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Fr. Germanos was elevated to the rank of [[archimandrite]] by [[Athenagoras I (Spyrou) of Constantinople|Archbishop Athenagoras]] in 1931. Six years later, he was assigned concurrently as one of the first faculty members of the new [[Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, Massachusetts)|Holy Cross School of Theology]] in Pomfret, Connecticut.
In 1941, Fr. Germanos was elected Bishop of the titular [[see]] of Nyssa. His consecration took place on [[November 30]], 1941 at New York's Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. The consecrating hierarchs were Abp. Athenagoras, Bp. [[Athenagoras I (Kavadas) of Thyateira and Great Britain|Athenagoras of Boston]], Bp. Eirinaios of San Francisco, Bp. [[Bohdan (Spylka) of Evkarpia|Bohdan]] of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA|Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America]], and Bp. Sawa Bishop [[Sabbas (Sovetov) of Grodno ]] (Poland). During World War II, Bishop Germanos served as chair of the Greek War Bond Committee.
Following the war, Bishop Germanos was appointed presiding hierarch of the Sixth Archdiocesan District, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He later returned to New York as editor of the archdiocesan magazine [[Orthodox Observer|''The Orthodox Observer'']]. Upon the death of [[Michael (Konstantinides) of America|Archbishop Michael]] in 1958, Bishop Germanos was designated as [[locum tenens]] until the election and enthronement of [[Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America|Archbishop Iakovos]] the following year.
