Gennadios (Zervos)

Metropolita Gennadios Zervos
Archbishop of Italy and Malta
Church	Greek Orthodox Church
Archdiocese	Italy and Malta
Appointed	26 August 1996
Installed	1996
Predecessor	Archbishop Spyridon of America
Orders
Ordination	28 April 1963
Consecration	1979
Personal details
Born	(1937-07-08)8 July 1937 Kremasti, Rhodes, Kingdom of Italy
Died	16 October 2020(2020-10-16) (aged 83) Venice
Nationality	Greek, Italian
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Krateia (1970-1996)

Metropolitan Gennadios (Italian: Gennadios Zervós, pronounced [dʒenˈnaːdjoz dzerˈvɔs]; secular name Tsampikos Zervos, Greek: Τσαμπίκος Ζερβός; 8 July 1937, Rhodes – 16 October 2020, Venice) was the metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy, a diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople covering Italy, Malta, and San Marino.

Biography

Born in the Italian Dodecanese, Zervos was ordained a deacon on April 16, 1960, taking the name of Gennadios, and a priest on April 28, 1963. He carried out a long pastoral service in Italy, as bishop of Krateia with his seat in Naples from November 26, 1970, and was lecturer at various Italian universities: for this he received the medal of Commander of the Italian Republic. For a long time he was the representative of the Patriarch of Constantinople in Italy. He was Metropolitan of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy and Malta from 26 August 1996. First Orthodox bishop in Italy since the Great Schism of 1054, on 26 November 1970 he was unanimously elected on the proposal of Patriarch Athenagoras.

References

• Μητροπολίτης Ἰταλίας, ὑπέρτιμος καί ἔξαρχος Νοτίου Εὐρώπης, κ. Γεννάδιος (in Greek)
• Sua Eminenza Rev.ma il Metropolita Gennadios, Arcivescovo Ortodosso d'Italia e Malta