ABOUT THE ORTHODOX RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Hierarchical Sees:
Metropolitan of Memphis
Archbishop of Johannesburg and Pretoria (1968-?)
Date of Consecration:
November 29, 1968
Date of Election:
1968
Date of Ordination to the Priesthood:
1952
Date of Ordination to the Diaconate:
1940
Date of Birth:
1920
Full Name:
Paul Lyngris
BIOGRAPHY:
His Eminence Paul Lyngris, Elder Archbishop of Memphis, was born in 1920 in Kafr-el-Zayat in Egypt. He is a graduate of the Theological Faculty of the University of Athens. He was ordained a deacon in 1940 and a priest in 1952. He served as parish priest and as Vicar General in Harare, Zimbabwe during the years 1954-1968. In 1968, he was elected Archbishop of Johannesburg and Pretoria. He organized his Archdiocese, building holy churches and he developed noteworthy religious, social and philanthfopic works. After the passing of Pope and Patriarch Parthenios he was elected as Deputy (Vicar) of the throne. Apart from Greek he speaks Arabic, English and French.
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