Metropolitan Apostolos of Kilkis
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Metropolitan Apostolos (Papakonstantinou) (1924 – 28 September 2009) was the metropolitan bishop
of Kilkis
from 1991 until his death. He was ordained a deacon in 1950 and a priest in 1954. He was elected and ordained as Bishop of Zakynthos
in 1967.
Metropolitan bishop
In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...
of Kilkis
Kilkis
Kilkis is an industrial city in Central Macedonia, Greece. As of 2001 there were 17,430 people living in the city proper, 24,812 people living in the municipal unit, and 56,336 in the municipality of Kilkis. It is also the capital city of the regional unit of Kilkis.-Name:Kilkis is located in a...
from 1991 until his death. He was ordained a deacon in 1950 and a priest in 1954. He was elected and ordained as Bishop of Zakynthos
Zakynthos
Zakynthos , also Zante, the other form often used in English and in Italian , is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands. It is also a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit. It covers an area of ...
in 1967.