Constantine Petrov

Life

Born

18 May 1941

Ordained priest

10 March 1968

Made archimandrite

25 March 1997

Consecrated bishop

27 August 1997

Died

23 May 2017

Sees

1. 27 August 1997 – 1 October 1998

   Bishop of Markianopol

   Vicar of Sofia · Alternative Synod (Bulgaria)

2. 1 October 1998 – 23 May 2017

   Bishop of Markianopol

   Vicar of Sofia · Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 27 August 1997 by:

• Pimen Enev Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1906–1999

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 7 generations back to Anthimos IV Vamvakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Constantine Petrov Bishop of Markianopol consecrated 27 August 1997
2. Pimen Enev Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1906–1999 consecrated 21 December 1947
3. Stephen I Shokov Metropolitan of Sofia, 1878–1957 consecrated 1 April 1921
4. Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927 consecrated 18 July 1899
5. Constantine V Valiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1833–1914 consecrated 30 January 1876
6. Methodios Aronis Metropolitan of Mytilini, d. 1897 consecrated 12 November 1867
7. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
8. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825

Bishops he consecrated 7

• 28 September 1999Daniel Stoikov Metropolitan of Philippopolis, b. 1956
• 17 March 2007Naum Dimitrov Metropolitan of Ruse (Cherven), b. 1968
• 18 March 2007John Ivanov Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, b. 1969
• 24 March 2007Sionii Radev Bishop of Velika, b. 1969
• 3 March 2008Cyprian Kazandzhiev Bishop of Troyan, b. 1976
• 29 October 2010Gregory Tsvetkov Metropolitan of Vratsa, b. 1970
• 30 November 2010John Stoikov Bishop of Glavinica, 1949–2019

Sources

• wikidata.org

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