Archbishop Ezekiel was an assistant bishop in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America from 1950 to 1959.
[1] Archbishop Ezekiel was elected the fourth Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand in February 1959.
During his service in Australia, 53 Greek Orthodox Communities and Parishes were established across the country.
[3] In August 1974, the Ecumenical Patriarchate promoted Archbishop Ezekiel to the Metropolis of Pisidia where he remained until 1987.
On 3 February 1975, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate unanimously elected the Metropolitan of Miletoupolis, Archbishop Stylianos, a lecturer at the University of Thessaloniki, as the new Archbishop of Australia.