Timotheus I of Jerusalem explained

Birth Name:	Timotheos Themelis
Birth Date:	^[1]
Birth Place:	Samos, Greece
Death Place:	Jerusalem
Years Active:	1917–1935 Orthodox Archbishop of Jordan 1935–1955 Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem

Timotheos Themelis (1878–1955) was a clergyman who served as Archbishop of Jordan and later Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Born in Samos, Greece in 1878, Themelis was a graduate of the School of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem, and studied at Oxford University for four years. In 1931 he founded the theological quarterly New Zion. In 1947 he was appointed Knight of the British Empire for "his services in bringing the Christian communities of the Holy Land into closer cooperation." He was also an author, writing fifteen volumes on "theological subjects."

Notes and References

1. News: Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jersulem, Timotheos Themelis. Dies in Holy Land . Feb 25, 2022 . The New York Times . Jan 3, 1956.
2. Web site: Election of H.B. Timotheos Themelis - former Archbishop of Jordan - as Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem; on a Greek Orthodox Synod held in Jerusalem - Open Jerusalem.
3. Web site: Patriarch of Jerusalem. (Hansard, 2 March 1938).
4. https://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/πατριάρχης/ἀποστολική-διαδοχή/ Jerusalem Patriarchate website, Apostolic Succession section