His Grace Bishop Nifon (Daskalakis) of Mahajanga and Northern Madagascar comes from Chania, Crete. He was elected the first bishop of the new diocese by the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria on 7 October 2025 and consecrated on 5 December 2025 at the Patriarchal Monastery of St Sabbas the Sanctified in Alexandria.
To be completed: full biography of the Bishop.