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His Eminence '''Constantine (Sakellaropoulos) 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. Kyrillos was metropolitan from 1968 to 1974.
==Life==
Metr. Constantine (Sakellaropoulos) was born in 1918 in the village of Doumena, Kalavryta in the mountainous east central part of Achaea on the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. He studied theology at the Theological faculty of the University of Athens, graduating in 1948. He also studied at the School of Preachers of the [[Apostoliki Diakonia|Apostolic Diakonia]].
He entered the [[Holy Orders]] in 1950 and served at a number of the metropolises in Greece. Father Constantine was elected to the [[episcopate]] in 1968 by the Synod of Bishops of the Church of Greece and [[enthronement|enthroned]] as Metropolitan of the Metropolis of Thessaliotis and Fanariofersala. He was active in charity and missionary work until 1974 when he transferred as Metr. of Litsa and was succeeded by Metr. Kleopas II.
Metr. Constantine reposed on [[March 24]], 2007.
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{{succession|
before=[[Kyrillos I (Karmpaliotis) of Thessaliotis|Kyrillos I (Karmpaliotis)]]|
title=Metropolitan of Thessaliotis|
years=1968 - 1974|
after=Kleopas II}}
{{succession|
before=?|
title=Metropolitan of Litsa|
years= 1974 - 2007|
after=?}}
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==Source==
*[http://www.imthf.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7:2010-10-27-10-18-14&catid=11:2010-10-27-10-13-32&Itemid=16 The late Constantine]
[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Thessaliotis]]
[[Category: 20th-21st-century bishops]]
[[Category: University of Athens Theology School Graduates]]
==Life==
Metr. Constantine (Sakellaropoulos) was born in 1918 in the village of Doumena, Kalavryta in the mountainous east central part of Achaea on the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. He studied theology at the Theological faculty of the University of Athens, graduating in 1948. He also studied at the School of Preachers of the [[Apostoliki Diakonia|Apostolic Diakonia]].
He entered the [[Holy Orders]] in 1950 and served at a number of the metropolises in Greece. Father Constantine was elected to the [[episcopate]] in 1968 by the Synod of Bishops of the Church of Greece and [[enthronement|enthroned]] as Metropolitan of the Metropolis of Thessaliotis and Fanariofersala. He was active in charity and missionary work until 1974 when he transferred as Metr. of Litsa and was succeeded by Metr. Kleopas II.
Metr. Constantine reposed on [[March 24]], 2007.
{{start box}}
{{succession|
before=[[Kyrillos I (Karmpaliotis) of Thessaliotis|Kyrillos I (Karmpaliotis)]]|
title=Metropolitan of Thessaliotis|
years=1968 - 1974|
after=Kleopas II}}
{{succession|
before=?|
title=Metropolitan of Litsa|
years= 1974 - 2007|
after=?}}
{{end box}}
==Source==
*[http://www.imthf.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7:2010-10-27-10-18-14&catid=11:2010-10-27-10-13-32&Itemid=16 The late Constantine]
[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Thessaliotis]]
[[Category: 20th-21st-century bishops]]
[[Category: University of Athens Theology School Graduates]]
