Antonios Varthalitis

Antonios Varthalitis, AA (Greek: Αντώνιος Βαρθαλίτης; 1 January 1924 in  – 27 October 2007) was from 1962 to 2003 Catholic Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia.

Antonios Varthalitis AA
Archbishop of Corfu, Zakynthos, and Cephalonia
Native name	Αντώνιος Βαρθαλίτης
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Corfu, Zakynthos, and Cephalonia
In office	30 May 1962 – 22 March 2003
Predecessor	Antonios Grigorios Voutsinos
Successor	Yannis Spiteris
Other post	Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki (1992-2003)
Orders
Ordination	11 January 1953
Consecration	5 August 1962 by Venediktos Printesis
Personal details
Born	(1924-01-01)1 January 1924 Vari, Syros, Kingdom of Greece
Died	27 October 2007(2007-10-27) (aged 83) Athens, Greece

Life

Antonios Varthalitis joined the Congregation of the Assumption (Augustinians of the Assumption) in Athens. He studied theology and philosophy in Lyon. On 11 January 1953, Varthalitis was ordained as a Catholic priest. He served as a priest in the parish of Saints Peter and Paul in Piraeus and engaged in the ecumenical movement with the Greek Orthodox Church.

In 1962 he was named by Pope John XXIII as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Corfu, Kefalonia and Zakynthos. From 1962 to 1964 Varthalitis participated of the I, II, III and IV sessions of the II Vatican Council. The episcopal ordination was done by Venediktos Printesis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens. Pope John Paul II in 1992 named him the first Apostolic Vicar of Thessaloniki.

Varthalitis became involved in the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) and the Council of European Bishops' Conferences (CCEE).

In 2003 his resignation was accepted by John Paul II.

External links

• catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvart.html
• assumptio.org/aa/es/content/monsenor-antonio-varthalitis-acaba-de-fallecer-en-atenas