Sionii Radev

Life

Born

18 November 1969

Monastic tonsure

5 June 1991

Ordained deacon

22 June 1991

Ordained priest

23 June 1991

Made archimandrite

29 June 1998

Consecrated bishop

24 March 2007

Sees

1. 24 March 2007 – present

   Bishop of Velika

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 24 March 2007 by:

• Maksim Minkov Metropolitan of Sofia, Patriarch of Bulgaria, 1914–2012
• Kalinik Aleksandrov Metropolitan of Vratsa, 1931–2016
• Dometian Topuzliev Metropolitan of Vidin, 1932–2017
• Cyril Kovachev Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, 1954–2013
• Gregory Stefanov Metropolitan of Veliko Turnovo, b. 1950
• Neofit Dimitrov Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia, b. 1945
• Ignatii Dimov Metropolitan of Pleven, b. 1938
• Hilarion Tsonev Metropolitan of Dorostol, 1913–2009
• Nicholas Sevastiyanov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, b. 1969
• Teodosii Kupichkov Bishop of Devol, 1934–2017
• Constantine Petrov Bishop of Markianopol, 1941–2017
• Evlogii Stamboldzhiev Bishop of Adrianopolis, b. 1954
• Naum Dimitrov Metropolitan of Ruse (Cherven), b. 1968
• John Ivanov Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, b. 1969

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 8 generations back to Anthimos IV Vamvakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

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

Bishops he consecrated 8

• 3 March 2008Cyprian Kazandzhiev Bishop of Troyan, b. 1976
• 22 March 2008Boris Dobrev Former Bishop of Agathonica, b. 1953
• 6 July 2014Arsenii Lazarov Bishop of Znepole, b. 1986
• 27 July 2014Polycarp Petrov Bishop of Belogradchik, b. 1978
• 20 December 2016Iakov Donchev Bishop of Constantia, b. 1971
• 21 February 2021Visarion Grivov Bishop of Smolyan, b. 1971
• 26 June 2022Makarii Chakarov Bishop of Glavinica, b. 1981
• 10 June 2023Isaac Boyadzhiiski Bishop of Velbudzh, b. 1982

Sources

Also in: Wikidata