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His Eminence Metropolitan '''Anthony (Gergiannakis)''' was the first [[bishop]] of the Diocese of San Francisco of the [[GOARCH|Greek Orthodox Archdiocese]] of America created in the general reorganization of the Archdiocese in 1979. He was previously the titular Bishop of Assimos, assigned to the Eighth Archdiocesan District in Denver, Colorado in 1978. At the general elevation of the bishops to metropolitans[[metropolitan]]s, but before the dioceses [[diocese]]s were designated metropolises, he was designated Metropolitan of the Dardanelles and All Hellespont, and the presiding bishop of San Francisco. In 2002, coincident with the elevation of the dioceses to metropolises, Metropolitan Anthony was designated the Metropolitan of San Francisco.
==Life==
He was born on [[March 2]], 1935, in the village of Avgeniki on the island of Crete.
He attended the [[Theological School of Halki|Halki Theological School]] and was [[ordination|ordain]]ed a [[priest]] on [[September 29]], 1960. Emigrating to the United States, he earned a Master of Divinity from Yale University. On [[June 7]], 1979, he was [[enthronement|enthroned]] as the first bishop of the then [[Diocese]] of San Francisco.
Five weeks after being diagnosed with Burkitts Lymphoma[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkitt%27s_lymphoma]], he passed away on [[December 25]], 2004 in San Francisco at the age of 69.
==External Links==
*[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/12/27/BAG3LAHDM41.DTL Anthony Gergiannakis: 1935-2004]*[http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041228/news_1m28anthony.html Metropolitan Anthony Gergiannakis]*[http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Gergiannakis Anthony Gergiannakis]*[http://www.goarch.org/news/goa.news825 Information Bulletin]*[http://www.goarch.org/news/goa.news1266*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkitt%27s_lymphoma Metropolitan Anthony of San Francisco dies following short illness]
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