Damaskinos of Athens
Greek politician and priest (1891–1949) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Archbishop Damaskinos Papandreou (Greek: Αρχιεπίσκοπος Δαμασκηνός Παπανδρέου), born Dimitrios Papandreou (Greek: Δημήτριος Παπανδρέου; 3 March 1891 – 20 May 1949) was the archbishop of Athens and All Greece from 1941 until his death in 1949. He was also the regent of Greece between the pull-out of the German occupation force in 1944 and the return of King George II to Greece in 1946. His rule was between the liberation of Greece from the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II and the Greek Civil War.
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Damaskinos | |
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Archbishop of Athens | |
Regent of Greece | |
In office 31 December 1944 – 27 September 1946 | |
Prime Minister | Georgios Papandreou Nikolaos Plastiras Petros Voulgaris Himself Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Themistoklis Sofoulis Panagiotis Poulitsas Konstantinos Tsaldaris |
Preceded by | George II (as King of the Hellenes) |
Succeeded by | George II (as King of the Hellenes) |
Prime Minister of Greece | |
In office 17 October 1945 – 1 November 1945 | |
Monarch | George II |
Regent | Himself |
Preceded by | Petros Voulgaris |
Succeeded by | Panagiotis Kanellopoulos |
Archbishop of Athens | |
Installed | 2 July 1941 |
Term ended | 20 May 1949 |
Predecessor | Chrysanthus |
Successor | Spyridon |
Personal details | |
Born | Dimitrios Papandreou (Δημήτριος Παπανδρέου) (1891-03-03)3 March 1891 |
Died | 20 May 1949(1949-05-20) (aged 58) Athens, Kingdom of Greece |
Denomination | Greek Orthodox |
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