Michael Desnitskii

Life

Born

8 November 1762

Ordained priest

1785

Monastic tonsure

1799

Made archimandrite

6 December 1799

Consecrated bishop

20 June 1802

Made archbishop

18 November 1806

Made metropolitan

25 June 1818

Died

24 March 1821

Sees

1. 20 June 1802 – 1803

   Bishop of Staraya Russa

   Vicar of Novgorod · Patriarchate of Moscow

2. 1803 – 18 November 1806

   Bishop of Chernihiv and Nizhyn

   Patriarchate of Moscow

3. 18 November 1806 – 25 June 1818

   Archbishop of Chernihiv and Nizhyn

   Patriarchate of Moscow

4. 25 June 1818 – 24 March 1821

   Metropolitan of Petersburg and Novgorod

   Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 20 June 1802. His consecrators are not yet in the data.

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 11 May 1819Vladimir Uzhinskii Archbishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsk, 1777–1855