Cornelius Rodousakis
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Metropolitan Cornelius of Petra (né Emmanuel Rodousakis;Irenaios I on 6 May, until the election of Theophilos III on 22 August.
Biography
Emmanuel Rodousakis was born on 6 March 1936 in Magarikario of
Halki, Turkey. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1964, and elevated to the rank of archimandrite in 1965. He continued his education at the Ecumenical Institute of Geneva in 1967, and in 1972 he was made a member of the Holy Synod of the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.[3]
Cornelius served as archivist and principal of the Patriarchal School, and also served as editor and director of the New Zion magazine and chairman of Education. In October 1976, he was elected to the
Eparch of Sevasteia and, in 1998, Eparch of Petra.[4]
Cornelius also served as a suffragan bishop of the Patriarch. In 2001, he was appointed General Patriarchal Commissioner. Representing the Jerusalem Patriarchate, he also participated in various conventions and missions.[5]
Cornelius died on 14 May 2023, at the age of 87.[6]
References
- ^ "Greek Eastern Orthodox Christians - Bible Discovered". Biblediscovered.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ "Yahoo! Groups". Groups.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ [1] Archived 13 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Hierarchs of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem". Orthodoxresearchinstitute.org. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ [2] Archived 13 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Εκοιμήθη ο Μητροπολίτης Πέτρας Κορνήλιος (in Greek)