Marios Makrionitis


Marios Makrionitis

Archbishop of Athens
Native name
Μάριος Μακρυωνίτης
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseAthens
Appointed11 March 1953
by Pope Pius XII
Term ended8 April 1959
PredecessorMarkos Sigalas
SuccessorVenediktos Printesis
Other post(s)Apostolic Vicar of Thessaloniki
Orders
Ordination15 July 1941
Consecration10 May 1953
by Georges Xenopulos, SJ
Personal details
Born
Μάριος Μακρυωνίτης

8 October 1913
Died8 April 1959(1959-04-08) (aged 45)
Athens, Greece

Marios Makrionitis, SJ (Greek: Μάριος Μακρυωνίτης; 8 October 1913 – 8 April 1959) was a Greek Jesuit prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the Archbishop of Athens from 1953 until 1959, when he died from injuries caused by an automobile accident.