Type: | Bishop |
Venediktos Printesis | |
Archbishop of Athens | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Athens |
Term: | 1959–1972 |
Predecessor: | Marios Makrionitis |
Successor: | Nikolaos Foskolos |
Ordination: | March 23, 1940 |
Birth Date: | February 10, 1917 |
Birth Place: | Manna, Syros, Greece |
Previous Post: | Priest |
Venediktos Printesis (Greek: Βενέδικτος Πρίντεζης; February 10, 1917 – October 21, 2008) was a Greek Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
Printesis was born in Manna, Syros in February 1917, and was ordained a priest on March 23, 1940. He served as a parish priest until he was appointed Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Athens on May 15, 1959.[1] He was ordained a bishop June 21, 1959. Venediktos resigned as Archbishop on November 17, 1972.