Hieronymus II
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Hieronymus II is the current Archbishop of Athens and all Greece.
Hieronymus was born Ioannis Liapis in the village of Oinofyta, Boeotia prefecture, Central Greece in 1938. He studied Philosophy and Theology at the University of Athens with post-graduate studies in Austria and Germany.
Hieronymus was ordained a deacon in 1967 and a priest in that same year. He was elected Metropolitan of Thebes in 1981 and was a candidate for the office of Archbishop of Athens in 1998, losing to Christodoulos. After Christodoulos' death in 2008, Hieronymus once again sought that office and was elected on February 7, 2008.
Hieronymus authored the book "Christian Boeotia", on the subject of the conversion of Boeotia to Christianity, in 2005.
