Patriarch Diodoros of Jerusalem, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Patriarch Diodoros of Jerusalem

Patriarch of Jerusalem

Date of Birth: 14-Aug-1923

Place of Birth: Chios, North Aegean Region, Greece

Date of Death: 19-Dec-2000

Profession: priest, minister

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Diodoros or Diodorus Greek: ???d????; born Damianos G.
Karivalis Greek: ?aµ?a??? G.
?a??ßa??? (August 14, 1923 – December 20, 2000) was the Patriarch of Jerusalem in the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem from 1980 to 2000. He was born on the Greek island of Chios on August 14, 1923.
He became a monk in 1943 and was renamed Diodoros.
Three years later he became a priest, then an archbishop of Hierapolis in 1965.
He served in Hierapolis prior to his election and was Patriarchal Exarch in Amman, Jordan, until 1980 when he was raised to the Patriarchate.