Marios Makrionitis
Marios Makrionitis | |
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Archbishop of Athens | |
Native name | Μάριος Μακρυωνίτης |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Athens |
Appointed | 11 March 1953 by Pope Pius XII |
Term ended | 8 April 1959 |
Predecessor | |
Successor | Venediktos Printesis |
Other post(s) | Apostolic Vicar of Thessaloniki |
Orders | |
Ordination | 15 July 1941 |
Consecration | 10 May 1953 by Georges Xenopulos, SJ |
Personal details | |
Birth name | Μάριος Μακρυωνίτης |
Born | 8 October 1913 , Greece |
Died | 8 April 1959 Athens, Greece | (aged 45)
Marios Makrionitis, SJ (Greek: Μάριος Μακρυωνίτης; 8 October 1913 – 8 April 1959) was a Greek Jesuit prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the Archbishop of Athens from 1953 until 1959, when he died from injuries caused by an automobile accident.
Biography[]
Makrionitis was born on 8 October 1913 in Syros.[1][2] He joined the Society of Jesus and was ordained to the priesthood on 15 July 1941.[1][2] In 1952, he was appointed Apostolic Vicar of Thessaloniki.[2][3]
, a small village in the island ofMakrionitis was appointed Archbishop of Athens by Pope Pius XII on 11 March 1953.[1][2][3] His episcopal consecration took place on 10 May 1953, with the Bishop of Santorini, Georges Xenopulos, serving as principal consecrator, and Archbishop and Bishop George Calavassy as co-consecrators.[1][2] As archbishop, he held a Catholic Book Exhibition at the Athens Catholic Club, the first such event in Greek history.[4]
On 8 April 1959, Makrionitis was severely injured in an automobile accident, and died later that day[1][2][5] or in the early morning of April 9.[3][6] He was succeeded as archbishop by Venediktos Printesis, a former parish priest.[5]
Episcopal lineage[]
- Cardinal Scipione Rebiba
- Cardinal Giulio Antonio Santorio (1566)
- Cardinal Girolamo Bernerio, OP (1586)
- Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale (1604)
- Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi (1621)
- Cardinal Luigi Caetani (1622)
- Cardinal Ulderico Carpegna (1630)
- Cardinal Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni (1666)
- Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
- Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
- Pope Clement XIII (1743)
- Cardinal Marco Antonio Colonna (1762)
- Cardinal Hyacinthe Sigismond Gerdil, CRSP (1777)
- Cardinal Giulio Maria della Somaglia (1788)
- Cardinal Carlo Odescalchi, SJ (1823)
- Bishop Eugène de Mazenod, OMI (1832)
- Archbishop Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert, OMI (1842)
- Cardinal François-Marie-Benjamin Richard (1872)
- Cardinal Pietro Gasparri (1898)
- Archbishop Angelo Rotta (1922)
- Archbishop (1927)
- Bishop Georges Xenopulos, SJ (1947)
- Archbishop Marios Makrionitis, SJ (1953)
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Marius Macrionitis [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
- ^ a b c d e f "Archdiocese of Athens, Greece". GCatholic. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
- ^ a b c svs. "Κατάλογος Επισκόπων". Η Καθολική Εκκλησία στην Ελλάδα (in Greek). Retrieved 2017-05-08.
- ^ "First Catholic Book Exhibition in Greece". The Tablet. 13 July 1957. p. 19. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Holy See News Briefs". Arkansas Catholic. 5 June 1959. p. 7. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ "Greek Archbishop Dies". The Los Angeles Times. 9 April 1959. p. 7. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- 1913 births
- 1959 deaths
- 20th-century Jesuits
- 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Greece
- Apostolic vicars
- Burials in Athens
- Greek Jesuits
- Jesuit archbishops
- Road incident deaths in Greece
- Roman Catholic archbishops of Athens
- People from Poseidonia