Demetrios of America


Demetrios
Geron Archbishop of America
Demetrios in 2010
Native name
Αρχιεπίσκοπος Δημήτριος
ChurchEcumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
ArchdioceseGreek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Elected19 August 1999
Installed18 September 1999
Term ended11 May 2019
PredecessorSpyridon (Papageorge)
SuccessorElpidophoros (Lambriniadis)
Orders
OrdinationDeacon 1960, Presbyter 1964
Consecration17 September 1967
Personal details
Born
Demetrios Trakatellis

(1928-02-01) 1 February 1928
NationalityGreek
DenominationEastern Orthodox Christianity
ResidenceNew York City, New York, United States
ParentsGeorgia and Christos Trakatellis
Alma materUniversity of Athens, Harvard University

Archbishop Demetrios (Secular name: Demetrios Trakatellis; Greek: Δημήτριος Τρακατέλλης) (b. 1 February 1928) is former Geron Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and Exarch of the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. He resigned from this position in 2019.