Ioannis Andreas Kargas (, ; died on 2 October 1617) was a Catholic bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Syros and Milos The Diocese of Syros and Milos () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the cities of Syros and Milos in the ecclesiastical province of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos in Greece. History The diocese was established in 14 ...

from 1607 to 1617. During the invasion of the Turks in 1617, under the leadership of the

Kapudan Pasha The Kapudan Pasha (, modern Turkish: ), also known as the (, modern: , "Captain of the Sea") was the grand admiral of the Ottoman Navy. Typically, he was based at Galata and Gallipoli during the winter and charged with annual sailings durin ...

Çelebi Ali, Kargas was captured and hanged. His name has been given to the street that leads to the stairs of

Ano Syros Ano Syros (, “Upper Syros”) is a town and a former municipality on the island of Syros, in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Syros-Ermoupoli, of which it is a municipal unit. The munici ...

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* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcargaga.html 17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Greece Executed Greek people 1617 deaths 17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Republic of Venice People from Syros Year of birth unknown {{Greece-bio-stub