Orthodox Hierarchs

Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Theophilos III Giannopoulos

Θεόφιλος III

Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine · b. 1952

Born Elias Giannopoulos (Ἠλίας Γιαννόπουλος)

Life

Born
4 April 1952
Monastic tonsure
28 June 1970
Ordained deacon
14 July 1970
Ordained priest
14 July 1975
Made archimandrite
21 February 1978
Consecrated bishop
27 February 2005
Became patriarch
22 August 2005

Sees

  1. 27 February 2005 – 22 August 2005

    Archbishop of Thabor

    Patriarchate of Jerusalem

  2. 22 August 2005 – present

    Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine

    Patriarchate of Jerusalem

Consecration

Consecrated 27 February 2005 by:

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 3 generations back to Benedict I Papadopoulos; earlier links are not yet in the data.

  1. Theophilos III Giannopoulos Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine consecrated 27 February 2005
  2. Eireneos Skopelitis Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine, 1939–2023
  3. Diodore Karibalis Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine, 1923–2000 consecrated 10 November 1962
  4. Benedict I Papadopoulos Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine, 1892–1980 consecrated 18 March 1951

Bishops he consecrated 6

Sources

Also in: Wikidata

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