John Zhitov

Life

Born

18 July 1866

Ordained deacon

1886

Ordained priest

April 1890

Consecrated bishop

17 January 1926

Died

23 April 1938

Sees

1. 17 January 1926 – 1927

   Bishop of Kirensk

   Vicar of Irkutsk · Renovationist Schism (Russia)

2. 1927 – 1928

   Bishop of Achinsk

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

3. 1928

   Bishop of Krasnoyarsk

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

4. 1928 – 1930

   Bishop of Biisk

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

5. 1930 – 1931

   Former Bishop of Biisk

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

6. 1931 – 23 April 1938

   Bishop of Qostanai

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

Consecration

Consecrated 17 January 1926 by:

• Peter Blinov Metropolitan of Minsk, 1893–1938
• Andrew Kononovich Bishop of Kansk and Boguchany

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 11 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. John Zhitov Bishop of Qostanai consecrated 17 January 1926
2. Peter Blinov Metropolitan of Minsk, 1893–1938 consecrated 8 October 1922
3. Nicholas Chizhov Archbishop of Ufa, b. 1859 consecrated 24 September 1922
4. Gabriel Voevodin Archbishop of Polatsk and Vitebsk, 1869–1937 consecrated 25 July 1910
5. Anthony Khrapovitsky Metropolitan of Kyiv and Halych, 1863–1936 consecrated 7 September 1897
6. Arsenii Bryantsev Archbishop of Kharkiv and Okhtyrka, 1839–1914 consecrated 17 May 1882
7. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
8. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
9. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
10. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
11. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
12. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735