Patriarch Diodoros of Jerusalem

Patriarch of Jerusalem
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IntroPatriarch of Jerusalem
wasPriest
Work fieldReligion
Gender
Male
Birth14 August 1923, Chios
Death19 December 2000Jerusalem (aged 77 years)
Star signLeo
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Biography

Diodoros or Diodorus Greek: Διόδωρος; born Damianos G. Karivalis Greek: Δαμιανός Γ. Καρίβαλης (August 14, 1923 – December 20, 2000) was the Patriarch of Jerusalem in the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem from 1980 to 2000.
He was born on the Greek island of Chios on August 14, 1923. He became a monk in 1943 and was renamed Diodoros. Three years later he became a priest, then an archbishop of Hierapolis in 1965. He served in Hierapolis prior to his election and was Patriarchal Exarch in Amman, Jordan, until 1980 when he was raised to the Patriarchate.

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