Joseph Chernov

Life

Born

15 June 1893

Monastic tonsure

19 February 1918

Ordained deacon

1919

Ordained priest

1920

Made archimandrite

1927

Consecrated bishop

14 November 1932

Made archbishop

25 February 1958

Made metropolitan

25 February 1968

Died

4 September 1975

Sees

1. 14 November 1932 – 16 February 1933

   Bishop of Taganrog

   Vicar of Rostov · Patriarchate of Moscow

2. 16 February 1933 – 1942

   Bishop of Novocherkassk and the Don

   Patriarchate of Moscow

3. 1943 – 22 November 1956

   Bishop of No See

   Patriarchate of Moscow

4. 22 November 1956 – 14 March 1957

   Bishop of Petropavl

   Vicar of Almaty · Patriarchate of Moscow

5. 14 March 1957 – 25 February 1958

   Bishop of Petropavl and Qostanai

   Patriarchate of Moscow

6. 25 February 1958 – 15 September 1960

   Archbishop of Petropavl and Qostanai

   Patriarchate of Moscow

7. 15 September 1960 – 25 February 1968

   Archbishop of Almaty and Kazakhstan

   Patriarchate of Moscow

8. 25 February 1968 – 4 September 1975

   Metropolitan of Almaty and Kazakhstan

   Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 14 November 1932 by:

• Pitirim Krylov Archbishop of Velikii Ustyug, 1895–1937
• Nicholas Amassiiskii Metropolitan of Rostov-on-Don, 1859–1945
• Nazarii Andreyev Archbishop of Stavropol, 1865–1940
• Alexander Byalozor/Belozor Former Bishop of Rostov and Taganrog, 1866–1933

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 9 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Joseph Chernov Metropolitan of Almaty and Kazakhstan consecrated 14 November 1932
2. Nazarii Andreyev Archbishop of Stavropol, 1865–1940 consecrated 1 July 1912
3. Feodosii Feodosiev Former Archbishop of Vilnius and Lida, 1864–1943 consecrated 23 March 1903
4. Gurii Okhotin Archbishop of Novgorod and Staraya Russa, 1828–1912 consecrated 29 January 1890
5. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
6. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
7. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
8. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
9. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
10. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 10 December 1967Nicholas Sayama Archbishop of Ramenskoye, 1914–2008

Sources

Also in: Wikidata