The Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Bishop of Dervis, His Grace Ezekiel, will serve as the Patriarchate’s commissioner to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, following the passing last week of Archbishop of Australia Stylianos.
His Grace Ezekiel had previously served as an auxiliary bishop to Stylianos.
The passing of the much beloved Archbishop of Australia rekindled discussions on the future of the Archdiocese, with the foremost issue being the selection of a successor, as well as the possibility of dividing the Archdiocese on the large island continent.
The Ecumenical Patriarch, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, expressed the Mother Church’s great interest in the welfare of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia in the days after the passing of Stylianos.