Isaias Papadopoulos
BishopIsaias Papadopoulos(24 February 1855,Pyrgos, Greece– 19 January 1932) was the first Exarch of theGreek Byzantine Catholic Church.
Biography
[edit]Born 24 February 1855 in Pyrgos, Papadopoulos was ordained an Orthodox priest in 1882. In 1883, he converted toGreek Catholicismbeside a small group of Greek Orthodox inThrace.In 1907, he had built the church in Thrace and was appointed vicar general for the Greek Catholics within the Apostolic Delegation of Constantinople.[1]
In 1911, he received episcopal consecration and was put in charge of the newly established ordinariate forGreek Byzantine Catholic Church,which later became anexarchate.On 28 June 1911, he was appointed Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis and was ordained bishop on 21 January 1912. In 1928, he was named Assessor of theCongregation for the Oriental ChurchesbyPope Pius XI.[2]Papadopoulos died on 19 January 1932, aged 76.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Catholics and Sultans: The Church and the Ottoman Empire, 1453-1923by Charles A. Fraze, page 255
- ^The Determination of Riteby William W. Bassett, page 67
- ^"Bishop Isaias Papadopoulos",catholic-hierarchy.org; accessed 22 January 2018.
Sources
[edit]- Frazee, Charles A. (2006) [1983].Catholics and Sultans: The Church and the Ottoman Empire 1453-1923.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.ISBN9780521027007.
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