Ioannis Perris (October 10, 1916 - August 20, 2006) was a Catholic Archbishop of
Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonos from October 24, 1960, to April 29, 1993.
Biography
Ioannis Perris was born on October 10, 1916, in Greece. After receiving theological education he was
ordained
Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...
priest
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on March 23, 1940.
On October 24, 1960
Pope John XXIII
Pope John XXIII (born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death on 3 June 1963. He is the most recent pope to take ...
appointed Ioannis Perris as Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Minos. On January 12, 1961, he was ordained bishop by the
Bishop of Syros and Milos,
Georgios Xenopoulos, in collaboration with the
Athenian Archbishop Venediktos Printesis
Venediktos Printesis (Greek language, Greek: Βενέδικτος Πρίντεζης; February 10, 1917 – October 21, 2008) was a Greece, Greek Bishop in the Catholic Church, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
Biography
Printesis was born i ...
and the Bishop of the
Apostolic Exarchat of Greece Hyakinthos Gad.
From 1961 to 1964, Perris participated in the I, II, III and IV sessions of the
Second Vatican Council
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.
From 1961 to 1993 he was the apostolic administrator of the
diocese of Chios.
He retired on April 29, 1993.
On August 20, 2006, Ioannis Perris passed away.
References
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External links
* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bperris.html
1916 births
2006 deaths
Greek Roman Catholic archbishops