Spyridon Papageorgiou

Life

Born

24 September 1944

Ordained deacon

30 November 1968

Ordained priest

1 February 1976

Consecrated bishop

24 November 1985

Made metropolitan

November 1991

Made archbishop

1996

Retired

4 September 2000 (placed at the disposal of the Patriarchate (διαθεσιμότητα) for not accepting his election to Chaldea; retired since)

Sees

1. 24 November 1985 – November 1991

   Bishop of Apamea

   Vicar of Austria · Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. November 1991 – 1996

   Metropolitan of Italy

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 1996 – 1999

   Archbishop of America

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

4. 1999 – 4 September 2000

   Metropolitan of Chaldea

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

5. 4 September 2000 – present

   Former Metropolitan of Chaldea

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 24 November 1985. His consecrators are not yet in the data.

Bishops he consecrated 4

• 12 January 1986Michael Staikos Metropolitan of Austria, 1946–2011
• 31 May 1998Dimitrios Couchell Metropolitan of Xanthi, b. 1938
• 23 June 1998Demetrios Koutsogeorgas Metropolitan of Xanthos, 1938–2026
• 3 April 1999Nicholas Pissare Metropolitan of Detroit, b. 1953

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr

Also in: Wikidata