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The '''Holy Archdiocese of Carthage and North Africa''' is a [[diocese]] under the jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox [[Church of Alexandria|Patriarchate of Alexandria]] and All Africa. Its territory, in northwestern Africa, includes the [[parish]]es and missions located in nations of Tunisia, Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco and Western Sahara.

The [[Archdiocese]] of Carthage was established as a [[archdiocese]] in 1931 by a Patriarchal and Synodal Decree. Its seat was originally located in Tripoli, but moved in 1984 to Tunis.

==Ruling Bishops==
*Konstantinos (Katsarakis)  1931–1939
<small>(gained territory from the merged [[Archdiocese of Tripoli]])</small>
*[[Parthenios III (Koinidis) of Alexandria|Parthenios (Konidis)]]  1958–1987
<small>(vacant)</small>
*[[Irenaeus (Talambekos) of Pelusium|Irenaeus (Talambekos)]]  1990–1994
<small>(vacant)</small>
*[[Chrysostomos (Papadopoulos) of Carthage|Chrysostomos (Papadopoulos)]]  1997–2004
<small>(lost territory to reestablish the Archdiocese of Tripoli)</small>
*[[Alexios (Leontaritis) of Carthage|Alexios (Leontaritis)]]  2004–2016
*Meletios (Koumanis)  2016–Present

==Source==
*[http://www.greekorthodox-alexandria.org/index.php?module=content&cid=004001 Patriarchate of Alexandria Archdiocese website]

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