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Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Europe

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==History==
The first bishop of the Patriarchate of Antioch in Western Europe came in 1982. He was HG Gabriel (Saliby)<ref>[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/antioch/current/bios/bio_gabriel_saliby_metr_western_europe.htm Metropolitan Gabriel (Saliby) of Western Europe]</ref>, titular bishop of Palmyra and Vicar Bishop of the Patriarch. Under his leadership, the Vicariate grew in Austria, Britain, France, Germany and Switzerland. In its Autumn meeting of 2000, the Holy Synod of Antioch elevated the Vicariate to the status of Archdiocese and [[Sayedna ]] Gabriel to Metropolitan.
==Organization==
*Deanery of the United Kingdom and Ireland
==The episcopacy Bishops==Its first [[primate]] was Reverse chronological order*His Eminence Gabriel Metropolitan John (SalibyYazigi), [[elected June 18, 2008, enthroned September 21, 2008 *His Eminence Metropolitan]] of Western and Central Europe Gabriel (from 1982Saliby), as a vicariate, to Autumn 2000 until his death on [[October 21|21 October]] 2007''(Served since 1982 as Vicar Bishop in Western and Central Europe before creation of Archdiocese).''
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