Bishop Kallistos Papageorgapoulos

Bishop Kallistos came to the United States in 1905 to serve as the first priest of St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church in Pueblo, CO. In late 1915, he left Colorado for San Francisco and served as priest at Holy Trinity.

Bishop Kallistos became the first bishop of San Francisco on August 7, 1927. His office was at St. Sophia. During the depression Greeks in San Francisco could not support a bishop so he moved his office to Chicago where there was a much larger Greek population. He served until 1940.

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A Formal Portrait (SF Greek Orthodox Metropolis)

1927 - Fr. Caravellas (standing), Archbishop Alexandros (seated left), Bishop Kallistos (seated right) (Cathedral Archive)