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[[Image:bishop of Korinth Dionysios.jpg|thumb|px275|right|His Eminence Dionysios at the [[Monastery of St Patapios (Loutraki, Greece)|Monastery of St. Patapios]], at the celebration of the saint's [[feast day]] - December 8, 2010.]] 
[[Image:Bishop of Korinth.jpg|thumbnail|right|His Eminence Dionysios of Corinth at [[Monastery of St Patapios (Loutraki, Greece)|Monastery of St. Patapios]]([[April 28]], 2009)]] 
His Eminence '''Dionysios (Mantalos) of Corinth, Sikyon, Zemenou, Tarsus and Polyfengous''' is the [[Metropolitan]] of the [[Metropolis of Corinth|Metropolis of Corinth, Sikyon, Zemenou, Tarsus and Polyfengous]] under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Greece]]. The metropolis is located southwest of Athens at the head of the Gulf of Corinth. 
[[Image:patapia b.jpg|right|thumb|275px| His Reverence bishop of Corinth Dionysios Mantalos with sister [[Patapia]] at the [[Monastery of St Patapios (Loutraki, Greece)|Monastery of St. Patapios]], at the annual celebration of the saint, 8 December 2012]]
[[Image:bishop2.jpg|right|thumb|275px| His Reverence bishop of Corinth Dionysios Mantalos at the [[Monastery of St Patapios (Loutraki, Greece)|Monastery of St. Patapios]], at the annual celebration of the saint, 8 December 2012]]

==Life==
Metr. Dionysios was born on [[April 25]], 1952 in Neo Psychiko, a suburb of Athens, Greece. His general education took place in Athens followed by studies at the University of Athens. After his graduation he continued his education in Christian philosophy and education at the Graduate Faculty of the University of Thessalonica. 

He was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] on [[June 29]], 1970 in the Monastery Chrysopigi in Elia, Divri (Labeia) and given the name Dionysios. He was [[ordination|ordained]] [[deacon]] on [[January 18]], 1974 in Pyrgos by Bishop Athanasius of Elia Cyrus. On [[March 11]], 1979, Dcn. Dionysios was ordained a [[priest]] and raised to the dignity of [[archimandrite]] by Metr. Chrysostomos of Chalkida.

Father Dionysios served the [[Metropolis of Chalkida]] in several position over the following years, as preacher in 1977, vicar-general in 1978, and from 1990 as [[chancellor]] of the metropolis. In 2002, he was appointed Deputy General Director of the [[Apostoliki Diakonia]] and, in 2006, he was appointed chancellor of the [[Holy Synod]].

In 2006, Fr. Dionysios was elected to the [[episcopate]] by the [[Holy Synod]] of the Church of Greece. He was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] on [[October 15]], 2006 as the Metropolitan of the [[Metropolis of Corinth]], succeeding Metr. Panteleimon (Karanokolas) who reposed on [[August 16]], 2006. 

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==Sources==
*[http://www.imkorinthou.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=53   The Metropolitan]  In Greek
*[http://www.oki-regensburg.de/verst_06.htm  Orthodoxia 2006]

==External link==
*[[Wikipedia: Metropolitan_bishop_of_Corinth_Dionysius]]

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[[Category: Bishops of Corinth]]
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