Benedict Tsekouras
Βενέδικτος
Metropolitan of Diocaesarea · b. 1957
Born Georgios Tsekouras (Γεώργιος Τσεκούρας)
Life
- Born
- 1957
- Monastic tonsure
- 1976
- Ordained deacon
- 1983
- Ordained priest
- 1986
- Made archimandrite
- 1986
- Consecrated bishop
- 2001
- Made metropolitan
- 2001
Sees
-
2001 – 25 September 2019
Metropolitan of Philadelphia
-
25 September 2019 – present
Metropolitan of Diocaesarea
Consecration
Consecrated 2001. His consecrators are not yet in the data.
Bishops he consecrated 8
- 9 October 2005Paul Apostolides Metropolitan of Drama, 1963–2022
- 9 March 2013Demetrios Vasileiades Archbishop of Lydda, b. 1958
- 10 March 2013Makarios Maurogiannakis Metropolitan of Ptolemais, b. 1968
- 16 March 2013Isidore Phakitsas Archbishop of Hierapolis, b. 1973
- 17 March 2013Philoumenos Machamre Archbishop of Pella, b. 1970
- 1 December 2013Narkissos Gammoh Metropolitan of Pelusium, b. 1968
- 19 May 2018Christopher Atallah Archbishop of Kyriakoupolis, b. 1970
- 1 November 2025Damaskinos Al Azrai Bishop of Mareotis, b. 1987
Sources
Record c091f30f-b27d-4376-91b1-13c160de92a4