Paul Petrov

Life

Born

12 July 1957

Monastic tonsure

22 February 1986

Ordained deacon

11 March 1986

Ordained priest

21 May 1986

Made archimandrite

11 March 1989

Consecrated bishop

20 December 1992

Sees

1. 20 December 1992 – 1 October 1998

   Bishop of Tiberiopolis

   Alternative Synod (Bulgaria)

2. 1 October 1998 – present

   Bishop of Levski

   Vicar of Sofia · Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 20 December 1992 by:

• Pimen Enev Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1906–1999

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. Paul Petrov Bishop of Levski consecrated 20 December 1992
2. Pimen Enev Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1906–1999 consecrated 21 December 1947
3. Stephen I Shokov Metropolitan of Sofia, 1878–1957 consecrated 1 April 1921
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 2

• 6 July 2003Tikhon Ivanov Bishop of Tiberiopolis (Strumica), b. 1945
• 30 November 2010John Stoikov Bishop of Glavinica, 1949–2019

Sources

• wikidata.org

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