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Metropolitan '''Amphilochios (Tsoukos) of New Zealand''' is the ruling [[bishop]] of the [[Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand]] under the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]]. Previously, he served as a [[missionary]] in Congo.

==Timeline==
*1938 - Adamantios Tsoukos was born in Lardo, Rhodes (in the Dodecanese Islands), and attended the Patmiada Ecclesiastical School.
*1959 - Entered [[Theological School of Halki]].
*1962 [[December 8]] - [[Tonsure]]d a [[Monk]].
:*[[December 9]] - Ordained [[Deacon]] by [[Metropolitan]] Maximos of Stavroupoleos.
*1963 - Finished Theological School.  Dissertation entitled "Dogmatic Teacher of Koraniou".
:*[[July 9]] - [[Ordination|Ordained]] [[Priest]] by Metropolitan Maximos of Stavroupoleos.
*1964 - Served until 1968 at the [[Monastery]] of the Annunciation, Patmos (under the spiritual direction of Elder [[Amphilochios (Makris)]] of the Dodecanese Islands).
*1969 - Appointed teacher in Patmiada Ecclesiastical School.
*1972 - Served in Kenya, Tanzania and Zaire as [[missionary]].  Elevated to the dignity of [[Archimandrite]] by Patriarch [[Nicholas VI of Alexandria|Nicholas]] of Alexandria in the Church of the Annunciation in Louboubasi in Zaire.
*1978 - Returned as a teacher to Patmiada School.
*1989 - Invited to Rhodes by Metropolitan Apostolos of Rhodes as preacher.
*1990 [[May 22]] - Elected [[Abbot]] of Holy Monastery of the Archangel Michael - Tharri.
*2005 [[June 15]] - Elected Bishop by [[Holy Synod]] of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
:*2005 [[July 9]] - [[consecration of a bishop|Consecrated]] Bishop by Metropolitan Kirillo of Rhodes in the Annunciation Cathedral, Rhodes.
:*2005 [[October 13]] - Elected Metropolitan of New Zealand.


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==See also==
*[[Missionary]]

==External link==
*[http://www.orthodoxarchdiocese.org.nz/the-metropolis/metropolitan Official biography] from the Metropolis of New Zealand website.


[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:21st-century bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Wellington]]
[[Category:Orthodoxy_in_Australia]]
[[Category:Theological School of Halki Graduates]]
[[Category:Orthodoxy_in_New_Zealand]]