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Apostolic Exarchate of

Istanbul

Turkey Turkey

Continents: East Europe, Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Greek

Type: Apostolic Exarchate

Immediately subject to the Holy See

History

  • 1911.06.11: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of Turkey of Europe (English) / Turchia d’Europa (Italiano)
  • 1936: Renamed as Apostolic Exarchate of Istanbul / Constantinople (English) / Constantinopoli (Italiano) / Constantinopolitan(us) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Apostolic Exarchs of Istanbul (Greek Rite)

Bishop Louis Pelâtre, A.A. (69)Bishop Louis Pelâtre, A.A. (69)
(Apostolic Administrator 1999 – ...)

Fr. Domenico Caloyera, O.P. (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1957.01.28 – 1973)

Fr. Domenico Caloyera, O.P. (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1955.05.27 – 1957.01.28)

Bishop Dionisio Leonida Varouhas
(1932.06.11 – 1957.01.28)

Born:1889.01.30 (Greece)
Ordained Priest:1911.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1932.07.10
Died:1957.01.28 († 67)

Apostolic Exarch of Istanbul of the Greeks (Turkey) (1932.06.11 – 1957.01.28)

Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis (1932.06.11 – 1957.01.28)

Apostolic Exarchs of Turkey of Europe (Greek Rite)

Bishop George Calavassy
(1920.07.13 – 1932.06.11)

Born:1881.02.02 (Greece)
Ordained Priest:1906.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1920.08.15
Died:1957.11.07 († 76)

Apostolic Exarch of Turkey of Europe of the Greeks (Turkey) (1920.07.13 – 1932.06.11)

Titular Bishop of Theodoropolis (1920.07.13 – 1957.11.07)

Apostolic Exarch of Greece of the Greeks (Greece) (1932.06.11 – 1957.11.07)

as of 2009.06.30

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