Archbishop of Athens
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from 1953 until 1959, when he died from injuries caused by an automobile accident.
Biography
Makrionitis was born on 8 October 1913 in , a small village in the island of Syros. He joined the Society of Jesus and was ordained to the priesthood on 15 July 1941. In 1952, he was appointed Apostolic Vicar of Thessaloniki.
Makrionitis was appointed
Archbishop of Athens
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by
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principal consecrator
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, and Archbishop Giovanni Francesco Filippucci and Bishop George Calavassy as co-consecrators. As archbishop, he held a Catholic Book Exhibition at the Athens Catholic Club, the first such event in Greek history.
On 8 April 1959, Makrionitis was severely injured in an automobile accident, and died later that day or in the early morning of April 9. He was succeeded as archbishop by
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, a former parish priest.
Episcopal lineage
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(1622)
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OMI
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(1842)
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