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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 Vryoula, and elected his successor - V. Rev. [[Archimandrite]] Polikarpos Stavropoulos, from the Metropolis of Italy. Metropolitan Polikarpos was enthroned consecrated at the Patriarchate on [[May 6]], 2007 and will be enthroned soon thereafteron June 16, 2007 in the Orthodox Cathedral of Apostle Andrew and Saint Dimitrios in Madrid. 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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