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'''Leontios''' was a [[Cypriot]] clergyman of the early [[20th century]] who briefly served as [[Archbishop of Cyprus]].

Leontios was born in [[Lemesos]] on [[March 9]], [[1896]]. He became a monk in [[1913]] and was ordained a [[deacon]] six years later. He studied at the [[University of Athens]] graduating in [[1923]]. He did graduate studies in New York obtaining his Bachelors of Theology and his Masters in Sacred Theology. In [[1930]], while still in the US, he was elected [[Metropolitan]] of [[Paphos]].

Leontios returned to [[Cyprus]] and was ordained a [[priest]] and a [[bishop]] so he could take over his duties. Upon the death of [[Cyril III]], on [[November 16]], [[1933]], he became caretaker of the Archbishopric throne of Cyprus.

Leontios fought the British colonial authorities for their intervention in the ecclesiastical matters of Cyprus. His adamant stand helped to reverse the [[1937]] laws concerning the election of archbishops in Cyprus. In November [[1946]], he was appointed to a delegation, sent to London and [[Athens]], to seek the union of [[Cyprus]] with [[Greece]]. On [[June 20]], [[1947]] he was elected [[Archbishop of Cyprus]]. In this capacity, he spoke on [[July 12]], [[1947]] to the Cypriot people advising them to boycott the Advisory Council set up by the British. Two weeks later, on [[July 26]], [[1947]], he died.

[[Category:1896 births]]
[[Category:1947 deaths]]
[[Category:Archbishops of Cyprus]]

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