At the age of thirty, Archimandrite Iakovos Andriopoulos was unanimously elected as the new Metropolitan of Mexico by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Fr. Iakovos, formerly Archieratical Commissioner of the Archdiocese of Athens, will take over the position from Metropolitan Athenagoras of Mexico.
Athenagoras was previously elected as the new Metropolitan of Vize.