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- Archbishop Iakovos of North and South America (Greek: Ιάκωβος; born Demetrios Koukouzis (Δημήτριος Κουκούζης); July 29, 1911 – April 10, 2005) was the primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America (now the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America) from 1959 until his resignation in 1996.
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Archbishop Iakovos, died on April 10, 2005, at Stamford Hospital, Connecticut, from a pulmonary ailment. He was buried on April 15 in the grounds of the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts .
- American (naturalized)
- Theological School of Halki
- Athanasios and Maria Koukouzes
- New York, New York, US
Biography. Ελληνικά English. His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios. Former Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church in America. Consecrated as Bishop. September 17, 1967. Elected as Archbishop of America. August 19, 1999. Enthroned as Archbishop of America. September 18, 1999. Retired as Archbishop of America. May 9, 2019. Biography. Photo: Joe McNally.
His Eminence, Archbishop Iakovos. On Monday, April 11, 2005, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Herman, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, sent a letter of condolence to His Eminence, Archbishop Demetrios of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America upon learning of the death of His Eminence, Archbishop Iakovos, retired primate of the Greek ...
May 8, 2019 · The resignation on Saturday of Archbishop Demetrios brought to a close his twenty-year-long leadership of the Greek Orthodox Church in America.. He led a church of more than one and a half million Greek Orthodox Christians in the United States, while promoting the values and interests of Hellenism among ordinary Americans as well as powerful players in the White House and the State Department.
Apr 24, 2013 · His Eminence the Most Reverend Archbishop Demetrios (Trakatellis) of America is the current primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and Exarch of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. He is also the Chairman of the Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America . Life.
Mar 16, 2016 · Archbishop Demetrios was the Archbishop of America from August 19, 1999 through May 9, 2019 He was born Demetrios Trakatellis in Thessaloniki, Greece on February 1, 1928. In 1950 he graduated with distinction from the University of Athens School of Theology.
Archbishop Demetrios of America was born Demetrios Trakatellis in Thessaloniki, Greece on February 1, 1928. In 1950 he graduated with distinction from the University of Athens School of Theology. In 1960 he was ordained a deacon, and in 1964 a priest. He was elected Bishop of Vresthena in 1967, an auxiliary bishop to the Archbishop of Athens ...
