His Eminence Timotheos (Evangelinidis) was Metropolitan of Rhodes from 1947 to 1951. Before that, he was Metropolitan of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Australia and New Zealand between 1931-1947. The Metropolitan was born on the island of Mytilene (Lesvos) in 1880. Succeeding Metropolitan Christoforos, in 1931 Timotheos was elected as the second Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand. Coincidentally, he arrived in Australia on Australia Day (Jan 26), 1932. He presided over the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Australia and New Zealand until his 1947 election as Metropolitan of Rhodes.