Question

When can patriarch be removed

Answer 1

November 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Irenaios Skopelitis (born 17 April 1939) was the 140th Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem from 2000 to 2005, though the dismissal was disputed.

Answer 2

a Patriarch, once consecrated, can be removed only under the following three specific circumstances:

(1) grave moral failure, such as adultery

(2) falling into heresy, or

(3) physical and/or mental infirmity.