Methodios Tournas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Methodios Tournas

Greek bishop

Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1946

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: priest, presbyter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Metropolitan Methodios (born George Tournas on November 19, 1946) is a metropolitan bishop and spiritual leader of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston.
The Metropolis includes all of the US states of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, as well as the Connecticut towns of Danielson, New London and Norwich.
The Metropolis, whose offices are located in Brookline, Massachusetts, consists of 63 parishes which minister to the needs of approximately 200,000 Greek Orthodox faithful. Methodios was enthroned as Bishop of Boston on April 8, 1984 and was elevated to a Metropolitan in 1997.
During his tenure, he founded the Philoxenia House and also oversaw the purchase and building of the St.
Methodios Faith and Heritage Center in Contoocook, New Hampshire.
On May 11, 2019, he was appointed to serve as the acting Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America before the new Archbishop was enthroned on June 22, 2019.