Christopher Knetes

Life

Born

1872

Ordained deacon

1898

Ordained priest

23 April 1910

Consecrated bishop

12 December 1910

Made metropolitan

9 February 1924

Died

7 August 1958

Sees

1. 12 December 1910 – 9 October 1918

   Bishop of Stavroupolis

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 9 October 1918 – 9 February 1924

   Bishop of Serrai

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 9 February 1924 – 17 April 1926

   Metropolitan of Australia

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

4. 17 April 1926 – 24 June 1926

   Former Metropolitan of Australia

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

5. 24 June 1926 – 4 February 1928

   Metropolitan of Australia

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

6. 4 February 1928 – 7 August 1958

   Metropolitan of Vizya

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 12 December 1910 by:

• Joachim III Devetzes/Demetriades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1834–1912
• Constantine Vontzalides Metropolitan of Samos and Ikaria, 1857–1926
• Dorotheos Chrestides Metropolitan of Koloneia, 1841–1924
• Polycarp Psomiades Metropolitan of Xanthi, 1864–1939
• Germanos Theotokas Metropolitan of Leros, 1845–1918
• Spyridon Vlachos Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1873–1956

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 4 generations back to Paisios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Christopher Knetes Metropolitan of Vizya consecrated 12 December 1910
2. Spyridon Vlachos Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1873–1956 consecrated 16 July 1906
3. Stephen Soulides Metropolitan of Methymna, 1847–1915 consecrated 4 October 1887
4. Paisios Kourentis/Panagiotides Metropolitan of Imbros, 1830–1904 consecrated 22 December 1863
5. Paisios Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1778–1877 consecrated ca. 1819

Sources

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