Nikephoros Sytzanakes

Life

Born

1894

Ordained deacon

1919

Ordained priest

1919

Consecrated bishop

29 March 1959

Retired

27 June 1974

Died

18 July 1975

Sees

1. 29 March 1959 – 27 June 1974

   Metropolitan of Kydonia and Apokoronos

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 27 June 1974 – 18 July 1975

   Former Metropolitan of Kydonia and Apokoronos

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 29 March 1959 by:

• Eugene Psalidakes Archbishop of Crete, 1912–1978
• Timothy Papoutsakis Archbishop of Crete, 1915–2006
• Isidore Rousochatzakes Metropolitan of Lambi and Sfakia, 1904–1968
• Philotheos Mazokopakes Metropolitan of Ierapytna and Sitia, 1892–1960
• Demetrios Bourlakes Metropolitan of Petras, d. 1990
• Eireneos Galanakes Metropolitan of Kissamos and Selino, 1911–2013

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 6 generations back to Sophronios IV Meidantzoglou; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Nikephoros Sytzanakes Metropolitan of Kydonia and Apokoronos consecrated 29 March 1959
2. Demetrios Bourlakes Metropolitan of Petras, d. 1990 consecrated 19 August 1956
3. Athanasios Apostolakes Metropolitan of Rethymno and Avlopotamos, 1892–1981 consecrated 16 February 1936
4. Timothy Veneres Metropolitan of Crete, 1876–1941 consecrated 28 March 1916
5. Eumenios Xyroudakes Metropolitan of Crete, 1845–1920 consecrated 28 December 1886
6. Joachim III Devetzes/Demetriades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1834–1912 consecrated 11 December 1864
7. Sophronios IV Meidantzoglou Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, 1798–1899 consecrated 29 June 1839