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His Eminence '''Theoklitos (Koumarianos) of Thessaliotis and Fanariofersala''' was the [[metropolitan]] of the [[Metropolis of Thessaliotis and Fanariofersala]] under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Greece]]. The metropolis is located in Thessaly in central Greece. Metr. Theoklitos was metropolitan from 1999 to 2005. 

==Life==
Theodore Koumarianos was born in 1953 in Volos, a port city in Thessaly, Greece. After graduating from the Higher Ecclesiastical School of Thessalonica, he continued his education at the Theological School of the University of Athens.  Graduating from the Theological School, he entered the [[Holy Orders]]. As a priest, Father Theoklitos held a number of positions including Chancellor of the Metropolis of Demetrias, Director of the Ecclesiastical Boarding School of Volos, and spokesman for the [[Holy Synod]] of the Church of Greece.

In 1999, Fr. Theoklitos was elected on [[October 14]] to the [[episcopate]] by the Synod of Bishops of the Church of Greece and was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] the metropolitan of the Metropolis of Thessaliotis and Fanariofersala[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-134320884/kyrillos-christakis-elected-new.html]. Following investigations of wrong doing that implicated [[clergy]] in the area of Athens, Metr. submitted his resignation as metropolitan of Thessaliotis on [[March 1]], 2005.

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{{succession|
before=[[Kleopas II of Thessaliotis|Kleopas II]]|
title=Metropolitan of Thessaliotis|
years=1999 - 2005|
after=[[Kyrillos II (Christakis) of Thessaliotis|Kyrillos II (Chrystakis)]]
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before=?|
title=Metropolitan of Vresthena (titular)|
years=2006 - Present|
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==Source==
*[http://www.imthf.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9:2010-10-27-10-20-42&catid=11:2010-10-27-10-13-32&Itemid=16   Theoklitos (Koumarianos)]  In Greek

==External link==
*[http://www.hri.org/news/greek/eraen/2005/05-03-01_1.eraen.html#01  Key Witness for Corrupt Justices Case Revelations in Theoklitos' Testimony]

[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: 20th-21st-century bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Thessaliotis]]
[[Category: Bishops of Vresthena]]
[[Category: University of Athens Theology School Graduates]]