Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1921 to 1923
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Meletius Metaxakis
Meletius as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1923)
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria
In office
1926–1935
Predecessor
Photius
Successor
Nicholas V
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
In office
8 December 1921 – 20 September 1923
Predecessor
Germanus V
Successor
Gregory VII
Archbishop of Athens and All Greece
In office
1918–1920
Predecessor
Theocletus I
Successor
Theocletus I
Personal details
Born
Emmanuel Metaxakis
21 September 1871
Parsas, Ierapetra, Ottoman Crete
Died
28 July 1935(1935-07-28) (aged 63) Alexandria,[1] Kingdom of Egypt
Meletius (Greek: Μελέτιος; secular name Emmanuel Metaxakis, Ἐμμανουήλ Μεταξάκης; 21 September 1871 – 28 July 1935), was primate of the Church of Greece from 1918 to 1920 as Meletius III, after which he was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as Meletius IV from 1921 to 1923 and Greek Patriarch of Alexandria as Meletius II from 1926 to 1935.[2] He is the only man in the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church to serve successively as the senior bishop of three autocephalous churches.
^"New York Herald Tribune (European edition)". 1935-08-05. p. 2.
^"Meletios II Metaxakis (1926–1935)". Official web site of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
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