Serapheim Papakostas

Life

Consecrated bishop

5 October 1996

Made metropolitan

5 October 1996

Sees

1. 5 October 1996 – present

   Metropolitan of Kastoria

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 5 October 1996 by:

• Nikodemos Vallindras Metropolitan of Patrai, 1915–2008
• Serapheim Stephanou Metropolitan of Stagoi and Meteora, 1932–2017
• Anthony Kompos Metropolitan of Sisanion and Siatista, 1920–2005
• Dionysios Ladopoulos Metropolitan of Neapolis and Stavroupolis, 1929–2008
• Anthimos Roussas Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1934
• Christodoulos Paraskevaides Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1939–2008
• Ambrose Stamenas Metropolitan of Paronaxia, 1922–2008
• Agathangelos Tampouratzakis Metropolitan of Nea Smyrni, 1929–2001
• Titos Papanakos Metropolitan of Paramythia, Filiates, Giromeri and Parga, b. 1931
• Kallinikos Karousos Metropolitan of Peiraeus, 1926–2020
• Eustathios Speliotes Metropolitan of Monemvasia and Sparta, b. 1940
• Nikodemos Anagnostou Metropolitan of Ierissos, Agion Oros and Ardamerion, 1931–2012
• Germanos Paraskevopoulos Metropolitan of Eleia and Oleni, 1932–2023
• Maximos Xydas Metropolitan of Serrai and Nigrita, 1942–2003
• Agathonikos Fatouros Former Metropolitan of Kitros and Katerini, b. 1937
• Athenagoras Zakopoulos Metropolitan of Fokis, 1931–2015
• Ignatios Alexiou Metropolitan of Arta, b. 1945
• Hierotheos Garyphallos Metropolitan of Lemnos and Agios Eustratios, 1934–2019
• Demetrios Bekiares Metropolitan of Goumenissa, Axiopolis and Polykastron, b. 1948
• Nektarios Papadakis Metropolitan of Petras and Cheronissos, 1951–2015
• Ignatios Lappas Metropolitan of Larisa and Tyrnavos, 1946–2018
• Constantine Farantatos Metropolitan of Nea Ionia and Philadelphia, 1930–2020
• Alexios Vrionis Metropolitan of Nikaia, b. 1944
• Hierotheos Vlachos Metropolitan of Nafpaktos and Agios Vlasios, b. 1944
• Eusebios Pistoles Metropolitan of Samos and Ikaria, b. 1949
• Christodoulos Moustakas Metropolitan of Avlona, b. 1951
• Theodore II Choreftakis Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, b. 1954
• Damaskinos Karpathakes Metropolitan of Didymoteixon, Orestias and Soufli, b. 1959
• Peter Daktylides Metropolitan of Christoupolis, 1927–2012
• Paul Athanatos Bishop of Neochorion, b. 1941
• Meliton Kavatsikles Metropolitan of Marathon, 1946–2016

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. Serapheim Papakostas Metropolitan of Kastoria consecrated 5 October 1996
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 16

• 10 October 1998Ignatios Georgakopoulos Metropolitan of Demetrias and Almyros, b. 1956
• 22 January 2000Daniel Pourtsoukles Metropolitan of Kaisariani, Vyron and Ymittos, b. 1952
• 23 January 2000Theokletos Passales Metropolitan of Florina, Prespa and Eordaia, b. 1932
• 14 January 2001Ephrem Stenakis Metropolitan of Ydra, Spetsai, Aigina, Poros, Troizena and Methana, b. 1948
• 16 December 2001Makarios Philotheou Metropolitan of Siderokastron, b. 1952
• 9 October 2005Paul Apostolides Metropolitan of Drama, 1963–2022
• 28 June 2008George Mantzouranes Metropolitan of Thebes and Levadeia, b. 1952
• 17 October 2009Emmanuel Sigalas Metropolitan of Poliana and Kilkis, 1953–2021
• 6 October 2012Chrysostom Tsiringas Metropolitan of Nikopolis and Preveza, b. 1957
• 1 March 2014George Chrysostomou Metropolitan of Kitros, Katerini and Platamon, b. 1964
• 11 October 2014Constantine Giakoumakes Metropolitan of Megara and Salamina, b. 1960
• 12 October 2014David Tzioumakas Metropolitan of Grevena, b. 1958
• 10 October 2015Demetrios Argyros Metropolitan of Kefalonia, b. 1958
• 11 October 2015Chrysostom Nases Metropolitan of Trikki, Gardiki and Pyli, b. 1975
• 11 February 2018Symeon Voliotes Metropolitan of Phthiotis, b. 1977
• 23 March 2019Athanasios Yannousas Metropolitan of Sisanion and Siatista, b. 1971

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr