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HE Jeremias is exarch of Curitiba while bishop of Aspendos
His Eminence [[Metropolitan ]] '''Isaiah is a native (Chronopoulos) of New Hampshire, having been born in Portsmouth. He Denver''' is one the ruling [[hierarch]] of four children born to Dennis and Mary (Kapsimalis) Chronopoulos who had emigrated to the United states from OlympiaMetropolis of Denver, Greece. After his primary and high school education, he served with distinction in a [[metropolis]] within the United States Marine Corps during the Korean conflict. In the autumn of 1954 he enrolled at Holy Cross [[Greek Orthodox Seminary Archdiocese of America]] covering a twelve-state region (and parts of two others) in Brookline, Massachusetts. Upon his graduation in 1960, he attended the Ecumenical Patriarchate Seminary Intermountain Region of Halki in Istanbul, Turkey for graduate studiesthe United States.
On [[February 25]], 1962, Metr. Isaiah was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[deacon]] by [[Archbishop ]] [[Iakovos reassigned the Metropolitan to Hellenic College and Holy Cross School (Coucouzis) of Theology as the Director of Student Life in August of 1971America|Iakovos]] at St. Taking a leave of absence from his duties Spyridon Church in February 1975San Diego, California, he enrolled following his [[tonsure]] as a graduate student at the School of Theology at the University of Thessaloniki, fulfilling requirements for [[monk]] the recognition of his master’s degree in theologyprevious day. He returned was ordained to the United States in July [[priest]]hood by Bishop [[Demetrios (Makris) of that year and continued Olympus]] at St. Sophia [[Cathedral]] in his capacity as dean of studentsLos Angeles, California, on [[March 18]], 1962.
On [[April 10]], 1986, Archim. Isaiah was elected to the episcopacy by the [[Holy Synod]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarch]]ate in Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey. He was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] bishop on [[May 25]], 1986, at Holy Trinity Cathedral in New York City, and was given the title of ''Bishop of Aspendos''. In September 1986, Abp. Iakovos appointed Bp. Isaiah Chancellor of the Archdiocese in New York, a position he held until [[June 23]], 1992 when he was elected Bishop of Denver by the Ecumenical Patriarchate and received his new title in a special ceremony on [[June 24]], 1992 in the Archdiocesan Chapel of St. Paul. He was [[enthronement|enthroned]] as Bishop of Denver on [[September 10]], 1992, at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the [[Assumption]] of the [[Virgin Mary]] in Denver, Colorado. In 1996, the Archdiocese of North and South America was reorganized with the formation of the Archdiocese of America and re-designations of the dioceses as metropolises. On [[November 24]], 1997, the [[Holy Synod]] of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elevated Bp. Isaiah to Metropolitan of Proikonisos and Presiding Hierarch of the Greek Orthodox Diocese of Denver. On [[July 1]], 1997, Metr. Isaiah was also appointed President of Hellenic College/Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology by Abp. [[Spyridon (Papageorge) of America|Spyridon]] of America for a one-year term which ended on [[August 14]], 1998. On [[December 20]], 2002 , the Ecumenical Patriarchate elevated changed the status of the Diocese diocese to that of metropolis, that resulted in a Metropolischange in 2003 of Metr, and elected Isaiah's title to Metropolitan Isaiah is of Denver. {{start box}}{{succession|before=[[Kallistos (Samaras) of Zelon|Kallistos (Samaras)]]|title=Bishop of Aspendos|years=1986-1992|after=Jeremias of Curitiba}}{{succession|before=[[Kallistos (Samaras) of Zelon|Kallistos (Samaras)]]|title=Metropolitan of Denver|years=1992-present|after=—}}{{end box}} ==Source==*[http://www. The denver.goarch.org/metropolis/biography/ Biography of His Eminence, Metropolitan is presently completing his eleventh year in Isaiah of Denver] ==External link==*[http://orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/constantinople/goarch/current.htm#isaiah_metr Listing at the Orthodox Research Institute] [[Category:Bishops]][[Category:20th-21st-century bishops]][[Category:Bishops of Aspendos]][[Category:Bishops of Denver]][[Category:Holy Cross Seminary Graduates]][[Category:Theological School of Halki Graduates]]