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His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan '''Cornelius (Rodousakis) of Petra''' (''né'' Emmanuel Rodousakis) is a senior [[bishop]] of the [[Church of Jerusalem]] and has served as the ''[[locum tenens]]'' of that church. He served in this capacity in 2001 following the death of Patriarch [[Diodoros I (KalrivalisKarivalis) of Jerusalem|Diodoros I]]; he served most recently again in 2005 upon the [[deposition]] of the previous patriarch [[Irenaios I (Skopelitis) of Jerusalem|Irenaios I]], prior to the election of Patriarch [[Theophilus III (Giannopoulos) of Jerusalem|Theophilus III]].
He was born in 1936 in Magarikario of Herakleion, Crete. Arriving in Jerusalem in 1951, he graduated from the Patriarchal School and was [[tonsure]]d a [[monk]] in 1958 and [[ordination|ordained]] to the [[deacon|diaconate]] the following year. He studied theology at the Theological School in Halki, Turkey. He was ordained to the [[priest]]hood in 1964, and elevated to the rank of [[archimandrite]] in 1965. In 1967 he continued his education at the Ecumenical Institute of Geneva, and in 1972 he was made a member of the [[Holy Synod]] of the Church of Jerusalem.
He has also served as an [[auxiliary bishop|auxiliary]] of the Patriarch. In 2001, he was appointed General Patriarchal Commissioner. Representing the Jerusalem Patriarchate, he has also participated in various conventions and missions.
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==Sources==
*[http://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/en/mitr_petras.htm Metropolitan of Petra]
*[http://www.rulers.org/relig.html Religious leaders]
[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:20th-21st-century bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Sevasteia]]
[[Category:Bishops of Petra]]
