Ieremias Kalligiorgis
Ieremias | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan of Switzerland | |
| Native name | Ιερεμίας Καλλιγιώργης |
| Church | Greek Orthodox Church |
| Installed | 2003 |
| Term ended | 2018 |
| Predecessor | Damaskinos Papandreou of Adrianople |
| Successor | Maximos Pothos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Paraschos Kalligiorgis 17 January 1935 |
| Died | 20 June 2025 (aged 90) Kos, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Alma mater | Halki seminary |
Ieremias Kalligiorgis (Greek: Ιερεμίας Καλλιγιώργης; 17 January 1935 – 20 June 2025) was a Greek Orthodox archbishop and metropolitan.[1]
Biography
Born in Kos on 17 January 1935, Kalligiorgis joined the Halki seminary in 1952 and graduated in 1959.[2] That year, he was ordained a deacon. He then left for France and was ordained a priest on 26 July 1964 by Meletios.[2] On 9 June 1988, he was named Primate of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of France and served until 2003, when he was succeeded by Emmanuel Adamakis.[2] On 19 November 1997, he was elected to a five-year term as president of the Conference of European Churches. On 20 January 2003, he was named Metropolitan of Switzerland by Bartholomew I of Constantinople and concurrently became director of the Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Chambésy.[3] On 18 July 2018, he was named Bishop of the Metropolis of Ancyra, which was re-established for the first time since 1922.[4][5] He was succeeded in Switzerland by Maximos Pothos.[6]
Kalligiorgis died in Kos on 20 June 2025, at the age of 90.[7]
Distinctions
- Legion of Honour (2001)[8]
References
- ^ "Εκοιμήθη ο Μητροπολίτης Αγκύρας Ιερεμίας – Πάνδημη η θλίψη στην Κω και στον Ορθόδοξο κόσμο". VimaTisKo (in Greek). 20 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ^ a b c "Biographie". Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Switzerland (in French). Archived from the original on 24 August 2017.
Son Eminence Jérémie (Calligiorgis)
- ^ "Directeur". Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Chambésy (in French). Archived from the original on 4 August 2016.
- ^ "Intronisation du Métropolite Maxime de Suisse". Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe (in French). Archived from the original on 5 November 2018.
- ^ Panev, Jivko (19 August 2018). "Discours d'intronisation de Mgr Maxime, métropolite de Suisse et exarque d'Europe". Orthodoxie.com (in French). Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ^ "Communiqué du Patriarcat œcuménique". Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Chambésy (in French). 12 July 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ^ "Εκοιμήθη ο Μητροπολίτης Αγκύρας κυρός Ιερεμίας". Orthodox Times (in Greek). 20 January 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ^ "Décret du 31 décembre 2001 portant nomination". Journal officiel de la République française (in French). 1 January 2002. Retrieved 24 June 2025.