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His Eminence '''Apostolos II (Dimelis) of Rhodes''' was the [[metropolitan]] of the Metropolis of Rhodes, under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Constantinople]], from 1988 to 2004.
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==Life==
Other than that Panagiotis Dimelis was born in 1922 little is known of his early life. He received the name Apostolos when he entered an ecclesiastical life. He was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] a [[bishop]] on [[November 20]], 1973 and was [[enthronement|enthroned]] as the Metropolitan of Rhodes in 1988.
Metr. Apostolos retired in 2004 and was succeeded by Metr. [[Cyril (Kogerakis) of Rhodes|Cyril (Kogerakis)]]. Metr. Apostolos reposed on [[September 22]], 2010 in Rhodes.
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{{succession|
before=?|
title=Metropolitan of Rhodes|
years=1988 - 2004|
after=[[Cyril (Kogerakis) of Rhodes|Cyril (Kogerakis)]]}}
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==Sources==
*[[Wikipedia: Apostolos_Dimelis]]
*[http://www.patriarchate.org/patriarchate/hierarchy-of-the-throne/retired-hierarchs/apostolos-formerly-of-rhodes-in-rhodes ec-patr: Apostolos, formerly of Rhodes, in Rhodes]
*[http://www.oki-regensburg.de/verst_10.htm ORTHODOXIA 2010: Hierarchs who passed to the Lord]
[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Rhodes]]
[[Category: 20th-21st-century bishops]]
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==Life==
Other than that Panagiotis Dimelis was born in 1922 little is known of his early life. He received the name Apostolos when he entered an ecclesiastical life. He was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] a [[bishop]] on [[November 20]], 1973 and was [[enthronement|enthroned]] as the Metropolitan of Rhodes in 1988.
Metr. Apostolos retired in 2004 and was succeeded by Metr. [[Cyril (Kogerakis) of Rhodes|Cyril (Kogerakis)]]. Metr. Apostolos reposed on [[September 22]], 2010 in Rhodes.
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{{succession|
before=?|
title=Metropolitan of Rhodes|
years=1988 - 2004|
after=[[Cyril (Kogerakis) of Rhodes|Cyril (Kogerakis)]]}}
{{end box}}
==Sources==
*[[Wikipedia: Apostolos_Dimelis]]
*[http://www.patriarchate.org/patriarchate/hierarchy-of-the-throne/retired-hierarchs/apostolos-formerly-of-rhodes-in-rhodes ec-patr: Apostolos, formerly of Rhodes, in Rhodes]
*[http://www.oki-regensburg.de/verst_10.htm ORTHODOXIA 2010: Hierarchs who passed to the Lord]
[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Rhodes]]
[[Category: 20th-21st-century bishops]]