Georgios Xenopoulos


Georgios Xenopoulos

Bishop of Syros
Bishop of Santorini
Apostolic Administrator of Crete
Native name
Γεώργιος Ξενόπουλος
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
DioceseSyros
Santorini
Crete
Appointed22 February 1947 (Syros & Santorini)
1952 (Crete)
Term ended27 June 1974
PredecessorTimotheos Georgios Raymoundos, OFM Cap (Syros & Santorini)
Arsenio da Corfù, OFM Cap (Crete)
SuccessorFrangiskos Papamanolis, OFM Cap
Orders
Ordination31 July 1926
Consecration20 July 1947
by Giovanni Francesco Filippucci
Personal details
Born
Γεώργιος Ξενόπουλος

23 August 1898
Died28 January 1980(1980-01-28) (aged 81)
Greece
Ordination history of
Georgios Xenopoulos
History
Priestly ordination
Date31 July 1926
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorGiovanni Francesco Filippucci
Co-consecratorsAntonio Gregorio Vuccino, AA
George Calavassy
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Georgios Xenopoulos as principal consecrator
Marios Makrionitis, SJ11 March 1953
Ioannis Perris12 January 1961
Frangiskos Papamanolis, OFM Cap20 October 1974

Georgios Xenopoulos, SJ (Greek: Γεώργιος Ξενόπουλος; 23 August 1898 – 28 January 1980) was a Greek Jesuit and prelate of the Catholic Church. From 1947 until his retirement in 1974, he was the Bishop of Santorini and the Bishop of Syros. In addition, he was at various times the apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Athens, the Diocese of Crete, and the Apostolic Vicariate of Salonica. He died in 1980, aged 81.