Ioannis Perris


Ioannis Perris was a Catholic Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Mykonosfrom October 24, 1960 to April 29, 1993.

Biography

Ioannis Perris was born on October 10, 1916 in Greece. After receiving theological education he was ordained priest on March 23, 1940.
On October 24, 1960 Pope John XXIII appointed Ioannis Perris as Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos and Minos. On January 12, 1961 he was ordained bishop by the Bishop of Syros and Milos, Georgios Xenopoulos, in collaboration with the Athenian Archbishop Venediktos Printesis and the Bishop of the Apostolic Exarchat of Greece Hyakinthos Gad.
From 1961 to 1964, Perris participated in the I, II, III and IV sessions of the Second Vatican Council.
From 1961 to 1993 he was the apostolic administrator of the diocese of Chios.
He retired on April 29, 1993.
On August 20, 2006 Ioannis Perris passed away.

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