Sophronios Nestopoulos

Life

Born

1854

Ordained priest

August 1886

Consecrated bishop

August 1886

Made metropolitan

18 January 1901

Died

10 February 1917

Sees

1. August 1886 – February 1890

   Bishop of Amissos

   Vicar of Amaseia · Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. February 1890 – 18 January 1901

   Bishop of Ardamerion

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 18 January 1901 – 19 October 1902

   Metropolitan of Strumica

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

4. 19 October 1902 – 27 March 1910

   Metropolitan of Ancyra

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

5. 27 March 1910 – April 1911

   Metropolitan of Caesarea

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

6. April 1911 – 10 February 1917

   Metropolitan of Koloneia

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated August 1886 by:

• Sophronios Soterakes Metropolitan of Amaseia, 1800–1887
• Prokopios Metropolitan of Kassandreia, 1814–1901
• Constantios Gazes Metropolitan of Maroneia, 1830–1908

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 3 generations back to Gerasimos Nikolaou; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Sophronios Nestopoulos Metropolitan of Koloneia consecrated August 1886
2. Constantios Gazes Metropolitan of Maroneia, 1830–1908 consecrated 22 April 1873
3. Serapheim Xenopoulos Metropolitan of Arta, 1800–1894 consecrated 10 October 1848
4. Gerasimos Nikolaou Metropolitan of Pisidia, d. 1859 consecrated 1821

Bishops he consecrated 4

• 17 May 1909Athanasios Piperas Metropolitan of Serrai, d. 1909
• 13 September 1909Kallinikos Delikanes Metropolitan of Caesarea, 1855–1934
• 27 September 1909Gregory Papadopoulos Metropolitan of Metrai and Athyra, d. 1936
• 29 November 1909John Vasilikos Metropolitan of Dryinoupolis, Pogoniani and Konitsa, d. 1941