Theodore Tekuchyov

Life

Born

14 May 1908

Monastic tonsure

28 March 1930

Ordained deacon

30 March 1930

Ordained priest

25 May 1930

Made archimandrite

5 December 1943

Consecrated bishop

12 December 1943

Retired

November 1956

Died

3 April 1985

Sees

1. 12 December 1943 – July 1952

   Bishop of Argentina

   Patriarchate of Moscow

2. July 1952 – November 1956

   Bishop of San Francisco and California

   Patriarchate of Moscow

3. November 1956 – 3 April 1985

   Former Bishop of San Francisco and California

   Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 12 December 1943 by:

• Benjamin Fedchenkov Metropolitan of Saratov and Volsk, 1880–1961
• Dionisije Milivojević Bishop of America, Australia and Western Europe, 1898–1979
• Gerasimos Elias Bishop of Chicago, 1874–1954

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 10 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Theodore Tekuchyov Bishop of San Francisco and California consecrated 12 December 1943
2. Benjamin Fedchenkov Metropolitan of Saratov and Volsk, 1880–1961 consecrated 10 February 1919
3. Gabriel Chepur/Chepura Archbishop of Chelyabinsk and Troitskii, 1874–1933 consecrated 30 January 1910
4. Serapheim Chichagov Metropolitan of Leningrad and Gdov, 1856–1937 consecrated 28 April 1905
5. Vladimir Bogoyavlenskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1848–1918 consecrated 13 June 1888
6. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
7. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
8. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
9. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
10. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
11. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Sources

Also in: Wikidata