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His Eminence '''Jeremiah (Fountas) of Gortyna and Megalopolis''' is the metropolitan of the [[Metropolis of  Gortyna and Megalopolis]]. The [[metropolis]] is located in the Arcadian area of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece.  He has been the Metropolitan of Gortyna and Megalopolis since 2006.

==Life==
Metr. Jeremiah (Fountas) was born in 1941 in the town of Nafpaktos on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth in western Greece. He graduated from the school of theology in 1964. He entered the [[Holy Orders]] in 1969 when he was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]]. He was ordained a [[priest]] in 1972. Father Jeremiah served in a number of metropolises and the [[Archdiocese of Athens]]. In 2000, he received a doctorate degree in theology. In 2003, Fr. Jeremiah was appointed Assistant Professor of the Department of Social Theology of the University of Athens. He is proficient in the German, English, French, Italian, and Hebrew languages. 

In 2006, Fr. Jeremiah was elected to the [[episcopate]] and was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Metropolitan of  Gortyna and Megalopolis on [[October 14]], 2006.

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==Source==
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/dioceses/Gortynos/Gortynos.html     Gortyna and Megalopolis]  In Greek

[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Gortyna]]
[[Category: 21st-century bishops]]