Church of Cyprus the Union ("Enosis") between Cyprus and Greece. While archbishop he was the political leader of the EOKA liberation struggle in the years 1955–1959. The British exiled him to the Seychelles because of his activities. In 1960, Archbishop Makarios III was elected President of the newly established Republic of Cyprus. Disagreements of the other three bishops with Makarios lead to the Ecclesiastical coup. Following the dethronement of the Bishops of Paphos, Kitium and Kyrenia for conspiring against Makarios, two new Bishoprics were created: the Bishopric of Limassol which was detached from the Bishopric of Kition, and the Bishopric of Morfou which
Thomas Mar Makarios This was followed by the consecration of an additional 74 parishes in the diocese by the bishop. From 1983 until his death, he was a visiting professor of religious studies at Alma College in Alma, Michigan. Bishop Makarios later headed the Diocese of the United Kingdom and Europe. While making an annual pastoral visit to parishes in England he was injured in a traffic accident on 5 January 2008, dying of his injuries seven weeks later. Thomas Mar Makarios Thomas Mar Makarios (born 26 May 1926 in India and died on 23 Feb 2008 in Newcastle, England) was the founder