Iakovos Tsigounis

Life

Born

1966

Ordained deacon

1993

Ordained priest

1999

Made archimandrite

2000

Consecrated bishop

20 February 2011

Sees

1. 20 February 2011 – present

   Bishop of Miletoupolis

   Vicar of Australia · Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 20 February 2011 by:

• Stylianos Harkianakis Archbishop of Australia, 1935–2019
• Ezekiel Kefalas Bishop of Dervis, b. 1938
• Serapheim Ginis Metropolitan of Sebastea, b. 1949
• Nikandros Palyvos Metropolitan of Irinoupolis, b. 1947

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 1 generation back to Stylianos Harkianakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Iakovos Tsigounis Bishop of Miletoupolis consecrated 20 February 2011
2. Stylianos Harkianakis Archbishop of Australia, 1935–2019 consecrated 6 December 1970

Bishops he consecrated 8

• 18 January 2020Elpidios Karales Bishop of Perth, b. 1971
• 19 January 2020Silouan Foteineas Bishop of Adelaide, b. 1978
• 13 November 2021Kyriakos Michael Bishop of Melbourne, b. 1959
• 14 November 2021Christodoulos Economou Bishop of Magnesia, b. 1978
• 20 November 2021Eumenios Vasilopoulos Bishop of Chora, b. 1981
• 21 November 2021Bartholomew Anastasiades Bishop of Brisbane, b. 1980
• 27 September 2025Athenagoras Karakonstantakis Bishop of Canberra, b. 1984
• 28 September 2025Christopher Krikelis Bishop of Kerasounta, b. 1981