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The Holy : '''Archdiocese of Irinoupolis''', also known as Dar es Salaam, This article is a [[for the diocese]] under created in 1999. For the [[jurisdiction]] old bishopric of the Greek Orthodox 1959 which is now in Kenya, see [[Church of Alexandria|Patriarchate Archdiocese of AlexandriaNairobi]] and All Africa. Its territory includes the [[parish]]es and missions located in the countries of Tanzania, and the Seychelle Islands.''
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The '''Holy Archdiocese of Irinoupolis and Eastern Tanzania and Seychelles''' is a [[diocese]] under the [[jurisdiction]] of the Greek Orthodox [[Church of Alexandria|Patriarchate of Alexandria]] and All Africa. Its territory includes the [[parish]]es and missions located in the countries of Tanzania, and the [[Seychelles]] Islands. Its name comes from the Greek translation of “Dar es-Salaam”, the former capital of Tanzania where the archdiocese is situated. When the diocese [[Archdiocese of Nairobi|Archdiocese of Irinoupolis]] was originally established in 1959with its see in Daar es-Salaam, Tanzania, its jurisdiction included that country plus Kenya and [[Uganda]]. In 1971, Archbishop Nicodemus moved the [[see]] to Kampala, Uganda, but the archdiocese maintained its name. From then on the city of Irinoupolis was never the seat of any bishop, although churches existed in Tanzania. After a long period of vacancy, in 1994 the archdiocese lost its territory in Uganda to establish the [[Archdiocese of Kampala]] and the see moved to Nairobi, Kenya. Finally, on [[November 23]], 1999, the '''Archdiocese of Irinoupolis and UgandaEastern Tanzania''' was created, separated from the now-called Archdiocese of Kenya. At that time Metropolitan Nicholas established his With the election of the current [[Dimitrios (Zaharengas) of Irinoupolis|Archbishop Dimitrios]] in 2004, the archdiocese gained also the far-away territory of the archipelago of [[seeSeychelles]] in Kampalathe Indian Ocean, receiving its current name.
==Ruling Bishops==
*[[Nicholas VI of Alexandria|Nicholas Philemon (ValeropoulosAgiannanitis)]] 1959 — 1968*[[Nicodemus of IrinoupolisKavasos|Nicodemus]] 1968 — 1972*[[Frumentius of Irinoupolis|Frumentius]] 1972 — 1981 *See vacant after the death of Metr. Frumentius*[[Anastasios Philemon (Yannoulatos) of Albania|Anastasios (YannoulatosAgiannanitis)]] — 1991 Acting metropolitan from the [[Church of Greece]] 1999–2000*[[Petros VII Proterios (PapapetrouPavlopoulos) of AlexandriaDiospolis|Petros Proterios (PapapetrouPavlopoulos)]] Exarch 1991 — 19942001–2004*[[Dimitrios (Zaharengas) of Irinoupolis|Dimitrios (Zaharengas)]] 2004 — Present 2004–Present<small>(lost territory to establish the [[Diocese of Arusha]])</small>
==Sources==
*[http://www.tanzaniaorthodoxy.com/OrthodoxMission.asp Orthodox Mission]
*[http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/ORTHMISS.HTM Orthodox Mission in Tropical Africa]
*[http://www.patriarchateofalexandria.com/index.php?module=news&action=details&id=802 Metropolitan Philemon Kavason Falls Asleep]
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[[Category: Alexandria Patriarchate Dioceses|Irinoupolis]]
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