Meletios Loukakes

Life

Born

1862/1873

Ordained deacon

25 December 1897

Ordained priest

February 1898

Consecrated bishop

25 April 1926

Made metropolitan

17 December 1927

Retired

31 July 1928

Died

21 July 1946

Sees

1. 25 April 1926 – 17 December 1927

   Bishop of Christoupolis

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 17 December 1927 – 31 July 1928

   Metropolitan of Christoupolis

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 31 July 1928 – 21 July 1946

   Former Metropolitan of Christoupolis

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 25 April 1926 by:

• Nicholas Sakkopoulos Metropolitan of Chalcedon, 1862–1927
• Cyril Ioannou/Chatzepapademetriou Metropolitan of Rodopolis, 1872–1944
• Leontios Liverios Metropolitan of Theodoroupolis, 1872–1964

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. Meletios Loukakes Metropolitan of Christoupolis consecrated 25 April 1926
2. Leontios Liverios Metropolitan of Theodoroupolis, 1872–1964 consecrated 6 November 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

Bishops he consecrated 6

• 25 March 1931Germanos Garophallides Metropolitan of Ainos, 1893–1962
• 11 April 1937Evlogji Kurila Metropolitan of Korçë, 1880–1961
• 9 October 1943Adamantios Kasapides Metropolitan of Pergamon, 1909–1958
• 10 October 1943Cyril Axiotis Metropolitan of Chaldea, 1908–1991
• 9 June 1946Maximos Georgiades Metropolitan of Laodicea, 1908–1979
• 16 June 1946Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986