Metropolis of Corfu, Paxoi and the Diapontian Islands

The Metropolis of Corfu, Paxoi and the Diapontian Islands (Greek: Ιερά Μητρόπολις Κερκύρας, Παξών και Διαποντίων Νήσων) is a metropolitan see of the Church of Greece.

The foundation of the see of Corfu exists is attributed to the establishment of a shrine to Saint Stephen there by two disciples of Saint Paul, Jason of Tarsus and Sosipatrus of Achaea.

[1] Its bishops are attested as participating in ecumenical councils from 325 to 787, originally as suffragans of Nicopolis and later of Cephallenia.

[2] Following the conquest of the island by Western powers (the Genoese, Venetians, and Angevins) from the turn of the 13th century, a Roman Catholic archbishopric was established on the island, first attested in 1228.

Under Catholic rule, the local Orthodox Christian population was served by a head priest (protopapas).