Neofit Karaabov

Life

Born

17 July 1868

Ordained deacon

12 January 1889

Ordained priest

13 January 1889

Made archimandrite

28 March 1905

Consecrated bishop

21 June 1909

Made metropolitan

26 October 1914

Died

26 February 1971

Sees

1. 21 June 1909 – 26 October 1914

   Bishop of Velika

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

2. 26 October 1914 – 26 February 1971

   Metropolitan of Vidin

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 21 June 1909 by:

• Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927
• Symeon Popov Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, 1840–1937
• Partenii Ivanov Metropolitan of Sofia, 1845–1918
• Antim Varbanov Metropolitan of Turnovo, 1854–1914
• Joseph I Yovchev Exarch of Bulgaria, 1840–1915

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 5 generations back to Anthimos IV Vamvakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Neofit Karaabov Metropolitan of Vidin consecrated 21 June 1909
2. Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927 consecrated 18 July 1899
3. Constantine V Valiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1833–1914 consecrated 30 January 1876
4. Methodios Aronis Metropolitan of Mytilini, d. 1897 consecrated 12 November 1867
5. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
6. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 12 July 1936Cyril Konstantinov Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia, 1901–1971

Sources

• wikidata.org

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