His Eminence Archbishop Spyridon of America

(September 24, 1944, Warren, Ohio-Alive). 5th Greek Orthodox Archbishop of North America, 1996. Born George Papageorge. Grew up in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Ordained Priest, Greek Orthodox Church, 1976. Secretary, Permanent Delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarch to the World Council of Churches, 1966-1967. Dean, Greek Orthodox Community of St. Andrew, Rome, Italy, 1976-1985. Auxiliary Bishop of Austria and Exarchate of Italy, 1985. First Metropolitan, Holy Archdiocese of Italy, November, 1991-1995. 5th Archbishop of America, July 30, 1996. Resigned as Archbishop, July, 1999. Controversial Archbishop, accused of being arrogant and autocratic. Defenders asserted he was ousted through the scheming of his predecessor, Archbishop Iakovos.