received his B.A. and M.Div. from Hellenic College and Holy Cross, respectively, in 1973 and 1976, both with High Honorshigh honors. He holds both a Mastermaster's Degree degree and a Doctorate doctorate in Counseling counseling and School Psychology school psychology from Boston College. He taught courses in Psychology psychology at Hellenic College and on Teleturgics teleturgics at Holy Cross, and was Senior Lecturer in the field of Personality personality and Psychology psychology at Northeastern University, University College.

From his ordination to the diaconate in 1976 until 1996, he was Archdeacon [[archdeacon]] to His Eminence [[Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America|Archbishop Iakovos]].