His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos (Michaleas) of San 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 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.