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His Grace '''Timothy''' (secular name '''Michael Negrepontis '''<ref>https://lettersblogatory.com/2012/03/06/negrepontis-giannisis-greece/</ref>; 7 June 1924 - 13 December 1998<ref>http://www.ancientfaces.com/person/michael-t-negrepontis/22114247</ref>, Μιχαήλ Νεγρεπόντης) was a [[bishop]] of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America]], who served as Bishop of Detroit until his retirement in 1995.
==Life==
He was born in 7 June 1924 in Athens, he studied theology at the Theological Faculty of the University of Thessaloniki.
He ordained Deacon on March 7, 1950 and a priest on March 10, 1952.
Bishop Timothy (Negrepontis) was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] on [[January 20]], 1974 at the Holy Cross [[Chapel]] of the [[Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology]] in Brookline, Massachusetts as Bishop of Pamphilos and [[auxiliary bishop]] to Archbishop [[Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America|Iakovos of America]]. He was assigned to lead the Diocese of South America that had its headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1 August 1995, Bishop Timothy was retired and return to Greece<ref>Demetrius Kiminas "The Ecumenical Patriarchate"</ref>.
On [[December 11]], 1998, Bp. Timothy died in an Athens hospital following complications from asthma at 74 years old. The funeral service was chanted on December 15, 1998 at the Church of the Assumption Kaisarianis presided over by Metropolitan New Smyrna Agathangelos. He was buried on [[December 15]], 1998 in Kaisieriani Cemetery after a funeral service at the Kimisis Tis Theootokou Church in Kaiseriani, Athens.
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