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| − | His Eminence, the Most Reverend Archbishop '''Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America''' ( | + | His Eminence, the Most Reverend Archbishop '''Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America''' (1911 - [[April 10]], 2005) was [[primate]] of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America|Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America]] from 1959 to 1996. He was also the founding president of [[SCOBA]] in 1960 and served in that capacity until his retirement in 1996. |
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Revision as of 10:57, April 11, 2005
His Eminence, the Most Reverend Archbishop Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America (1911 - April 10, 2005) was primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America from 1959 to 1996. He was also the founding president of SCOBA in 1960 and served in that capacity until his retirement in 1996.
Life
Iakovos was born Demetrios A. Coucouzis on the Greek island of Imvros (Turkey) in 1911.
He made national headlines while marching alongside Martin Luther King Jr. for Civil Rights in the 1960s.
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External link
- Archbishop Iakovos, official biography from the Greek Archdiocese
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