Georges Xenopulos
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The Right Reverend Georgios Xenopoulos SJ |
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| Bishop of Syros Bishop of Santorini Apostolic Administrator of Crete |
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| Native name | Γεώργιος Ξενόπουλος |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese |
Syros Santorini Crete |
| Appointed | 22 February 1947 (Syros & Santorini) 1952 (Crete) |
| Term ended | 27 June 1974 |
| Predecessor |
Timotheos Georgios Raymoundos, OFM Cap (Syros & Santorini) Arsenio da Corfù, OFM Cap (Crete) |
| Successor | Frangiskos Papamanolis, OFM Cap |
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| Ordination | 31 July 1926 |
| Consecration | 20 July 1947 by Giovanni Francesco Filippucci |
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| Birth name | Γεώργιος Ξενόπουλος |
| Born | 23 August 1898 Syros, Greece |
| Died | 28 January 1980 (aged 81) Greece |
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Ordination history of Georgios Xenopoulos |
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Georgios Xenopoulos, SJ (Greek: Γεώργιος Ξενόπουλος; 23 August 1898 – 28 January 1980) was a Greek Jesuit and prelate of the Catholic Church. From 1947 until his retirement in 1974, he was the Bishop of Santorini and the Bishop of Syros. In addition, he was at various times the apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Athens, the Diocese of Crete, and the Apostolic Vicariate of Salonica. He died in 1980, aged 81.
Xenopulos was born on 23 August 1898 in Syros, Greece. He joined the Society of Jesus and was ordained to the priesthood on 31 July 1926.
On 22 February 1947, Xenopulos was appointed Bishop of Syros and Bishop of Santorini by Pope Pius XII. His episcopal consecration took place on 20 July 1947, with the Archbishop of Naxos, Tinos, Andros and Mykonos, Giovanni Francesco Filippucci, as principal consecrator, and Archbishop Antonios Grigorios Voutsinos, AA, and Bishop George Calavassy serving as co-consecrators. From 1950 to 1953, he was apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Athens and the Apostolic Vicariate of Salonica (now Thessaloniki). In 1952, he was additionally appointed apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Crete, a position he held until his death.
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