Daniel Lotfy Khella

Daniel Lotfy Khella ( born Ayman Lotfy Khella; 4 May 1969) is an Egyptian Coptic Catholic hierarch who has served as the Bishop of the Eparchy of Asyut since 2022. He previously served as the Bishop of the Eparchy of Ismaylia from 2019 to 2022.

Early life and education Ayman Lotfy Khella was born on 4 May 1969 in the village of Naja Rezeeq, located within the Asyut Governorate of Egypt. He entered the St. Leo Coptic Catholic Seminary in Maadi to study philosophy and theology, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1996.

From 2006 to 2008, Khella studied in Rome at the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences, where he obtained a master's degree in pastoral theology for marriage and family.

He was consecrated as a bishop on 5 September 2019 at St. Mark's Cathedral in Ismailia. The principal consecrator was Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, assisted by Antonios Cardinal Naguib and several other bishops of the Coptic Catholic Church. He was formally installed in Asyut on 13 October 2022.

Concurrently with his transfer, he was appointed Patriarchal Administrator of his former see in Ismaylia, a position he held until the installation of his successor, Pola Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh, on 11 May 2023.