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His Eminence '''Nikiforos (Dedousis) of Lefkas and Ithaca''' was the [[Metropolitan]] of the [[Metropolis of Lefkas and Ithaca]] under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Greece]]. The [[metropolis]] is located among the Ionian islands in the Ionian Sea off the western coast of Greece. Metr. Nikiforos served as metropolitan of the metropolis from 1968 to 2008. 

==Life==
Metr. Nikiforos (Dedousis) was born in 1918 in the city of Kalamata on the Peloponnese peninsula of southern Greece. After an education in theology and graduation from the School of Theology of the University of Athens, he entered the [[Holy Orders]] and was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] in 1947. A year later, in 1948, he was ordained a [[priest]]. 

Fr. Nikiforos was elected to the [[episcopate]] in 1968 by the Synod of Bishops of the Church of Greece]].  His [[consecration of a bishop|consecration]] as Metropolitan of Lefkas and Ithaca followed a few days later.

Metr. Nikiforos reposed on [[January 28]], 2008. His funeral was held at the Evangelistrias Cathedral on the island of Lefkada.

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==Sources==
*[http://www.ecclesia.gr/English/EnDioceses/Lefkas.html  Holy Metropolis of Lefkas and Ithaki] 
*[http://www.hri.org/news/greek/ana/2008/08-01-29.ana.html#29  Metropolitan Nikiforos of Lefkada passes away]
*[http://www.oki-regensburg.de/verst_08.htm  Orthodoxia 2008]

[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Lefkas]]
[[Category: 20th-21st-century bishops]]
[[Category: University of Athens Theology School Graduates]]