Nikandr Viktorov

Life

Born

19 April 1891

Ordained priest

25 August 1915

Monastic tonsure

14 September 1946

Made archimandrite

15 September 1946

Consecrated bishop

22 September 1946

Made archbishop

25 February 1957

Died

16 August 1961

Sees

1. 22 September 1946 – 1952

   Bishop of Qiqihar

   Vicar of Harbin · Patriarchate of Moscow

2. 1952 – 7 February 1956

   Bishop of Harbin and Manchuria

   Patriarchate of Moscow

3. 7 February 1956 – 25 February 1957

   Bishop of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogory

   Patriarchate of Moscow

4. 25 February 1957 – 16 March 1961

   Archbishop of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogory

   Patriarchate of Moscow

5. 16 March 1961 – 16 August 1961

   Archbishop of Rostov and Novocherkassk

   Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 22 September 1946 by:

• Nestor Anisimov Metropolitan of Kirovohrad and Mykolaiv, 1884–1962
• Dimitrii Voznesenskii Archbishop of Hailar, 1871–1947
• Juvenal Kilin Archbishop of Izhevsk and Udmurtia, 1875–1958

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. Nikandr Viktorov Archbishop of Rostov and Novocherkassk consecrated 22 September 1946
2. Nestor Anisimov Metropolitan of Kirovohrad and Mykolaiv, 1884–1962 consecrated 29 October 1916
3. Paul Ivanovskii Bishop of Vyazma, 1874–1919 consecrated 24 June 1912
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