Aleksii II Ridiger

Life

Born

23 February 1929

Ordained deacon

15 April 1950

Ordained priest

17 April 1950

Monastic tonsure

3 March 1961

Elected bishop

14 August 1961

Made archimandrite

21 August 1961

Consecrated bishop

3 September 1961

Made archbishop

23 June 1964

Made metropolitan

25 February 1968

Became patriarch

7 June 1990

Died

5 December 2008

Sees

1. 3 September 1961 – 23 June 1964

   Bishop of Tallinn and Estonia

   Patriarchate of Moscow

2. 23 June 1964 – 25 February 1968

   Archbishop of Tallinn and Estonia

   Patriarchate of Moscow

3. 25 February 1968 – 29 June 1986

   Metropolitan of Tallinn and Estonia

   Patriarchate of Moscow

4. 29 June 1986 – 7 June 1990

   Metropolitan of Novgorod and Leningrad

   Patriarchate of Moscow

5. 7 June 1990 – 5 December 2008

   Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'

   Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 3 September 1961 by:

• Nikodim Rotov Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod, 1929–1978
• John Alekseyev Former Archbishop of Gorky and Arzamas, 1892–1966
• Nikodim Rusnak Metropolitan of Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv, 1921–2011

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 10 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Aleksii II Ridiger Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' consecrated 3 September 1961
2. Nikodim Rotov Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod, 1929–1978 consecrated 10 July 1960
3. Aleksii I Simanskii Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1877–1970 consecrated 28 April 1913
4. Ioannikii Dyachkov Bishop of Olonets and Petrozavodsk, 1858–1918 consecrated 30 September 1907
5. Gurii Okhotin Archbishop of Novgorod and Staraya Russa, 1828–1912 consecrated 29 January 1890
6. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
7. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
8. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
9. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
10. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
11. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 118

• 10 September 1961Nicholas Kutepov Metropolitan of Gorky and Arzamas, 1924–2001
• 14 January 1962Leontii Gudimov Metropolitan of Donetsk and Slovyansk, 1928–1992
• 8 July 1962Serapheim Nikitin Metropolitan of Krutitsy and Kolomna, 1905–1979
• 26 August 1962Nikon Fomichyov Archbishop of Perm and Solikamsk, 1910–1995
• 2 December 1962Feodosii Protsyuk Metropolitan of Omsk and Tara, 1927–2016
• 26 May 1963Bartholomew Gondarovskii Archbishop of Oryol and Bryansk, 1927–1988
• 21 February 1965Boris Skvortsov Bishop of Ryazan and Kasimov, 1895–1972
• 31 October 1965Nicholas Yurik Metropolitan of Lviv and Ternopil, 1910–1984
• 12 December 1965John Snychyov Metropolitan of Leningrad and Ladoga, 1927–1995
• 30 January 1966Irinei Susemihl Metropolitan of Vienna and Austria, 1919–1999
• 23 October 1966Clement Perestyuk Archbishop of Sverdlovsk and Kurgan, 1904–1986
• 30 October 1966Joasaph Ovsyannikov Archbishop of Rostov and Novocherkassk, 1904–1984
• 22 October 1967Gedeon Dokukin Metropolitan of Stavropol and Vladikavkaz, 1929–2003
• 26 March 1972Maksim Krokha Archbishop of Mahilioŭ and Mstsislaw, 1928–2002
• 14 October 1972Simon Novikov Metropolitan of Ryazan and Kasimov, 1928–2006
• 18 October 1972Damaskin Bodryi Bishop of Mukachevo and Uzhhorod, 1937–1989
• 16 December 1973Platon Udovenko Metropolitan of Feodosiya and Kerch, b. 1940
• 27 July 1975Irinei Serednii Metropolitan of Dnipropetrovsk and Pavlohrad, b. 1939
• 13 December 1975Serafim Gachkovskii Bishop of Almaty and Kazakhstan, 1925–1982
• 25 July 1976Valentine Mishchuk Metropolitan of Orenburg and Buzuluk, b. 1940
• 18 October 1977Ambrose Shchurov Former Archbishop of Ivanovo-Voznesensk and Kineshma, 1930–2016
• 18 October 1978Serapheim Tikhonov Archbishop of Penza and Kuznetsy, 1935–2000
• 25 November 1979Ilian Vostryakov Bishop of Serpukhov, b. 1945
• 31 August 1980Afanasii Former Archbishop of Perm and Solikamsk, 1927–2002
• 14 October 1982Alexander Timofeyev Archbishop of Saratov and Volsk, 1941–2003
• 30 January 1983Sergii Fomin Metropolitan of Voronezh and Liski, b. 1949
• 1 April 1984Evsevii Savvin Metropolitan of Pskov and Porkhov, b. 1939
• 30 June 1985Vladimir Ikim Metropolitan of Tashkent and Central Asia, b. 1940
• 21 July 1985Nicholas Shkrumko Metropolitan of Izhevsk and Udmurtia, 1927–2015
• 11 April 1987Simon Ishunin Archbishop of Brussels and Belgium, b. 1951
• 31 May 1987Eugene Zhdan Archbishop of Tambov and Michurinsk, 1942–2002
• 18 October 1987Prokl Khazov Metropolitan of Simbirsk and Melekess, 1943–2014
• 1 November 1987Leo Tserpitskii Metropolitan of Novgorod and Staraya Russa, b. 1946
• 1 December 1988Aleksii Kutepov Metropolitan of Tula and Yefremov, b. 1953
• 5 October 1989Arsenii Epifanov Metropolitan of Lipetsk and Zadonsk, b. 1955
• 14 August 1990Manuel Pavlov Metropolitan of Petrozavodsk and Karelia, 1950–2015
• 19 August 1990Tikhon Emelyanov Metropolitan of Vladimir and Suzdal, b. 1948
• 26 August 1990Nikon Vasyukov Metropolitan of Ufa and Bashkiria, b. 1950
• 1 September 1990Peter Păduraru Metropolitan of Bessarabia, b. 1946
• 2 September 1990Vincent Morar Metropolitan of Tashkent and Uzbekistan, b. 1953
• 15 September 1990Cornelius Jakobs Metropolitan of Tallinn and All Estonia, 1924–2018
• 11 November 1990Evlogii Smirnov Metropolitan of Vladimir and Suzdal, 1937–2020
• 8 February 1991Varsonofii Sudakov Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, b. 1955
• 21 April 1991Arkadii Afonin Former Bishop of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and the Kurile Islands, 1943–2021
• 16 May 1991Sofronii Budko Archbishop of Kemerovo and Novokuznetsk, 1930–2008
• 16 June 1991Constantine Goryanov Metropolitan of Petrozavodsk and Karelia, b. 1951
• 29 July 1991Ierofei Sobolev Bishop of Balakhna, 1936–2001
• 26 January 1992Innocent Vasiliev Metropolitan of Vilnius and Lithuania, b. 1947
• 22 March 1992Paul Ponomaryov Metropolitan of Krutitsy and Kolomna, b. 1952
• 21 September 1992Benjamin Pushkar Former Metropolitan of Vladivostok and Primorye, b. 1938
• 25 October 1992Jonah Karpukhin Archbishop of Astrakhan and Kamyzyak, 1941–2020
• 28 March 1993Herman Moralin Metropolitan of Kursk and Rylsk, b. 1956
• 3 April 1993Michael Raskovalov Bishop of Kurgan and Shadrinsk, 1953–2008
• 4 April 1993John Popov Metropolitan of Belgorod and Staryi Oskol, b. 1960
• 10 April 1993Maximilian Lazarenko Archbishop of Pesochenskii and Yukhnov, b. 1950
• 2 May 1993Panteleimon Kutovoi Metropolitan of Krasnoyarsk and Achinsk, b. 1955
• 21 July 1993Nikon Mironov Bishop of Kudymkar and Vereshchagino, b. 1960
• 25 July 1993John Timofeyev Metropolitan of Yoshkar-Ola and Mari El, b. 1958
• 3 October 1993Simon Getya Metropolitan of Oryol and Bolkhov, b. 1949
• 28 November 1993Rostislav Devyatov Metropolitan of Tomsk and Asino, b. 1963
• 26 March 1994Nektarii Korobov Bishop of Saratov and Volsk, 1942–1994
• 16 April 1994Eugene Reshetnikov Archbishop of Vereya, b. 1957
• 19 August 1995Aleksii Frolov Archbishop of Kostroma and Halych, 1947–2013
• 1 September 1995Justinian Ovchinnikov Archbishop of Elista and Kalmykia, b. 1961
• 3 September 1995Mark Tuzhikov Metropolitan of Vyatka and Sloboda, b. 1961
• 12 September 1995Savva Volkov Archbishop of Tiraspol and Dubăsari, b. 1958
• 10 December 1995Sergii Sokolov Bishop of Novosibirsk and Berdsk, 1951–2000
• 19 December 1995Pitirim Volochkov Archbishop of Syktyvkar and Komi-Zyryanskii, 1961–2025
• 24 December 1995Zosima Ostapenko Archbishop of Solikamsk and Chusovoi, 1950–2026
• 4 February 1996Tikhon Stepanov Bishop of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogory, 1963–2010
• 31 March 1996Nikon Vasin Metropolitan of Lipetsk and Zadonsk, b. 1942
• 1 August 1997Jonathan Tsvetkov Archbishop of Abakan and Khakassia, b. 1962
• 15 February 1998Anatolii Aksyonov Bishop of Qostanai and Rudnyi, b. 1958
• 15 March 1998Cyril Nakonechnii Metropolitan of Kazan and Tatarstan, b. 1961
• 29 March 1998Ignatii Pologrudov Metropolitan of Argentina and South America, b. 1956
• 8 September 1998Joseph Makedonov Metropolitan of Ivanovo-Voznesenskii and Vichuga, b. 1964
• 12 September 1998Anatolii Botnari Archbishop of Cahul and Comrat, b. 1950
• 8 November 1998Dorimedont Cecan Bishop of Edineţ and Briceni, 1961–2006
• 14 January 1999Alexander Ishchein Archbishop of Baku and Azerbaijan, 1952–2021
• 31 January 1999Joseph Balabanov Metropolitan of Ulan-Ude and Buryatia, b. 1954
• 10 August 1999Tikhon Nedosekin Bishop of Vidnoye, b. 1956
• 9 September 1999Peter Arihara Bishop of Yokohama, d. 2000
• 14 November 1999Daniel Nushiro Archbishop of Tokyo, Metropolitan of All Japan, 1938–2023
• 15 January 2000Serapheim Tsujie Archbishop of Tokyo, Metropolitan of All Japan, b. 1951
• 30 January 2000Evstafii Evdokimov Archbishop of Alexandrovsk and Yuriev-Polskii, b. 1951
• 6 February 2000Merkurii Ivanov Metropolitan of Rostov and Novocherkassk, b. 1964
• 10 August 2000Diomid Dzyuban Bishop of Anadyr and Chukotka, 1961–2021
• 26 November 2000Feofan Ashurkov Metropolitan of Kazan and Tatarstan, 1947–2020
• 19 May 2001Serapheim Melkonyan Metropolitan of Baltiysk and Svetlogorsk, b. 1961
• 2 September 2001Alexander Agrikov Metropolitan of Bryansk and Sevsk, b. 1953
• 11 November 2001Daniel Dorovskikh Metropolitan of Kurgan and Belozersk, b. 1960
• 14 January 2002Hilarion Alfeyev Metropolitan of Budapest and Hungary, b. 1966
• 20 January 2002Maksim Dmitriev Bishop of Yelets and Lebedyansk, b. 1961
• 31 March 2002Feognost Guzikov Metropolitan of Kashira, b. 1960
• 14 April 2002Irinarkh Grezin Bishop of Ramenskoye, 1951–2024
• 20 April 2002Feofilakt Moiseyev Former Bishop of Mytishchi, 1949–2023
• 21 April 2002Feodosii Vasnev Metropolitan of Tambov and Rasskazovo, b. 1961
• 2 February 2003George Danilov Metropolitan of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas, b. 1964
• 14 August 2003Benjamin Zaritskii Metropolitan of Orenburg and Saraktash, 1953–2023
• 19 August 2003Longin Korchagin Metropolitan of Simbirsk and Novospasskoye, b. 1961
• 14 January 2004Mark Golovkov Metropolitan of Korsun and Western Europe, b. 1964
• 27 September 2004Zosima Davydov Bishop of Yakutsk and Lensk, 1963–2010
• 30 January 2005Savvatii Antonov Metropolitan of Cheboksary and Chuvash, b. 1968
• 26 March 2005Ambrose Ermakov Metropolitan of Tver and Kashin, b. 1970
• 3 April 2005Tikhon Lobkovskii Archbishop of Maikop and Adygea, b. 1968
• 2 June 2005Pankratii Zherdev Archbishop of Troitskii, b. 1955
• 7 July 2005Ignatii Punin Bishop of Minusinsk and Kuraginsk, b. 1973
• 13 November 2005Peter Musteață Archbishop of Ungheni and Nisporeni, b. 1967
• 10 August 2006Roman Gavrilov Bishop of Serpukhov, b. 1957
• 19 August 2006Alexander Matryonin Bishop of Daugavpils and Rēzekne, b. 1973
• 20 August 2006Aristarkh Smirnov Metropolitan of Kemerovo and Prokopievsk, b. 1959
• 24 September 2006Feofilakt Kuryanov Archbishop of Pyatigorsk and Cherkessk, b. 1974
• 27 September 2006Marcel Vetrov Bishop of Tsarskoye Selo, 1952–2019
• 26 November 2006Elisei Ganaba Archbishop of the Hague and the Netherlands, b. 1962
• 15 February 2007Sergii Chashin Metropolitan of Singapore and Southeast Asia, b. 1974
• 11 March 2007Marcel Mihăescu Archbishop of Bălţi and Făleşti, b. 1959
• 23 March 2008Nikodim Chibisov Metropolitan of Ryazan and Mikhailovka, b. 1969
• 2 June 2008Ieronim Chernyshov Bishop of Oryol and Livny, b. 1966

Sources

• patriarchia.ru

Also in: patriarchia.ru, Wikidata