Anniversary Award 2020
Very Reverend Father Diogenis Patsouris OAM

Presented to an individual adjudged to have devoted a large part of his/her life to community service and to have made positive voluntary contributions to the life of the West Torrens community.

Very Reverend Father Patsouris OAM has dedicated more than 50 years of his life to the West Torrens community.

Arriving in Australia from Greece in 1960, Father Patsouris faced many issues migrants of that time faced, however he managed to find work teaching in the afternoon at Greek schools. He undertook his teaching role until 1965, when he was ordained as a priest in a church in Sydney.

In 1970, he was appointed to Saint George Church, Thebarton by Archbishop Ezekiel, where he has served the community and parishioners ever since. Under his leadership, the community has thrived in areas of pastoral care, philanthropy and education and he has been responsible for helping create the first bilingual Greek Orthodox College in SA, Saint George College.