Dionysios (Hatzivasiliou) of Leontopolis

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His Eminence, the Most Reverend Dionysios (Hatzivasiliou) of Leontopolis is Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Leontopolis, part of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa.

Life

Ioannis Hatzivasiliou was born in 1929 in Alexandria. He attended and graduated from the Theological School of Halki. He continued his post graduate education in Paris and Geneva. He served as the chief secretary of the Patriarchate of Alexandria. In Egypt and Sudan, he served as a teacher in high schools and lyceums as well ass at the Higher College of Tourism in Cairo.

In 1968, following election as Bishop of Heliopolis, he served for six years as Patriarchal Vicar in Cairo. In 1974, he was elected Archbishop of Memphis and served there until he was placed in the Archdiocese of Nouvia in 1988. In 1997, he was assigned to the archbishop of Leontopolis.

In addition to his native Greek, Abp. Dionysios speaks English, French, Russian, and Arabic.

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Dionysios (Hatzivasiliou) of Leontopolis
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Bishop of Heliopolis
1968-1974
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Archbishop of Memphis
1974—1988
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Archbishop of Nouvia
1988—1997
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Archbishop of Leontopolis
1997—Present
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