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His Eminence '''Alexander (Papadopoulos) of Mantineia and Kynouria''' is the Metropolitan of the [[Metropolis of Mantineia and Kynouria]] under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Greece]]. He has been the ruling hierarch of the metropolis since 1995.
== Life==
Metropolitan Alexander was born in 1936 in Papari, Arcadia, in the central part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. He studied theology in Athens before his [[ordination]] as a [[deacon]] in 1968. He was ordained a [[priest]] in 1969. In 1976, Father Alexander was appointed the secretary of the conciliar courts.
In 1984, Fr. Alexander was elected to the [[episcopate]] and was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] the [[metropolitan]] of the [[Metropolis of Nafpaktos]] and Agios Vasilioson on [[May 5]], 1984. In 1995, Metr. Alexander was transferred to the [[see]] of Mantinia and Kinouria and [[enthronement|enthroned]] on [[January 25]], 1995 as the Metropolitan of Mantinia and Kinouria.
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title=Metropolitan of Nafpaktos|
years=1984 - 1995|
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title=Metropolitan of Mantinia|
years=1995 - Present|
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==Sources==
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/EnDioceses/Mantineia.html Holy Metropolis of Mantineia and Kynouria]
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/dioceses/Mantineias/Mantineias.html Mantinea and Kynouria] In Greek
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/holysynod/hierarchy.htm Holy Synod]
[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Nafpaktos]]
[[Category: Bishops of Mantinia]]
[[Category: 20th-21st-century bishops]]
== Life==
Metropolitan Alexander was born in 1936 in Papari, Arcadia, in the central part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. He studied theology in Athens before his [[ordination]] as a [[deacon]] in 1968. He was ordained a [[priest]] in 1969. In 1976, Father Alexander was appointed the secretary of the conciliar courts.
In 1984, Fr. Alexander was elected to the [[episcopate]] and was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] the [[metropolitan]] of the [[Metropolis of Nafpaktos]] and Agios Vasilioson on [[May 5]], 1984. In 1995, Metr. Alexander was transferred to the [[see]] of Mantinia and Kinouria and [[enthronement|enthroned]] on [[January 25]], 1995 as the Metropolitan of Mantinia and Kinouria.
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{{succession|
before=?|
title=Metropolitan of Nafpaktos|
years=1984 - 1995|
after=?}}
{{succession|
before=?|
title=Metropolitan of Mantinia|
years=1995 - Present|
after=—}}
{{end box}}
==Sources==
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/EnDioceses/Mantineia.html Holy Metropolis of Mantineia and Kynouria]
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/greek/dioceses/Mantineias/Mantineias.html Mantinea and Kynouria] In Greek
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/holysynod/hierarchy.htm Holy Synod]
[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Nafpaktos]]
[[Category: Bishops of Mantinia]]
[[Category: 20th-21st-century bishops]]