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His Eminence '''Nikiforos (Mikragiannanitis) of Central Africa''' is was the [[Archbishop]] Metropolitan of the [[Archdiocese Metropolis of Central AfricaKinshasa]] under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Alexandria]] since from 2010to 2021.
==Life==
In 1978, Dcn. Nikiforos was ordained [[priest]] by Bishop [[Chrysostomos (Anagnostopoulos) of Rodostolou|Chrysostomos of Rodostolou]] whom he had succeeded as principal of the academy. Father Nikiforos continued as schoolmaster of the academy until 1997 when he resigned to accept the position of organizing the First Ecclesiastical Lyceum in Gjirokastra, Albania, offered by the Archbishop of Albania, [[Anastasios (Yannoulatos) of Albania|Anastasios]]. In 2006, Fr. Nikiforos participated in the establishment of the [[University of St. Athanasius the Athonite (Kinshasa)|University of St. Athanasius the Athonite]] in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo where he also taught.
On [[October 7]], 2010, Fr. Nikiforos was elected Archbishop Metropolitan of the [[Archdiocese Metropolis of Kinshasa|Metropolis of Central Africa]] by the [[Holy Synod]] of the Alexandria Patriarchate. He was consecrated on [[October 24]], 2010 and [[enthronement|enthroned]] in the Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas in Kinshasa on [[December 19]], 2010. <ref>[http://pa-imka.org/index.php/en/archbishopric-en/history-en History of the ArchdioceseMetropolis]</ref> Metropolitan Nikiforos ruled the Congolese bishopric for thirteen years. He reposed on [[July 27]], 2021 as a result of complications of the coronavirus disease.
==Reference==
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before=[[Ignatios (Madenlides) of Central Africa|Ignatios (Madenlides)]]|
title=Archbishop [[Metropolis of Central AfricaKinshasa|Metropolitan of Kinshasa]]|years=2010-present2021|after=—Theodosios (Tsitsivos)}}
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