Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy
Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Italy | |
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| Orthodox | |
Cathedral church of Saint George of the Greeks in Venice | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy and San Marino |
| Headquarters | Venice |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 80 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Established | 1991 |
| Cathedral | San Giorgio dei Greci |
| Secular priests | 50 |
| Language | Greek and Italian |
| Current leadership | |
| Parent church | Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople |
| Governance | Episcopal |
| Patriarch | Bartholomew I of Constantinople |
| Metropolitan | Polykarpos Stavropoulos |
| Auxiliary Bishops |
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| Vicar General | Archimandrite Vissarion Vakaros |
| Website | |
| ortodossia.it/ | |
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy (and Malta from 2005 until the creation of the Exarchate of Malta in 2021), officially the Sacred Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy and Exarchate of Southern Europe (Italian: Sacra Arcidiocesi Ortodossa d'Italia ed Esarcato per l'Europa Meridionale), is a diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople with its see in Venice. The diocese was created in 1991.
The current archbishop and exarch is Polykarpos Stavropoulos.