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His Eminence, the Most Reverend '''Paul (Lyngris)''' is the Elder was Archbishop of Memphis, within the [[Church of Alexandria]], from 1998 until his repose in 2013. His [[see]] is was Heliopolis, Cairo, in Egypt.
==Life==
After serving for a period as a [[parish]] priest, he was assigned as a [[Vicar]]-General in Harare, Zimbabwe, from 1954. In 1996, during the interregnum period between the repose of Pope and Patriarch [[Parthenios III (Koinidis) of Alexandria|Parthenios III]] and his [[Petros VII (Papapetrou) of Alexandria|successor's]] election, Abp. Paul was elected as Deputy of the throne.
In 1968, he was elected [[Archbishop]] of Johannesburg and Pretoria, and was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] to the episcopate on [[November 29]]. On January 13, 19681998, Abp. Paul was elected Archbishop of Memphis.
On [[May 18]], 2008, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa awarded Abp. Paul the Highest Medal of the Archangel at the Church of Ss Constantine and Helen in Johannesburg. The medal is the highest award of the ancient Patriarchate.
In addition to his native Greek, His Eminence speaks spoke Arabic, English, and French. Despota Paul reposed in the Lord in August 15, 2013.
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before=?Nicodemus of Johannesburg|title=[[Archdiocese of Johannesburg|Archbishop of Johannesburg and Pretoria]]|years=1968 - ?1968–1998|after=?John of Johannesburg}}
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before=?[[Dionysios (Hatzivasiliou) of Leontopolis|Dionysios of Leontopolis]]|title=Elder [[Archdiocese of Memphis|Archbishop of Memphis]]|years=? - Present1998–2013|after=—Nektarios II of Memphis}}
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*[http://www.greekorthodox-alexandria.org/oldsite/administration/hierEN.htm Hierarchs of the Throne - Alexandria]
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