Varsonofii Sudakov

Life

Born

3 June 1955

Monastic tonsure

30 March 1978

Ordained deacon

27 April 1978

Ordained priest

26 November 1978

Made archimandrite

19 April 1987

Consecrated bishop

8 February 1991

Made archbishop

February 2001

Made metropolitan

1 February 2010

Sees

1. 8 February 1991 – February 2001

   Bishop of Saransk and Mordovia

   Patriarchate of Moscow

2. February 2001 – 1 February 2010

   Archbishop of Saransk and Mordovia

   Patriarchate of Moscow

3. 1 February 2010 – 6 October 2011

   Metropolitan of Saransk and Mordovia

   Patriarchate of Moscow

4. May 2011 – October 2011

   Locum tenens of Ardatov

   Patriarchate of Moscow

5. 6 October 2011 – 19 March 2014

   Metropolitan of Mordovia

   Patriarchate of Moscow

6. 19 March 2014 – present

   Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga

   Patriarchate of Moscow

7. 30 October 2025 – present

   Locum tenens of Vyborg and Priozersk

   Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 8 February 1991 by:

• Aleksii II Ridiger Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1929–2008

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 11 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Varsonofii Sudakov Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga consecrated 8 February 1991
2. Aleksii II Ridiger Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1929–2008 consecrated 3 September 1961
3. Nikodim Rotov Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod, 1929–1978 consecrated 10 July 1960
4. Aleksii I Simanskii Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1877–1970 consecrated 28 April 1913
5. Ioannikii Dyachkov Bishop of Olonets and Petrozavodsk, 1858–1918 consecrated 30 September 1907
6. Gurii Okhotin Archbishop of Novgorod and Staraya Russa, 1828–1912 consecrated 29 January 1890
7. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
8. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
9. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
10. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
11. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
12. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 144

• 3 April 1993Michael Raskovalov Bishop of Kurgan and Shadrinsk, 1953–2008
• 4 April 1993John Popov Metropolitan of Belgorod and Staryi Oskol, b. 1960
• 28 May 2009Nazarii Lavrinenko Bishop of Kuznetsk and Nikolsk, b. 1952
• 21 July 2009Lazar Gurkin Bishop of Narva and Prichudye, b. 1969
• 29 November 2009Cyril Pokrovskii Metropolitan of Stavropol and Nevinnomyssk, b. 1963
• 2 December 2009Clement Rodaikin Bishop of Krasnoslobodsk and Temnikov, b. 1971
• 21 March 2010Benjamin Tupeko Bishop of Borisov and Maryina Horka, b. 1968
• 1 August 2010Iliya Bykov Bishop of Balakhna, b. 1954
• 21 August 2010Panteleimon Shatov Bishop of Vereya, b. 1950
• 22 August 2010Benjamin Likhomanov Bishop of Rybinsk and Romanov-Borisoglebsk, b. 1952
• 5 September 2010Nestor Sirotenko Metropolitan of Stupino, b. 1974
• 10 October 2010Gennadii Gogolev Bishop of Qaskeleñ, b. 1967
• 14 November 2010Barnabas Safonov Archbishop of Pavlodar and Ekibastuz, b. 1957
• 7 December 2010Innocent Erokhin Bishop of Balakovo and Nikolayevskii, b. 1967
• 26 December 2010Nikodim Vulpe Archbishop of Edineţ and Briceni, b. 1956
• 23 January 2011Tikhon Dorovskikh Metropolitan of Oryol and Bolkhov, b. 1959
• 20 February 2011Sebastian Osokin Archbishop of Qarağandy and Şahtinsk, b. 1961
• 3 April 2011Zinovii Korzinkin Metropolitan of Saransk and Mordovia, b. 1948
• 10 April 2011Artemii Snigur Metropolitan of Khabarovsk and Priamurskii, b. 1962
• 17 April 2011Nicholas Chashin Archbishop of Salekhard and Novo-Urengoisk, b. 1972
• 1 May 2011Herman Kamalov Bishop of Sochi and Tuapse, b. 1968
• 12 June 2011Paul Fokin Metropolitan of Khanty-Mansiysk and Surgut, b. 1956
• 19 June 2011Roman Lukin Archbishop of Yakutsk and Lensk, b. 1968
• 11 July 2011Savva Mikheyev Metropolitan of Vologda and Kirillov, b. 1980
• 19 August 2011Innocent Yakovlev Bishop of Alexandrovsk and Yuriev-Polskii, b. 1947
• 21 August 2011Ignatii Deputatov Metropolitan of Saratov and Volsk, b. 1977
• 1 September 2011Nicholas Dutka Bishop of Nakhodka and Preobrazhensk, b. 1966
• 3 September 2011Serapheim Kuzminov Bishop of Belyov and Aleksin, b. 1977
• 11 September 2011Cornelius Sinyayev Metropolitan of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogory, b. 1976
• 18 September 2011Andrew Tarasov Bishop of Rossosh and Ostrogozhsk, b. 1975
• 21 September 2011Adrian Ulyanov Bishop of Rzhev and Toropets, b. 1951
• 27 September 2011Nicholas Subbotin Bishop of Salavat and Kumertau, b. 1973
• 12 October 2011John Pavlikhin Archbishop of Magadan and Sinegorsk, b. 1974
• 14 October 2011Benjamin Kirillov Bishop of Kronstadt, b. 1979
• 16 October 2011Lukian Kutsenko Archbishop of Blagoveshchensk and Tynda, b. 1965
• 30 October 2011Feofan Kim Archbishop of Korea, b. 1976
• 22 November 2011Irinei Tafunya Bishop of Orsk and Gai, b. 1971
• 27 November 2011Dionisii Porubai Metropolitan of Omsk and Priirtyshye, b. 1975
• 2 December 2011Vladimir Samokhin Metropolitan of Donetsk and Mariupol, b. 1979
• 4 December 2011Feodosii Gazhu Bishop of Isilkul and Russkaya Polyana, b. 1970
• 17 December 2011Tarasii Vladimirov Bishop of Balashov and Rtishchevo, b. 1974
• 18 December 2011Maximilian Klyuyev Metropolitan of Irkutsk and Angarsk, b. 1971
• 19 December 2011Pakhomii Bruskov Bishop of Borovichi and Pestovo, b. 1976
• 25 December 2011Stephen Gordeyev Bishop of Kanash and Belaya Volozhka, b. 1966
• 25 January 2012Aristarkh Yatsurin Bishop of Vanino and Pereyaslav, b. 1965
• 28 January 2012Ephrem Prosyanok Archbishop of Birobidzhan and Kuldur, b. 1977
• 29 January 2012Nicholas Ashimov Bishop of Amur and Chegdomyn, b. 1980
• 5 February 2012Ephrem Barbinyagra Bishop of Borovichi and Pestovo, b. 1941
• 4 March 2012Ambrose Munteanu Bishop of Bogorodsk, b. 1973
• 10 March 2012Luke Volchkov Bishop of Birobidzhan and Kuldur, b. 1971
• 11 March 2012Philip Novikov Metropolitan of Syktyvkar and Komi-Zyryanskii, b. 1973
• 17 March 2012Feodosii Chashchin Metropolitan of Samara and Novokuibyshevsk, b. 1973
• 18 March 2012Sergii Ivannikov Metropolitan of Barnaul and Altai, b. 1957
• 24 March 2012Filaret Gusev Bishop of Dalneye Konstantinovo, b. 1975
• 25 March 2012Aleksii Antipov Bishop of Buzuluk and Sorochinsk, b. 1956
• 31 March 2012Elisei Fomkin Bishop of Uryupinsk and Novoanninskii, b. 1963
• 1 April 2012Nikifor Khoteyev Bishop of Otradny and Pokhvistnevo, b. 1975
• 22 April 2012Barnabas Baranov Bishop of Karasuk and Ordynskoye, b. 1965
• 2 May 2012Nil Sychev Bishop of Murom and Vyazniki, b. 1964
• 22 May 2012Mstislav Dyachina Bishop of Tikhvin and Lodeinoye Pole, b. 1967
• 17 June 2012Sofronii Balandin Bishop of Kinel and Bezenchuk, b. 1973
• 8 July 2012Hilarion Kaigorodtsev Bishop of Kineshma and Palekh, b. 1971
• 11 July 2012Mefodii Zaitsev Bishop of Almetievsk and Bugulma, b. 1978
• 12 July 2012Peter Mansurov Metropolitan of Orenburg and Saraktash, b. 1954
• 21 July 2012Savvatii Zagrebelnyi Bishop of Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan, b. 1967
• 22 July 2012Sofronii Kitayev Bishop of Gubkin and Graivoron, b. 1978
• 1 August 2012Pitirim Tvorogov Bishop of Dushanbe and Tajikistan, b. 1967
• 12 August 2012Constantine Ostrovskii Metropolitan of Cairo and North Africa, b. 1977
• 21 August 2012Innocent Vetrov Bishop of Mariinsk and Yurginsk, b. 1973
• 1 September 2012Benjamin Korolyov Bishop of Zheleznogorsk and Lgov, 1965–2020
• 12 September 2012Serapheim Domnin Metropolitan of Penza and Nizhny Lomov, b. 1977
• 11 October 2012Innocent Vasetskii Bishop of Sormovo, b. 1977
• 18 November 2012Basil Danilov Bishop of Kotlas and Velsk, b. 1956
• 25 November 2012Filaret Gavrin Bishop of Chistopol and Nizhnekamsk, b. 1973
• 2 December 2012Theodore Belkov Bishop of Pokrovsk and Novouzensk, b. 1960
• 6 December 2012Paisii Kuznetsov Bishop of Yaransk and Luzsk, b. 1975
• 13 December 2012Gedeon Gubka Bishop of Vyksa and Pavlovsk, b. 1962
• 23 December 2012Daniel Kuznetsov Bishop of Guriev, b. 1980
• 25 January 2013Ignatii Rumyantsev Bishop of Uvarovsk and Kirsanovsk, b. 1971
• 27 January 2013Varlaam Ponomaryov Archbishop of Makhachkala and Derbent, b. 1974
• 31 March 2013Silouan Vyurov Bishop of Pavlovo-Posadskii, b. 1972
• 14 April 2013Feognost Dmitriev Bishop of Serov and Krasnoturinsk, b. 1965
• 28 April 2013Ferapont Kashin Metropolitan of Kostroma and Nerekhta, b. 1969
• 19 May 2013Diodor Isayev Bishop of Melekess and Cherdakly, b. 1976
• 13 June 2013Sergii Bulatnikov Bishop of Velikie Luki and Nevel, b. 1950
• 17 June 2013Leonid Gorbachev Archbishop of Vladikavkaz and the Alans, b. 1968
• 11 July 2013Ignatii Tarasov Bishop of Kostomuksha and Kem, b. 1976
• 19 August 2013Mitrofan Seryogin Bishop of Serdobsk and Spasskii, b. 1972
• 27 September 2013Hermogen Seryi Bishop of Michurinsk and Morshansk, b. 1973
• 29 September 2013Roman Kornev Bishop of Rubtsovsk and Aleisk, b. 1972
• 23 October 2013Serapion Kolosnitsin Archbishop of Kökşetau and Akmola, 1964–2025
• 3 November 2013Tikhon Bobov Bishop of Ishim and Aromashevo, b. 1954
• 17 November 2013Silouan Glazkin Bishop of Kalachinsk and Muromtsevo, b. 1969
• 24 November 2013Mitrofan Badanin Metropolitan of Murmansk and Monchegorsk, b. 1953
• 2 December 2013Aleksii Mulyar Bishop of Sayansk and Nizhneudinsk, b. 1976
• 25 January 2014Mefodii Kondratiev Bishop of Kamensk and Alapayevsk, b. 1957
• 23 February 2014Victorin Kostenkov Metropolitan of Izhevsk and Udmurtia, b. 1953
• 25 February 2014Stephen Kavtarashvili Bishop of Tikhoretsk and Korenovsk, b. 1971
• 16 March 2014Gregory Petrov Metropolitan of Voskresensk, b. 1974
• 22 June 2014Nikanor Anfilatov Archbishop of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and the Kurile Islands, b. 1970
• 11 July 2014Simon Morozov Bishop of Atkarsk, b. 1975
• 19 August 2014Paisii Yurkov Bishop of Zheleznogorsk and Lgov, b. 1970
• 31 August 2014Victor Sergeyev Bishop of Glazov and Igra, b. 1954
• 1 September 2014Vladimir Agibalov Bishop of Novokuznetsk and Tashtagol, b. 1966
• 9 September 2014Nektarii Seleznyov Bishop of Livny and Maloarkhangelsk, b. 1974
• 23 November 2014Flavian Mitrofanov Bishop of Cherepovets and Belozersk, b. 1975
• 2 December 2014Paul Timofeyenkov Bishop of Molodechno and Stolbtsy, b. 1963
• 14 December 2014Leonid Tolmachyov Bishop of Iskitim, b. 1975
• 28 December 2014Tikhon Chizhevskii Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk and Kolomyya, 1947–2018
• 15 February 2015Fotii Evtikheyev Bishop of Velikii Ustyug and Totma, b. 1962
• 18 May 2015Parmen Shchipelev Bishop of Chistopol and Nizhnekamsk, b. 1956
• 21 May 2015Sergii Zyatkov Bishop of Novorossiisk and Gelendzhik, b. 1967
• 28 June 2015Serapion Dunai Bishop of Yalutorovsk, b. 1967
• 9 July 2015Vsevolod Ponich Bishop of Urzhum and Omutninsk, b. 1961
• 11 July 2015Vladimir Mashtanov Bishop of Shadrinsk and Dalmatovo, b. 1965
• 12 July 2015Nicholas Krivenko Bishop of Severobaikalsk and Sosnovo-Ozerskoye, b. 1971
• 1 September 2015Vladimir Novikov Bishop of Klintsy and Trubchevsk, b. 1958
• 15 November 2015Matthew Andreyev Bishop of Sourozh, b. 1971
• 22 November 2015Savva Nikiforov Bishop of Valuiki and Alekseyevka, b. 1974
• 2 December 2015Paramon Golubka Bishop of Gorodets and Vetluga, b. 1977
• 4 December 2015Serapheim Savostyanov Bishop of Biisk and Belokurikha, b. 1971
• 6 December 2015Thomas Mosolov Archbishop of Odintsovo and Krasnogorsk, b. 1978
• 19 December 2015Sergii Kopylov Bishop of Borisogleb and Buturlinovka, b. 1983
• 27 December 2015Theodore Kazanov Metropolitan of Volgograd and Kamyshin, b. 1973
• 28 December 2015Anthony Prostikhin Bishop of Slavgorod and Kamensk, b. 1976
• 3 May 2016Arsenii Perevalov Metropolitan of Zvenigorod, b. 1979
• 1 August 2016Eugene Kulberg Metropolitan of Ekaterinburg and Verkhoturye, b. 1972
• 14 August 2016Theodore Malakhanov Archbishop of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii, b. 1978
• 27 November 2016Nicholas Degtyaryov Bishop of Chernyakovsk and Slavsk, b. 1963
• 2 December 2016Matthew Samknulov Bishop of Akhtubinsk and Yenotayevka, b. 1971
• 25 December 2016Evfimii Maksimenko Bishop of Usman, b. 1975
• 30 April 2017Alexander Zaitsev Bishop of Plesetsk and Kargopol, b. 1969
• 2 May 2017Tarasii Perov Bishop of Severomorsk and Umba, b. 1976
• 11 June 2017Meletii Pavlyuchenkov Bishop of Roslavl and Desnogorsk, b. 1977
• 2 July 2017Thomas Demchuk Bishop of Pokrovsk and Novouzensk, b. 1983
• 19 August 2017Feodorit Tikhonov Bishop of Venyov, b. 1980
• 21 August 2017Iliya Kazantsev Bishop of Birsk and Beloretsk, 1970–2018
• 18 November 2017Theophan Danchenkov Bishop of Volzhsk and Sernur, b. 1975
• 20 November 2017Ignatii Suranov Bishop of Cherepovets and Belozersk, b. 1978
• 21 August 2018Ipatii Golubev Archbishop of Satpaev, b. 1966
• 2 December 2018Spyridon Morozov Bishop of Birsk and Beloretsk, b. 1987
• 3 March 2019Savva Tutunov Archbishop of Zelenograd, b. 1978
• 7 July 2019Ignatii Grigoriev Bishop of Guriev, b. 1967
• 11 July 2019Boris Baranov Bishop of Kostomuksha and Kem, b. 1964

Sources

• patriarchia.ru

Also in: patriarchia.ru, Wikidata