Irenaios of Jerusalem


Irenaios
Patriarch of Jerusalem and All Palestine
ChurchGreek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
SeeJerusalem
Installed15 September 2001
Term ended2005
PredecessorDiodoros
SuccessorTheophilos III
Personal details
BornEmmanouil Skopelitis
(1939-04-17)17 April 1939
Died10 January 2023(2023-01-10) (aged 83)

Emmanouil Skopelitis (Greek: Εμμανουήλ Σκοπελίτης; 17 April 1939 – 10 January 2023) was, under the name Irenaios (Greek: Ειρηναίος), the 140th patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, from his election in 2001, when he succeeded Patriarch Diodoros, until his dismissal in 2005, when he was succeeded by Patriarch Theophilos III.