Iakovos Phrantzes

Life

Born

1942

Ordained deacon

6 June 1965

Ordained priest

19 September 1965

Consecrated bishop

20 November 1988

Sees

1. 20 November 1988 – present

   Metropolitan of Mytilini, Eressos and Plomarion

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 20 November 1988 by:

• Serapheim Tikas Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1913–1998
• Panteleimon Karanikolas Metropolitan of Corinth, 1919–2006
• Cleopas Thomopoulos Metropolitan of Thessaliotis and Phanariopharsala, 1913–1999
• Serapheim Orphanos Metropolitan of Larisa and Tyrnavos, 1931–1989
• Panteleimon Bezenitis Metropolitan of Attica, 1938–2014
• Germanos Paraskevopoulos Metropolitan of Eleia and Oleni, 1932–2023
• Athenagoras Zakopoulos Metropolitan of Fokis, 1931–2015
• Anthimos Roussas Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1934
• Dionysios Bairaktaris Metropolitan of Chios, Psara and Oinoussa, 1927–2011
• Nikodemos Anagnostou Metropolitan of Ierissos, Agion Oros and Ardamerion, 1931–2012
• Maximos Xydas Metropolitan of Serrai and Nigrita, 1942–2003
• Chrysostom Kalamatianos Metropolitan of Methymna, b. 1930
• Agathonikos Fatouros Former Metropolitan of Kitros and Katerini, b. 1937
• Nikephoros Archangelidis Metropolitan of Didymoteixon and Orestias, 1931–2009
• Ambrose Lauriotis-Panagiotidis Metropolitan of Karpathos and Kasos, b. 1939

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 12 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Iakovos Phrantzes Metropolitan of Mytilini, Eressos and Plomarion consecrated 20 November 1988
2. Anthimos Roussas Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1934 consecrated 14 July 1974
3. Gabriel Kalokairinos Metropolitan of Thera, Amorgos and Nisoi, 1910–1983 consecrated 17 November 1957
4. Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986 consecrated 16 June 1946
5. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
6. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
7. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
8. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
9. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
10. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
11. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
12. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
13. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 8

• 27 January 1995Damaskinos Karpathakes Metropolitan of Didymoteixon, Orestias and Soufli, b. 1959
• 28 January 1995Alexios Vrionis Metropolitan of Nikaia, b. 1944
• 27 July 1996Ignatios Triantis Metropolitan of Berat, Vlorë and Kaninë, 1934–2024
• 28 July 1996Christodoulos Moustakas Metropolitan of Avlona, b. 1951
• 13 March 2011Stephen Dinides Metropolitan of Kallioupolis and Madytos, b. 1968
• 29 June 2014Chariton Toumbas Metropolitan of Elassona and Deskate, b. 1975
• 30 June 2014Timothy Anthes Metropolitan of Thessaliotis and Phanariopharsala, b. 1964
• 18 December 2022Chrysostom Xynos Bishop of Verenikia, b. 1941

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr

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