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Yannis Spiteris
Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap. (Greek: Ιωάννης Σπιτέρης; born August 27, 1940, Corfu, Greece) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Corfu, Zante and Cefalonia and apostolic administrator of Apostolic Vicariate of Thessaloniki from 2003 to 2020. In 1968 he was ordained Catholic priest and on March 22, 2003 was appointed archbishop, being ordained Catholic bishop on May 18, 2003. Life Bishop Yannis Spiteris was born in Corfu (city), the capital of the Greek island of Corfu. He came from a large Christian family and took his graduation in a Capuchin monastery and laid on December 10, 1963 his first monastic vows. After his theological studies Spiteris received on 24 July 1968 by then Archbishop of Corfu, Antonios Varthalitis his ordination. He completed a doctoral program in theology at the University of Fribourg and later received a teaching position at the Pontifical Lateran University. Spiteris served as vicar and pastor in several churches on the island of Corfu, ...
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Pontifical Lateran University
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Roman Catholic Archbishops Of Corfu
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21st-century Roman Catholic Bishops In Greece
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