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Bishop '''Aimilianos (Laloussis) of Harioupolis''' (or ''Emilianos of Charioupolis'') was an [[auxiliary bishop]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] serving in the United States.
==Life==
Bishop Aimilianos was born in [[Greece]] and came to the United States in 1930. He pursued graduate studies at the Episcopal theological [[seminary]] in Philadelphia.
As a priest, he served as [[dean]] of the Cathedral of St. Sophia in Washington, DC, from 1934 to 1960.
Elected [[titular bishop]] of Harioupolis in 1960, he was [[Consecration consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] to the episcopacy ]] on [[November 6]], 1960, at St. Sophia's. He oversaw the archdiocesan districts of Chicago and Charlotte, respectively, until his retirement in 1973.
Bishop Aimilianos died in 1992. In 1998, the Washington City Council named a park across from St. Sophia's Cathedral in the Bishop's honor. The park is maintained by the ''Bishop Laloussis Foundation'' of Bethesda, Maryland.
==Source==
*"Install New Greek Bishop in Ceremony," ''Chicago Tribune'', November 20, 1960, page 28. [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/622544512.html?dids=622544512:622544512&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+20%2C+1960&author=RICHARD+PHILBRICK&pub=Chicago+Daily+Tribune+(1872-1963)&edition=&startpage=28&desc=INSTALL+NEW+GREEK+BISHOP+IN+CEREMONY (abstract)]
*"Monument Unveiled Honoring Bishop Aimilianos," ''The Orthodox Observer'', December 2000-January 2001, page 24. [http://www.goarch.org/en/news/observer/pdf/2001/00-Dec-01-Jan.pdf (PDF)]
==External link==
* [http://orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/constantinople/former2.htm#emilianos_bishop_charioupolis Listing] at the Orthodox Research Institute
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