Global InformationMethodios Tournas information
Methodios | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan of Boston | |
 Metropolitan Methodios at Boston's 2009 Greek Independence Day Parade. | |
| Archdiocese | America |
| See | Boston |
| Installed | April 8, 1984 |
| Term ended | Incumbent |
| Predecessor | Bishop Anthimos |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | July 18, 1982 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | George Tournas November 19, 1946 New York City, New York |
| Denomination | Greek Orthodox |
| Alma mater | Hellenic College/Holy Cross Boston University |
Metropolitan Methodios (born George Tournas on November 19, 1946) is a metropolitan bishop and spiritual leader of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston. The Metropolis includes all of the U.S. states of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, as well as the Connecticut towns of Danielson, New London and Norwich. The Metropolis, which has its offices in Brookline, Massachusetts, consists of 63 parishes which minister to the needs of approximately 230,000 Greek Orthodox Christians.
Methodios was enthroned as Bishop of Boston on April 8, 1984, and was elevated to a Metropolitan in 1997. During his tenure, he founded the Philoxenia House and also oversaw the purchase and building of the St. Methodios Faith and Heritage Center in Contoocook, New Hampshire. On May 11, 2019, he was appointed to serve as the acting Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America before the new archbishop was enthroned on June 22, 2019.[1][2]
- ^ Kalmoukos, Theodore. "Metropolitan Elpidophoros of Bursa Elected Archbishop of America, Sends Message to Community through TNH". The National Herald.
- ^ "Enthronement Address of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros - 2019 - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America". www.goarch.org.