METROPOLITAN PANTELEIMON OF THESSALONIKI
Hierarchical Sees
Metropolitan of Thessaloniki (1974-)
Bishop of Samos and Ikaria (1965-1974)
Date of Elevation to Metropolitan:
1974
Date of Consecration:
1965
Date of Ordination to the Priesthood:
1951
Date of Ordination to the Diaconate:
1950
Date of Birth:
1925
Full Name:
Panteleimon Chrysofakis
Biography
His Eminence Metropolitan Panteleimon (Chrysofakis) was born in 1925 in Athens. He has studied Theology and he has done postgraduate studies in the Roman-Catholic Institute in Paris and in the University of Sorbonne. He was ordained a deacon in 1950 and a priest in 1951. He was elected and ordained as Bishop of Samos and Ikaria in 1965. In 1974, he was transferred in the Metropolis of Thessaloniki. He is the writer of many books. In 1996, the Department of Theology of the University of Thessaloniki awarded him a honorary Doctor's degree.
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