Yannis Spiteris

Ioannis Spiteris OFM Cap, (Greek Ιωάννης Σπιτέρης Ioannis Spiteris; born August 27, 1940 in Corfu Town ) since 2003, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Corfu, Zante and Kefalonia and Administrator of the Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki.

Life

Archbishop Ioannis Spiteris was born in Corfu Town, the capital of the Greek island of Corfu. From a large Christian family coming he resigned after completing his schooling in a Capuchin monastery and laid on December 10, 1963 his first monastic vows.

After his theological studies, he was awarded on 24 July 1968 by the then Archbishop of Corfu, Antonios Varthalitis, the ordination. He then completed his doctoral studies in theology at the University of Fribourg .. He later received a teaching position at the Pontifical University of the Lateran. He served as curate and parish priest in various parishes on the island of Corfu, Athens and Crete.

On 22 March 2003, he was appointed Archbishop of Corfu, Zante and Cephalonia, the consecration took place on May 18, 2003 Antonios Varthalitis, his predecessor in the Archdiocese of Corfu, and Nikolaos Foskolos, Archbishop of Athens, and Frangiskos Papamanolis, Bishop of Syros instead.

The archbishopric of Corfu and the Office of the Apostolic Administrator for the vacant since 1929 Vicariate of Thessaloniki is connected, which Ioannis Spiteris also holds.