Ieronymos II of Athens


Ieronymos II
Archbishop of Athens
Native name
Ιερώνυμος B΄
ChurchChurch of Greece
SeeAthens
Installed7 February 2008
PredecessorChristodoulos
Other post(s)Metropolitan of Thebes and Levadeia (1981–2008)
Orders
Ordination10 December 1967
Consecration4 October 1981
Personal details
Born
Ioannis Liapis

(1937-03-10) 10 March 1937 (age 87)
NationalityGreek
DenominationGreek Orthodoxy
ProfessionTheologian
Alma materUniversity of Athens
University of Graz
University of Regensburg
University of Munich
SignatureIeronymos II's signature

Ieronymos II (Greek: Ιερώνυμος B’, romanizedIerōnymos II, pronounced [ieˈronimos]; born 10 March 1937) is the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece and as such the primate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece. He was elected on 7 February 2008.[1]

Ieronymos served as Protosyncellus of the Metropolis of Thebes and Livadeia, abbot of the monasteries of the Transfiguration of Sagmata and Hosios Loukas, and Secretary, later Archsecretary, of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece. In 1981 he was elected Metropolitan Bishop of Thebes and Levadeia. He published two major textbooks: "Medieval Monuments of Euboea" (1970), and "Christian Boeotia" (2006).

On 7 February 2008, Ieronymos was elected the new Archbishop of Athens and All Greece by the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece,[2] He formally took office on 16 February 2008.

  1. ^ "Greek Orthodox bishops elect leader" Archived 2008-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, CNN.com/europe. Accessed 7 February 2008.
  2. ^ "Bulletin of the Church of Greece Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 7 February 2008.

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