Maximos V Vaportzes

Life

Born

26 October 1897

Ordained deacon

16 May 1918

Ordained priest

1 January 1928

Elected bishop

8 February 1930

Consecrated bishop

9 March 1930

Became patriarch

20 February 1946

Retired

18 October 1948

Died

1 January 1972

Sees

1. 9 March 1930 – 28 June 1932

   Metropolitan of Philadelphia

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 28 June 1932 – 20 February 1946

   Metropolitan of Chalcedon

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 20 February 1946 – 18 October 1948

   Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

4. 18 October 1948 – 1 January 1972

   Former Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 9 March 1930 by:

• Photios II Maniates Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1874–1935

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 5 generations back to Paisios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Maximos V Vaportzes Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch consecrated 9 March 1930
2. Photios II Maniates Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1874–1935 consecrated 21 June 1915
3. Joachim Stroumpes Metropolitan of Chios, Psara and Oinoussa, 1880–1950 consecrated 10 July 1911
4. Joachim Sgouros Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, 1864–1912 consecrated 14 January 1890
5. Paisios Kourentis/Panagiotides Metropolitan of Imbros, 1830–1904 consecrated 22 December 1863
6. Paisios Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1778–1877 consecrated ca. 1819

Bishops he consecrated 8

• 25 March 1931Germanos Garophallides Metropolitan of Ainos, 1893–1962
• 29 March 1931Philotheos Stavrides Metropolitan of Proikonnisos, 1882–1963
• 9 October 1943Adamantios Kasapides Metropolitan of Pergamon, 1909–1958
• 10 October 1943Cyril Axiotis Metropolitan of Chaldea, 1908–1991
• 7 May 1944Chrysostom Koronaios Metropolitan of Neocaesarea, 1894–1976
• 9 June 1946Maximos Georgiades Metropolitan of Laodicea, 1908–1979
• 16 June 1946Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986
• 24 August 1947Theophylaktos Papathanasopoulos Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand, 1891–1958

Sources

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