Boris Dobrev

Life

Born

10 March 1953

Monastic tonsure

30 October 1989

Ordained deacon

9 November 1989

Ordained priest

24 December 1989

Consecrated bishop

22 March 2008

Defrocked

19 February 2014

Sees

1. 22 March 2008 – 19 February 2014

   Bishop of Agathonica

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

2. 19 February 2014 – present

   Monk

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 22 March 2008 by:

• Yoanikii Nedelchev Metropolitan of Sliven, b. 1939
• Kalinik Aleksandrov Metropolitan of Vratsa, 1931–2016
• Dometian Topuzliev Metropolitan of Vidin, 1932–2017
• Cyril Kovachev Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, 1954–2013
• Neofit Dimitrov Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia, b. 1945
• Ignatii Dimov Metropolitan of Pleven, b. 1938
• Nicholas Sevastiyanov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, b. 1969
• Sionii Radev Bishop of Velika, b. 1969

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 Anthimos IV Vamvakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Boris Dobrev Former Bishop of Agathonica consecrated 22 March 2008
2. Sionii Radev Bishop of Velika, b. 1969 consecrated 24 March 2007
3. Maksim Minkov Metropolitan of Sofia, Patriarch of Bulgaria, 1914–2012 consecrated 30 December 1956
4. Cyril Konstantinov Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia, 1901–1971 consecrated 12 July 1936
5. Neofit Karaabov Metropolitan of Vidin, 1868–1971 consecrated 21 June 1909
6. Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927 consecrated 18 July 1899
7. Constantine V Valiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1833–1914 consecrated 30 January 1876
8. Methodios Aronis Metropolitan of Mytilini, d. 1897 consecrated 12 November 1867
9. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
10. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825

Bishops he consecrated 2

• 29 October 2010Gregory Tsvetkov Metropolitan of Vratsa, b. 1970
• 18 December 2011Serapheim Dinkov Metropolitan of Nevrokop, b. 1974

Sources

Also in: Wikidata