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The Holy '''Archdiocese of Central Africa''' is a [[diocese]] under the [[jurisdiction]] of the Greek Orthodox [[Church of Alexandria|Patriarchate of Alexandria]] and All Africa. Its territory includes the [[parish]]es and missions located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the DRC) and the Congolese Republic (Congo-Brazzaville).
==History==
The Archdiocese of Central Africa was established in 1958 by the Patriarchate of Alexandria with [[Archbishop]] Kyprianos as the first ruling hierarch. He was succeeded by Bp. Nicodemus. In 1977, Bp. Timothy (Kontomeros) became the ruling [[bishop]] of the [[missionary]] activities of the [[diocese]] until his repose in 2003.
In 2003, [[Archimandrite]] Ignatios (Madenlidis), who had been a missionary in Kananga for twenty years, was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] as the Archbishop of Central Africa. After his resignation in 2010, Archimandrite Nikiforos (Mikragiannanitis) was consecrated on [[October 24]], 2010 and enthroned in the Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas in Kinshasa on [[December 19]], 2010. <ref>[http://pa-imka.org/index.php/en/archbishopric-en/history-en History of the Archdiocese]</ref>
==Ruling Bishops==
*Archbishop Nicodemus 1958 - ?*Nicodemus ? - 1977*Metropolitan [[Timotheos of Central Africa|Timothy(Kontomeros)]] ?1977-2003*Metropolitan [[Ignatios (Madenlides) of Central Africa|IgnatiusIgnatios (Madenlides)]] 2003-2010 *Archbishop Mikiphoros Nikiforos (Mikragiannanitis) 2010-Present ==Reference==<references/>
==See also==
==Sources==
*[http://pa-imka.org/index.php/en/ The Official site of the Archdiocese of Central Africa of the Orthodox Church]
*[http://www.greekorthodox-alexandria.org/index.php?module=content&cid=004001 Patriarchate of Alexandria Archdiocese website]
*[http://theorthodoxchurch.info/blog/news/2010/10/the-ceremony-of-the-great-message-of-the-elected-metropolitan-mikiphoros-of-central-africa/ The Ceremony of the Great Message of the Elected Metropolitan Mikiphoros of Central Africa]
