Background
Salachas was born in June 7, 1939 at Athens in Greece and he was ordained priest in 1964.
Salachas was born in June 7, 1939 at Athens in Greece and he was ordained priest in 1964.
He is a well-known Greek scholar in Canon Law. He has done his doctoral research in Byzantine Ecclesiastical Laws and civil laws. He has taught Canon Law (both Latin and Oriental) in Pontifical Urbaniana University, Pontifical Gregorian University, Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum and Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome.
He was ordained bishop on 24 May 2008.
In 2008 he was appointed titular bishop of Carcabia, and on 14 May 2012 he was promoted to the titular see of Gratianopolis.
As an expert in comparative Ecclesiastical Laws, Bishop Salachas is member of the Episcopal Conference of Greece. He is the member of the International Society of Oriental Canon Law.