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His Eminence


Dimitrios (Ploumis) of France
Church Eastern Orthodox Church
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Archdiocese Greek Orthodox Metropolis of France
ElectedJuly 20, 2021
InstalledSeptember 18, 2021
Orders
Consecrationby Bartholomew I of Constantinople
RankMetropolitan
Personal details
Born

Dimitrios Ploumis


November 6, 1979
SignatureDimitrios (Ploumis) of France's signature

Dimitrios Ploumis (inGreek: Δημήτριος Πλουμής) or, according to his episcopal name, Dimitrios of France, born November 6, 1979, in Thessaloniki, is a theologian, bishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and finally Metropolitan of France from 2021 onwards.

He presides over the Assembly of Orthodox Bishops of France, the coordinating body for the Orthodox faithful in France.

Biography[edit]

He was born in Thessaloniki in 1979. He graduated from the Ecclesiastical School of Thessaloniki and from the Department of Theology of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In 2001 he was ordained deacon and in 2007 he became priestly leader of the Church of Saint Paraskeva in Xirokrini, Thessaloniki. From 2007 to 2015, he took charge of the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy CrossinOraiokastro, in the Metropolis of Neapolis and Stavroupolis. At the invitation of Metropolitan Emmanuel of France, he directed the Orthodox Church of Marseille and then became hierarchical commissioner of the South of France. He participated in the Commissions for inter-Christian dialogue and inter-religious relations, representing the Metropolis of France and the Ecumenical Patriarchate.[1][2]

Metropolitan of France[edit]

On July 20, 2021, he was elected by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate as Metropolitan of France, he was ordained bishop by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on the 25th of the same month in the patriarchal cathedral Saint-GeorgeatPhanar[3] and he was enthroned on Saturday September 18, 2021 in the Saint-Étienne cathedralinParis.[4][5][6]

In April 2022, during the 2022 French presidential election, he joined a message from Secours Catholique calling not to support the candidacy of the far-right politician Marine Le Pen.[7]

In September 2022, he created an internal commission of inquiry following the revelation of facts of sexual assault on minors and child sexual abuse in a monastery under his jurisdiction during the 1970s.[8][9][10] The prelate noted that the perpetrators of the crimes were deceased and the facts prescribed but expressed to the victims his "deep horror at the horrors suffered and the suffering endured since".[11] He offered them, if they wished, to meet him. He stated that those responsible had dishonored their office.[11]

On February 22, 2023, he was supposed to dine, in the company of sixteen other religious leaders as well as philosophers, with French President Emmanuel Macron, to discuss the question of euthanasia.[12] The dinner was postponed to March 9, 2023, and took place on that date.[13] Another dinner on the same question was organized at the beginning of 2024.[14][15][16]

On April 21, 2023, he joined the Bishop of Nanterre, Matthieu Rougé, in expressing their wish for the celebration of Easter to be held on the same day for Catholics and Orthodox Christians, in order to demonstrate the unity of Christians.[17][18]

He participated in the work "Religions et fin de vie : les témoignages des grandes voix religieuses."[19][20] In early November 2023, amid tensions following the 2023 Israel-Hamas war, he took a stance against antisemitism.[21][22] In this context, he met the Chief Rabbi of France Haïm Korsia[23] and he visited the Grand Mosque of Paris to meet with the rector, Chems-Eddine Hafiz.[24][25]

Notes and references[edit]

  1. ^ "Ο Σεβ. Μητροπολίτης Γαλλίας, Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο - Ιερά Μητρόπολη Γαλλίας". Archived from the original on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  • ^ "2022 02 16 Visite Cardinal Koch au Métropolite Dimitrios de France". www.christianunity.va. Archived from the original on 2023-02-21. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  • ^ "Ο αρχιμανδρίτης Δημήτριος Πλουμής εξελέγη νέος Μητροπολίτης Γαλλίας, 20 Ιουλίου 2021, naftemporiki.gr". Archived from the original on 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  • ^ D'orthodoxie, Parlons. "Le nouveau Métropolite de France est l'Archimandrite Dimitrios Ploumis a été élu". Parlons d'orthodoxie (in French). Archived from the original on 2023-02-21. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  • ^ "Election du nouveau Métropolite de France du Patriarcat Œcuménique en la personne de l'Archimandrite DIMITRIOS PLOUMIS | Actualités". www.aeof.fr. Archived from the original on 2023-02-21. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  • ^ "Neuer orthodoxer Metropolit von Frankreich tritt sein Amt an". domradio.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2023-02-21. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  • ^ "Pour nous, le Rassemblement national c'est non ! | Secours". Secours Catholique - Caritas France (in French). Archived from the original on 2023-02-21. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  • ^ à 18h26, Par Le Parisien avec AFP Le 17 novembre 2022 (2022-11-17). "Abus sexuels : l'Église grecque-orthodoxe de France installe une commission d'enquête indépendante". leparisien.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2023-02-21. Retrieved 2023-02-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • ^ "L'Église orthodoxe de France ouvre une enquête pour des abus sexuels présumés dans un monastère de l'Hérault". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 2022-09-17. Archived from the original on 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  • ^ "Communiqué de Son Éminence le Métropolite Dimitrios de France sur les révélations de faits de pédocriminalité au sein du Monastère de la Dalmerie | Metropole Grec-Orthodoxe de France – Ιερά Μητρόπολις Γαλλίας" (in French). Archived from the original on 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  • ^ a b "Ce que l'on sait des accusations de viols dans un monastère orthodoxe". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 2022-09-19. Archived from the original on 2023-02-21. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  • ^ "Fin de vie : Emmanuel Macron organise un dîner pour tenter de trancher". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2023-02-17. Archived from the original on 2023-02-22. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  • ^ "Fin de vie : un dîner à l'Élysée autour d'Emmanuel Macron". La Vie.fr (in French). 2023-03-09. Archived from the original on 2023-07-26. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  • ^ "Fin de vie : Emmanuel Macron organise un nouveau dîner avec les cultes à l'Elysée". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2024-02-08. Archived from the original on 2024-02-11. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  • ^ "Emmanuel Macron organizes a new dinner with the cults at the Elysée". TIme News. 2024-02-10. Archived from the original on 2024-02-10. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  • ^ "Dîner sur la fin de vie à l'Élysée : Emmanuel Macron à la recherche d'un chemin «possible» vers l'aide à mourir". Le Figaro (in French). 2024-02-09. Archived from the original on 2024-02-12. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  • ^ "Mgr Dimitrios Ploumis et Mgr Matthieu Rougé: "Pour une date de Pâques partagée par tous les chrétiens"". LEFIGARO (in French). 2023-04-21. Archived from the original on 2023-05-20. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  • ^ "Tribune dans Le Figaro : Mgr Dimitrios Ploumis et Mgr Matthieu Rougé: "Pour une date de Pâques partagée par tous les chrétiens"". Orthodoxie.com (in French). 2023-04-22. Archived from the original on 2023-05-20. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  • ^ Perrier, Camille. "Fin de vie : les cultes de France prennent la parole". Info Chrétienne (in French). Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  • ^ "Religions et fin de vie (Grand format - Broché 2023), de Laëtitia Atlani-Duault | Éditions Fayard". www.fayard.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2023-11-14. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  • ^ "Antisémitisme: Macron appelle les cultes à un『effort pédagogique』auprès des jeunes". L'Express (in French). 2023-11-13. Archived from the original on 2023-11-13. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  • ^ "Antisémitisme: Macron appelle les cultes à un 'effort pédagogique' auprès des jeunes | TV5MONDE - Informations". information.tv5monde.com (in French). 2023-11-13. Archived from the original on 2023-11-14. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  • ^ "Communiqué du Conseil d'Églises chrétiennes en France (CECEF) du 14 novembre 2023". Orthodoxie.com (in French). 2023-11-15. Archived from the original on 2023-11-21. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  • ^ Sauloup, Guillaume (2023-11-13). "Communiqué - Rencontre avec les représentants Chrétiens à la Grande Mosquée de Paris". Mosquée de Paris (in French). Archived from the original on 2023-11-14. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  • ^ Conférence de presse : les représentants Chrétiens à la Grande Mosquée de Paris, archived from the original on 2023-11-14, retrieved 2023-11-14

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