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On April 12, 2003, the [[Holy Synod]] of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elected Fr. Epiphanios as the first bishop of the newly-created Metropolis of Spain and Portugal. Previously, Spain and Portugal had constituted an [[exarchate]] of the Metropolis of France.
In March of 2007, Metropolitan Epiphanios informed the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of his intentions to retire. The Holy Synod then elected him as Titular Metropolitan of Vriolwn, and elected his successor - His Grace Bishop V. Rev. Archimandrite Polikarpos Stavropoulos, from the Metropolis of Italy. Metropolitan-elect Polikarpos will be enthroned at the Patriarchate on May 6, 2007 and enthroned soon thereafter. His Eminence Metropolitan Epiphanios will stay on for a short transition and likely return to the U.S. in early summer.
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