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'''Alexander (Demoglou)''' ({{lang-el|Αλέξανδρος Δήμογλου}}; 1876, [[w:Chalcedon|Chalcedon]] - 1942, [[w:Corfu|Corfu]]<ref>http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/64874</ref>) was the first Greek [[bishop]] to head the ethnic Greek Orthodox [[parish]]es in North America. He was appointed by the [[Metropolitan]] of Athens [[Meletius IV (Metaxakis) of Constantinople|Meletius (Metaxakis)]] during the chaotic period for the Orthodox Church of the Russian Civil and the Greek-Turkish Wars following World War I.  
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'''Alexander (Demoglou)''' ({{lang-el|Αλέξανδρος Δήμογλου}}; 1876, [[w:Chalcedon|Chalcedon]] - 1942, [[w:Corfu (city)|Corfu]]<ref>http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/64874</ref>) was the first Greek [[bishop]] to head the ethnic Greek Orthodox [[parish]]es in North America. He was appointed by the [[Metropolitan]] of Athens [[Meletius IV (Metaxakis) of Constantinople|Meletius (Metaxakis)]] during the chaotic period for the Orthodox Church of the Russian Civil and the Greek-Turkish Wars following World War I.  
  
 
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He was ordained deacon in 1895 and priest in 1902, he served in the Holy Metropolises Ephesus, Andrianoupoleos, Xanthi, Thessaloniki and Athens on 21 Octomber 1917 was elected titular Bishop of Rodostolou.
 
He was ordained deacon in 1895 and priest in 1902, he served in the Holy Metropolises Ephesus, Andrianoupoleos, Xanthi, Thessaloniki and Athens on 21 Octomber 1917 was elected titular Bishop of Rodostolou.
  
In 1918 he participated Ecclesiastical Mission in the then Metropolitan Meletios (Metaxakis) of Athens went to America and since  [[October 29]], 1918, he was named the synodical vicar of the proto-[[archdiocese]], formed by Metr. Meletius of Athens, of all Greek Orthodox faithful in North and South America, with Metr. Meletius as its head as [[Exarch]] of America. After the [[w:History_of_modern_Greece|royalists]] returned to power in Greece, Metr. Meletius was [[deposition|deposed]], but on [[November 27]], 1921 he was elected Patriarch of Constantinople in a Turkey that was also at the time [[w:Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire|deposing]] the government of the [[Ottoman empire|Ottoman Sultan]]. Meletius then returned to the United States where he presided over a formal organization of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America]] on [[May 11]], 1922. As one of his first official decrees as [[patriarch]], Meletius appointed Bp. Alexander the [[Titular bishop|titular Bishop]] of Rodostolou as his Patriarchal Exarch in America.
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In 1918 he participated Ecclesiastical Mission in the then Metropolitan Meletios (Metaxakis) of Athens went to America and since  [[October 29]], 1918, he was named the synodical vicar of the proto-[[archdiocese]], formed by Metr. Meletius of Athens, of all Greek Orthodox faithful in North and South America, with Metr. Meletius as its head as [[Exarch]] of America. After the [[w:History of modern Greece|royalists]] returned to power in Greece, Metr. Meletius was [[deposition|deposed]], but on [[November 27]], 1921 he was elected Patriarch of Constantinople in a Turkey that was also at the time [[w:Dissolution of the Ottoman Empire|deposing]] the government of the [[Ottoman empire|Ottoman Sultan]]. Meletius then returned to the United States where he presided over a formal organization of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America]] on [[May 11]], 1922. As one of his first official decrees as [[patriarch]], Meletius appointed Bp. Alexander the [[Titular bishop|titular Bishop]] of Rodostolou as his Patriarchal Exarch in America.
  
 
The years of Abp. Alexander tenure were punctured by the political dispute in Greece between the supporters of the royal house and that of Prime Minister [[w:Eleftherios_Venizelos|Eleftherios Venizelos]] in which Metr. Meletius and Abp. Alexander supported Venizelos. This dispute reflected in a division among the Greek parishes in America.
 
The years of Abp. Alexander tenure were punctured by the political dispute in Greece between the supporters of the royal house and that of Prime Minister [[w:Eleftherios_Venizelos|Eleftherios Venizelos]] in which Metr. Meletius and Abp. Alexander supported Venizelos. This dispute reflected in a division among the Greek parishes in America.

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Alexander (Demoglou) (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Δήμογλου; 1876, Chalcedon - 1942, Corfu[1]) was the first Greek bishop to head the ethnic Greek Orthodox parishes in North America. He was appointed by the Metropolitan of Athens Meletius (Metaxakis) during the chaotic period for the Orthodox Church of the Russian Civil and the Greek-Turkish Wars following World War I.

Life

He was born in 1876 in Chalcedon. He studied at the Theological School of Halki, where he graduated in 1902.

He was ordained deacon in 1895 and priest in 1902, he served in the Holy Metropolises Ephesus, Andrianoupoleos, Xanthi, Thessaloniki and Athens on 21 Octomber 1917 was elected titular Bishop of Rodostolou.

In 1918 he participated Ecclesiastical Mission in the then Metropolitan Meletios (Metaxakis) of Athens went to America and since October 29, 1918, he was named the synodical vicar of the proto-archdiocese, formed by Metr. Meletius of Athens, of all Greek Orthodox faithful in North and South America, with Metr. Meletius as its head as Exarch of America. After the royalists returned to power in Greece, Metr. Meletius was deposed, but on November 27, 1921 he was elected Patriarch of Constantinople in a Turkey that was also at the time deposing the government of the Ottoman Sultan. Meletius then returned to the United States where he presided over a formal organization of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America on May 11, 1922. As one of his first official decrees as patriarch, Meletius appointed Bp. Alexander the titular Bishop of Rodostolou as his Patriarchal Exarch in America.

The years of Abp. Alexander tenure were punctured by the political dispute in Greece between the supporters of the royal house and that of Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos in which Metr. Meletius and Abp. Alexander supported Venizelos. This dispute reflected in a division among the Greek parishes in America.

In 1930, the dispute had reached the point that Patriarch Ecumenical Photius II, supported by the Church of Greece, sent a representative as exarch, Archbishop Damaskenos of Corinth, to America to begin a program on reconciliation. During the latter months of 1930, Abp. Damaskenos effected the transfer of the hierarchs created by Patr. Meletius to new sees in Greece. After the transfer of Abp. Alexander, his successor, Archbishop Athenagoras (Spyrou), arrived in early 1931. He arrived as the ruling hierarch supported by assistant bishops.

After the departure of position Archdiocese of America Metropolitan Throne of Corfu taken from the Rodostolou and North and South America Metropolitan Alexander pastored in Corfu for twelve years to the tragic days of 1942 (German Occupation). Metropolitan Alexander of Corfu saved from execution 23 high school students when the military commander of Ionian Islands condemned them to death, because in events held against Mussolini[2].

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Alexander (Demoglou) of Corfu
Preceded by:
Archbishop of Rodostolou
1918-1930
Succeeded by:
Athenagoras (Spyrou)
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