Michael Knyazevskii

Life

Born

4 November 1879

Ordained priest

1902

Made archbishop

1928

Consecrated bishop

24 May 1928

Made metropolitan

11 November 1929

Died

28 September 1937

Sees

1. 24 May 1928 – 1928

   Bishop of Smolensk

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

2. 1928 – 11 November 1929

   Archbishop of Smolensk

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

3. 11 November 1929 – 1932

   Metropolitan of Smolensk

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

4. 1932 – 1933

   Metropolitan of Orekhovo-Zuyevo

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

5. 1933 – 1935

   Metropolitan of Moscow

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

6. 1935 – 1936

   Metropolitan of Syktyvkar

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

7. 1936 – 1937

   Former Metropolitan of Syktyvkar

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

8. 1937

   Metropolitan of Voronezh

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

9. 1937 – 28 September 1937

   Metropolitan of Ivanovo

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

Consecration

Consecrated 24 May 1928 by:

• Alexander Vvedenskii Metropolitan of Western Siberia, 1888–1937

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 1 generation back to Alexander Vvedenskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Michael Knyazevskii Metropolitan of Ivanovo consecrated 24 May 1928
2. Alexander Vvedenskii Metropolitan of Western Siberia, 1888–1937 consecrated 15 April 1923