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==Archbishop of America==
[[Image:Athenpaul.jpg|thumb|Patriarch Athenagoras I (left) with Pope Paul VI]]
In 1930, [[Damaskinos (Papandreou) of Athens|Metropolitan Damaskinos]], after returning from a trip to the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]], recommended to Patriarch [[Photius II of Constantinople|Photios II]] that Athenagoras be appointed Archbishop of North and South America. Damaskinos felt that Athenagoras was best suited to fix the many problems of the archdiocese, and Photios made the appointment on [[August 30]], 1930.
When he assumed his new position on [[February 24]], 1931, Athenagoras was faced with the task of bringing unity and harmony to a diocese that was racked with dissension between Royalists and Venizelists who had virtually divided the country into independent dioceses. To correct this he centralized the eccelesiastical administration in the Archdiocesean offices with all other bishops serving as auxiliaries, appointed to assist the archbishop, without dioceses and administrative rights of their own.
{{succession|
before=[[Alexander (Demoglou)]]|
title=[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America#Archbishops of America|Archbishop of North and South America]]|
years=1931-1948|
after=[[Michael (Konstantinides)]]}}
*[http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/ch_orthodox_docs/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_19671028_athenagoras-i-paul-vi_en.html Another Common Declaration of Pope Paul VI and the Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I] dated [[October 28|28 October]] 1967
*[http://www.stpaulsirvine.org/html/athenagoras.htm Remembering Patriarch Athenagoras]
*[http://orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/constantinople/former/john_thermon_athenagoras.htm "Patriarch Athenagoras: Prophet of Love"] by Bishop [[John (Kallos) of Amorion|John (Kallos) of Thermon ]] (Orthodox Research Institute)
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