Constantine Alatopoulos

Life

Born

1892

Ordained deacon

1917

Ordained priest

1917

Consecrated bishop

22 January 1925

Made metropolitan

17 December 1927

Died

5 May 1961

Sees

1. 22 January 1925 – 17 December 1927

   Bishop of Irinoupolis

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 17 December 1927 – 5 May 1961

   Metropolitan of Irinoupolis

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 22 January 1925 by:

• Agathangelos Konstantinides Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1864–1935
• Iakovos Nikolaou-Gingilas Metropolitan of Mytilini, Eressos and Plomarion, 1878–1958
• Thomas Savvopoulos Senior Metropolitan of Chalcedon, 1889–1996

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 5 generations back to Paisios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Constantine Alatopoulos Metropolitan of Irinoupolis consecrated 22 January 1925
2. Agathangelos Konstantinides Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1864–1935 consecrated 7 October 1901
3. Apostolos Christodoulou Metropolitan of Serrai, 1856–1917 consecrated 8 July 1901
4. Stephen Soulides Metropolitan of Methymna, 1847–1915 consecrated 4 October 1887
5. Paisios Kourentis/Panagiotides Metropolitan of Imbros, 1830–1904 consecrated 22 December 1863
6. Paisios Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1778–1877 consecrated ca. 1819

Bishops he consecrated 12

• 29 March 1936Augustine Peterson Metropolitan of Riga and All Latvia, 1873–1955
• 18 September 1938Orestes Chornock Metropolitan of Agathonica, 1883–1977
• 9 October 1943Adamantios Kasapides Metropolitan of Pergamon, 1909–1958
• 10 October 1943Cyril Axiotis Metropolitan of Chaldea, 1908–1991
• 7 May 1944Chrysostom Koronaios Metropolitan of Neocaesarea, 1894–1976
• 7 July 1950Iakovos Stefanidis Metropolitan of Iconium, 1916–1965
• 30 November 1950Meliton Hatzis Senior Metropolitan of Chalcedon, 1913–1989
• 4 February 1951Andrew Lagouros Former Bishop of Troas, d. 1987
• 28 June 1953Meletios Karabinis Metropolitan of France, 1914–1993
• 8 August 1954Iakovos Tzanavares/Papaioannou Metropolitan of Germany, 1920–1971
• 12 June 1959Emilianos Zacharopoulos Former Metropolitan of Kos and Nisyros, 1915–2011
• 28 June 1959Emilianos Tsakopoulos Metropolitan of Miletus, 1915–1985