Timotheos Evangelinidis

Timotheos Evangelinidis was a Greek Orthodox bishop who presided over the Metropolis of Rhodes from 1947 to 1949 and the Metropolis of Australia and New Zealand from 1931 to 1947. Evangelinidis was born in 1880, on the island of Mytilene (Lesvos), Greece.

Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand

Evangelinidis was elected as the second Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand in 1931. The position had officially remained vacant since 1928, when his predecessor Metropolitan Christoforos Knitis had been recalled to Greece. Father Theophylactos Papathanasopoulos had presided over the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand until Metropolitan Timetheos arrived in Australia on 26 January 1932 (Australia Day).^[1]

Metropolitan of Rhodes

From 1947, Metropolitan Timotheos presided over the Metropolis of Rhodes. In June 1949, he was elected Archbishop of North and South America but was unable to assume the post due to failing health. He remained as Metropolitan of Rhodes until his death in October 1949.^[2]

References

Archbishop Named for New York See, The New York Times, 8 June 1949
Timothy of Rhodes Dead at Age of 69, The New York Times, 7 October 1949

Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by Metropolitan Christoforos	Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand 1931-1947	Succeeded by Metropolitan Theophylactos
Preceded by unknown	Metropolitan of Rhodes 1947-1949	Succeeded by Metropolitan Spyridon

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Name	Evangelinidis, Timotheos
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Date of birth	1880
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Date of death	1949
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