Nikolaos Foskolos

Nikolaos Foskolos (Greek: Νικόλαος Φώσκολος, born December 11, 1936 in Komi, Tinos, Greece) was the Archbishop of Athens and Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rhodes.


Nikolaos Foskolos
Archbishop of Athens
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseAthens
Appointed25 June 1973
Term ended12 August 2014
PredecessorVenediktos Printesis
SuccessorSevastianos Rossolatos
Orders
Ordination1 October 1961
Consecration12 August 1973
by Ioannis Perris
Personal details
Birth nameNikolaos Foscolos
Born (1936-12-11) December 11, 1936
Komi, Greece
NationalityGreek

Biography

Foscolos was ordained priest on October 1, 1961. On 25 June 1973 he was appointed Archbishop of Athens and on 12 August 1973 he was ordained Archbishop by Ioannis Perris, Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos. From 1973 until his resignation on 12 August 2014 he was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens and Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rhodes, whom he was named in 1992. From 1992 to 2004 Foskolos was president of the Episcopal Conference of Greece.[1] His successor in both offices is the Rev. Fr. Sevastianos Rossolatos.

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