Background
IAKOVOS, Archbishop was born on July 29, 1911 in. Island of Imbros, Turkey. Son of Maria and Athanasios Coucouzis.
IAKOVOS, Archbishop was born on July 29, 1911 in. Island of Imbros, Turkey. Son of Maria and Athanasios Coucouzis.
Graduate, Theological School of Halki, Ecumenical Patriarchate, 1934. Master of Sacred Theology, Harvard, 1945. Doctor of Divinity, Boston University, 1960.
Doctor of Divinity, Bates College, 1970. Doctor of Divinity, Dubuque University, 1973. Doctor of Divinity, Assumption College, 1980.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Franklin and Marshall College, 1961. Doctor of Humane Letters, Southeastern Massachusetts Technology Institute, 1967. Doctor of Humane Letters, American International College, 1972.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Catholic University, 1974. Doctor of Humane Letters, Loyola Marymount University, 1979. Doctor of Humane Letters, Queen's College, 1982.
Doctor of Laws, Brown University, 1964. Doctor of Laws, Seton Hall University, 1968. Doctor of Laws, College Holy Cross, 1966.
Doctor of Laws, Fordham University, 1966. Doctor of Laws, Notre Dame University, 1979. Doctor of Laws, New York Law School, 1982.
Doctor of Laws, St. John's University, 1982. HHD, Suffolk University, 1967. HHD, Stonehill College, 1980.
Department of Science and Technology, Berkeley Division School, 1962. Department of Science and Technology, General Theological Seminary, 1967. Department of Science and Technology, Thessalonica University, 1975.
Doctor of Letters, PubMed Central Colleges, 1971.
Ordained deacon Greek Orthodox Church, 1934, archdeacon Metropolitan Derkon, 1934-1939. Professor Archdiocese Theological School, Pomfret, Connecticut, 1939. Ordained priest, 1940.
Parish priest Hartford, Connecticut, 1940-1941. Preacher Holy Trinity Cathedral, New York City, 1941-1942. Parish priest St. Louis, 1942.
Dean Cathedral of Annunciation, Boston, 1942-1954, Holy Cross Orthodox Theological School, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1954, now president, bishop of Melita, Malta, 1954-1956. Representative Ecumenical Patriarchate, World Council Churches, Geneva, 1955-1959, then co-president council, 1959-1968. Elevated to Metropolitan, 1956.
Archbishop, N. and S. American, Holy Synod of Ecumenical Patriarchate, 1959-1996. Retired, 1996; chairman Standing Conference Canonical Bishops in the Americas. Member advisory board, vice president Religion in American Life.
President St. Basil's Academy, Garrison, New York. Chairman trustees Hellenic College, Brookline. Trustee Anatolia College, Salonika, Greece.
Member American Bible Society (board managers).