John Razumov

Life

Born

9 November 1898

Monastic tonsure

7 December 1924

Ordained deacon

8 December 1924

Ordained priest

1 October 1942

Made archimandrite

26 October 1942

Consecrated bishop

30 November 1953

Made archbishop

25 February 1962

Made metropolitan

9 September 1972

Retired

12 May 1987

Died

13 January 1990

Sees

1. 30 November 1953 – 11 November 1954

   Bishop of Kostroma and Halych

   Patriarchate of Moscow

2. 11 November 1954 – 5 March 1959

   Bishop of Pskov and Porkhov

   Patriarchate of Moscow

3. 5 March 1959 – 21 June 1960

   Bishop of Berlin and Germany

   Patriarchate of Moscow

4. 21 June 1960 – 25 February 1962

   Bishop of Pskov and Porkhov

   Patriarchate of Moscow

5. 25 February 1962 – 9 September 1972

   Archbishop of Pskov and Porkhov

   Patriarchate of Moscow

6. 9 September 1972 – 12 May 1987

   Metropolitan of Pskov and Porkhov

   Patriarchate of Moscow

7. 12 May 1987 – 13 January 1990

   Former Metropolitan of Pskov and Porkhov

   Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 30 November 1953 by:

• Aleksii I Simanskii Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1877–1970
• Gregory Chukov Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod, 1870–1955
• Nikon Petin Archbishop of Kherson and Odessa, 1902–1956

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 9 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. John Razumov Metropolitan of Pskov and Porkhov consecrated 30 November 1953
2. Gregory Chukov Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod, 1870–1955 consecrated 14 October 1942
3. Sergii Stragorodskii Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1867–1944 consecrated 25 February 1901
4. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
5. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
6. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
7. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
8. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
9. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
10. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 4

• 4 December 1953Michael Voskresenskii Archbishop of Kazan and Mari El, 1897–1976
• 13 December 1953Michael Chub Archbishop of Tambov and Michurinsk, 1912–1985
• 28 November 1954Isaiah Kovalyov Bishop of Uglich, 1882–1960
• 4 February 1955Benjamin Milov Bishop of Saratov and Balashov, 1887–1955

Sources

Also in: Wikidata