Anargyros Printezis (; 9 September 1937 – 18 March 2012), was the

titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

of Gratianopolis and

Apostolic Exarch An exarch (; from Ancient Greek ἔξαρχος ''exarchos'') was the holder of any of various historical offices, some of them being political or military and others being ecclesiastical. In the late Roman Empire and early Byzantine Empire, ...

of the Byzantine Rite Catholics in Greece. Anargyros Printezis was born in ,

Syros Syros ( ), also known as Siros or Syra, is a Greece, Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. It is south-east of Athens. The area of the island is and at the 2021 census it had 21,124 inhabitants. The largest towns are Ermoupoli, Ano S ...

island,

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in August 1937, and was ordained a

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on 10 December 1961. He was appointed titular bishop of Gratianopolis and Apostolic Exarch of the Byzantine Rite Catholics in Greece on 28 June 1975 and ordained

bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...

on 6 August 1975. Anargyros retired from Apostolic Exarchate of the Byzantine Rite Catholics in Greece on 23 April 2008.

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*http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bprina.html *http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/gree3.htm *https://web.archive.org/web/20110710175103/http://elcathex.com/eke/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=172&Itemid= *https://web.archive.org/web/20080630053909/http://www.elcathex.com/eke/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1037&Itemid= *https://web.archive.org/web/20110727224855/http://www.rumkatkilise.org/community_news_page.htm

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