Michael Chavdarov

Life

Born

6 April 1884

Monastic tonsure

24 December 1911

Ordained deacon

25 December 1911

Ordained priest

1 August 1912

Made archimandrite

6 January 1915

Consecrated bishop

28 April 1924

Made metropolitan

3 April 1927

Died

18 May 1961

Sees

1. 28 April 1924 – 3 April 1927

   Bishop of Velika

   Vicar of Varna · Patriarchate of Bulgaria

2. 3 April 1927 – 18 May 1961

   Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 28 April 1924 by:

• Symeon Popov Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, 1840–1937
• Paul Popkonstantinov Metropolitan of Stara Zagora, 1882–1940
• Varlaam Konstantinov Bishop of Levkada, 1851–1937

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 Symeon Popov; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Michael Chavdarov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven consecrated 28 April 1924
2. Symeon Popov Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, 1840–1937 consecrated 21 August 1872

Sources

Also in: Wikidata