Frangkiskos Papamanolis ( el, Φραγκίσκος Παπαμανώλης; 5 December 1936 – 2 October 2023) was a Greek Roman Catholic prelate who was the Bishop of
Syros and Milos, Bishop of
Santorini
Santorini ( el, Σαντορίνη, ), officially Thira (Greek: Θήρα ) and classical Greek Thera (English pronunciation ), is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast from the Greek mainland. It is the ...
and
Apostolic Administrator
An Apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...
of
Crete
Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...
.
Biography
In 1962 Papamanolis was ordained priest of the
Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (; postnominal abbr. O.F.M. Cap.) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of Three " First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant (OFM Obs., now OFM ...
and on 27 June 1974 was appointed bishop, being ordained on 20 October 1974. He died on 2 October 2023, at the age of 86.
Bishop Frangkiskos Papamanolis, O.F.M. Cap.
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References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20141218000019/http://www.cathecclesia.gr/hellas/index.php/2008-03-19-22-02-01/-a-/2008-03-19-22-20-37.html
1936 births
2023 deaths
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Greece
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Greece
Bishops appointed by Pope Paul VI
Capuchin bishops
People from Ano Syros
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