Sofronii Koev

Life

Born

2 November 1897

Monastic tonsure

30 June 1918

Ordained deacon

25 January 1919

Ordained priest

1923

Made archimandrite

23 April 1933

Consecrated bishop

30 June 1940

Made metropolitan

4 March 1962

Retired

19 January 1994

Died

7 June 1995

Sees

1. 30 June 1940 – 4 March 1962

   Bishop of Provat

   Vicar of Vidin · Patriarchate of Bulgaria

2. 4 March 1962 – 19 January 1994

   Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

3. 19 January 1994 – 7 June 1995

   Former Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 30 June 1940 by:

• Stephen I Shokov Metropolitan of Sofia, 1878–1957

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 6 generations back to Anthimos IV Vamvakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Sofronii Koev Former Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven consecrated 30 June 1940
2. Stephen I Shokov Metropolitan of Sofia, 1878–1957 consecrated 1 April 1921
3. Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927 consecrated 18 July 1899
4. Constantine V Valiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1833–1914 consecrated 30 January 1876
5. Methodios Aronis Metropolitan of Mytilini, d. 1897 consecrated 12 November 1867
6. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
7. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825

Sources

• wikidata.org

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