Maksim Minkov

Life

Born

29 October 1914

Monastic tonsure

13 December 1941

Ordained deacon

19 December 1941

Ordained priest

14 May 1944

Made archimandrite

12 July 1947

Consecrated bishop

30 December 1956

Made metropolitan

20 November 1960

Became patriarch

4 July 1971

Died

6 November 2012

Sees

1. 30 December 1956 – 20 November 1960

   Bishop of Braničevo

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

2. 20 November 1960 – 4 July 1971

   Metropolitan of Lovech

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

3. 4 July 1971 – 6 November 2012

   Metropolitan of Sofia, Patriarch of Bulgaria

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 30 December 1956 by:

• Cyril Konstantinov Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia, 1901–1971

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 7 generations back to Anthimos IV Vamvakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Maksim Minkov Metropolitan of Sofia, Patriarch of Bulgaria consecrated 30 December 1956
2. Cyril Konstantinov Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia, 1901–1971 consecrated 12 July 1936
3. Neofit Karaabov Metropolitan of Vidin, 1868–1971 consecrated 21 June 1909
4. Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927 consecrated 18 July 1899
5. Constantine V Valiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1833–1914 consecrated 30 January 1876
6. Methodios Aronis Metropolitan of Mytilini, d. 1897 consecrated 12 November 1867
7. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
8. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825

Bishops he consecrated 13

• 14 January 1973Symeon Kostadinov Former Metropolitan of Western and Central Europe, 1926–2016
• 7 December 1980Joseph Bosakov Metropolitan of America, Canada and Australia, b. 1942
• 28 November 1982Naum Shotlev Bishop of Agathonica, 1926–2005
• 8 December 1985Neofit Dimitrov Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia, b. 1945
• 22 December 1985Gregory Stefanov Metropolitan of Veliko Turnovo, b. 1950
• 25 March 1989Nathaniel Kalaidzhiev Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1952–2013
• 18 October 1998Evlogii Stamboldzhiev Bishop of Adrianopolis, b. 1954
• 6 July 2003Tikhon Ivanov Bishop of Tiberiopolis (Strumica), b. 1945
• 17 March 2007Naum Dimitrov Metropolitan of Ruse (Cherven), b. 1968
• 18 March 2007John Ivanov Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, b. 1969
• 24 March 2007Sionii Radev Bishop of Velika, b. 1969
• 20 January 2008Daniel Nikolov Metropolitan of Vidin, b. 1972
• 30 November 2010John Stoikov Bishop of Glavinica, 1949–2019

Sources

• wikidata.org

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