Evaggelos Tipaldos, who was a member of the historic Brotherhood of Greeks in Naples, honorary president and founding member of the Greek Community of Naples and Campania and former Consul of Greece in Naples, in the 1960’s, has passed away.
The story of the Tipaldos family is the history of Diaspora in Naples. Many members of the family served for almost 100 years as Consuls of Greece in Naples and as leading members of the Greek Brotherhood, since 1861.
Two years ago, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after a proposal of the Greek community and the Federation of Greek Communities and Brotherhoods of Italy, awarded an honorary Distinction for the contribution of his family and himself to the historic community of Naples and to the Greeks of South Italy.
The Director General of the General Secretariat of Greeks abroad, George Markantonatos sent a condolence letter, stressing that the contribution and the work of Tipaldos to Greece end the ecumenical Hellenism will be an example and a source of inspiration for everyone. The Board of the Federation of Greek Communities and Brotherhoods of Italy expressed its condolences to the family of the deceased with an announcement.
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