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Alexander (Demoglou)

1876 – 1942

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Archbishop Alexander (Demoglou) of America (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Δήμογλου) (born 1876 – died 1942) was the first Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, from 1922 to 1930. Born at Chalcedon (now Kadıköy) in 1876, Alexander was ordained deacon in 1895 and priest in 1902. He received episcopal ordination in 1917 and went to North America in 1918. In America, he served first initially as synodical vicar of the proto-archdiocese of North and South America, under the jurisdiction of Meletius (Metaxakis) of Athens. Meletius was Patriarch of Constantinople briefly from 1921 to 1923. One of the actions of