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His Eminence, '''Prokopios (Tsakoumakas) of Filippoi''' is the [[Metropolitan]] of the [[Metropolis of Filippoi, Neapolis and Thasos]], leading the New Lands metropolis that is under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Constantinople]], but administered under agreement with the Ecumenical Patriarchate by the [[Church of Greece]].

==Life==
Michael Tsakoumakas was born, in 1939, in Chios on the island of Chios in the Aegean Sea. He attended the Theological School of Corinth, graduating in 1958, and the Theological School Athion graduating in 1963. Michael was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] in 1960 with the name Prokopios and a [[priest]] in 1965. Following his ordination Father Prokopios served as a preacher in the [[Metropolis of Corinth]].

After his election to the [[episcopate]] in 1974 by the [[Holy Synod]] of the Church of Greece, Fr. Prokopios was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] the Metropolitan of the Metropolis of Filippoi, Neapolis and Thasos on [[May 24]], 1974. He was [[enthronement|enthroned]] at the Church of St. Paul on [[June 15]], 1974. 

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==Sources==
*[http://www.im-philippon.gr/   Metropolitan Prokopios]  In Greek
*[http://www.patriarchate.org/patriarchate/hierarchy-of-the-throne/metropolitans-new-lands/prokopios-of-philippi-neapolis-and-thasos  Ec-patr: Prokopios of Philippi, Neapolis and Thasos]

[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Filippoi]]
[[Category: 20th-21st-century bishops]]