Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Western and Central Europe

The Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Western and Central Europe, headquartered in Paris, France, is a diocese of the Church of Antioch in Western and Central Europe. Its bishop is His Eminence John, Metropolitan of Western and Central Europe, elected June 17, 2008. He was enthroned on September 21, 2008, in St Stephen's Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Paris, by His Beatitude Ignatius IV, Patriarch of Antioch.
==History==
The first bishop of the Patriarchate of Antioch in Western Europe came in 1982. He was His Grace Gabriel (Saliby),Metropolitan Gabriel (Saliby) of Western Europe titular bishop of Palmyra and Vicar Bishop of the Patriarch. Under his leadership, the Vicariate grew in Austria, Britain, France, Germany and Switzerland. In its Autumn meeting of 2000, the Holy Synod of Antioch elevated the Vicariate to the status of Archdiocese and Sayedna Gabriel to Metropolitan.
Following the death of Sayedna Gabriel in October 2007, the archdiocese remained widowed until the following year. In the June 2008 Holy Synod, meeting at Balamand Monastery, Lebannon, it was resolved "Elected Metropolitan of Western Europe on June 17th is His Eminence JOHN (Yazigi), 53, former Titular Bishop of al-Hosn."
==Organization==
*Deanery of the United Kingdom and Ireland
==Bishops==
Reverse chronological order
*His Eminence Metropolitan John (Yazigi), elected June 17, 2008, enthroned September 21, 2008
*His Eminence Metropolitan Gabriel (Saliby), Autumn 2000 until his death on October 21 2007 (Served since 1982 as Vicar Bishop in Western and Central Europe before creation of Archdiocese)
==References==
==External links==
*Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Western and Central Europe website
*Antiochian Orthodox Deanery of the United Kingdom and Ireland
*Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch in Germany (German)
Western Europe
Western and Central Europe
Category:Orthodoxy in Western Europe
Category:Orthodoxy in France
es:Arquidiócesis Ortodoxa Antioqueña de Europa central y occidental
fr:Métropole orthodoxe antiochienne d'Europe occidentale et centrale