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His Eminence '''Antonius (Kompus) of Sisanion and Siatista''' was the Metropolitan of the [[Metropolis of Sisanio and Siatista|Metropolis of Sisanion and Siatista]] under the administration of the [[Church of Greece]]. The Metropolis of Sisanion and Siatista is a metropolis in the New Lands of Greece, under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]]. [http://www.patriarchate.org/patriarchate/jurisdiction/administration/dioceses/new-lands]. Metr. Paul was the ruling hierarch of the metropolis from 1974 to 2006.
==Life==
Metropolitan Antonius was born in 1920 in Argos in the Peloponnese, Greece. His post-secondary education in Greece was in theology, followed by post-graduate studies at Oxford University in England and in Paris, France. With his [[ordination]] as a [[deacon]], with the name Antonius, he entered the [[Holy Orders]] in 1967. He was ordained a [[priest]] later the same year.
Father Antonius was elected to the [[episcopate]] and [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] metropolitan of the Metropolis of Sisanion and Siatista in 1974. While active in his duties as the ruling hierarch of metropolis, Metr. Antonius was also a writer of note.
Metr. Antonius reposed on [[December 16]], 2005.[http://www.oki-regensburg.de/verst_05.htm]
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title=Metropolitan of Sisanion and Siatista|
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[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Sisanion]]
[[Category: 20th-21st-century bishops]]
==Life==
Metropolitan Antonius was born in 1920 in Argos in the Peloponnese, Greece. His post-secondary education in Greece was in theology, followed by post-graduate studies at Oxford University in England and in Paris, France. With his [[ordination]] as a [[deacon]], with the name Antonius, he entered the [[Holy Orders]] in 1967. He was ordained a [[priest]] later the same year.
Father Antonius was elected to the [[episcopate]] and [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] metropolitan of the Metropolis of Sisanion and Siatista in 1974. While active in his duties as the ruling hierarch of metropolis, Metr. Antonius was also a writer of note.
Metr. Antonius reposed on [[December 16]], 2005.[http://www.oki-regensburg.de/verst_05.htm]
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{{succession|
before=?|
title=Metropolitan of Sisanion and Siatista|
years=1974-2005|
after=[[Paul (Ioannou) of Sisanion|Paul (Ioannou)]]}}
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[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Sisanion]]
[[Category: 20th-21st-century bishops]]
