Chrysostom Tsiter

Life

Born

1903

Consecrated bishop

6 November 1955

Made metropolitan

22 October 1963

Retired

5 November 1991

Died

2 April 1995

Sees

1. 6 November 1955 – 22 October 1963

   Bishop of Thermos

   Vicar of Thyateira and Great Britain · Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 22 October 1963 – 5 November 1991

   Metropolitan of Austria

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 5 November 1991 – 2 April 1995

   Former Metropolitan of Austria

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 6 November 1955 by:

• Athenagoras Cavadas Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, 1885–1962
• Chrysostom II Chatzestaurou Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1880–1968
• Iakovos III Vavanatsos Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1895–1984
• Meletios Karabinis Metropolitan of France, 1914–1993
• Iakovos Coucouzes Former Archbishop of North and South America, 1911–2005

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 11 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Chrysostom Tsiter Metropolitan of Austria consecrated 6 November 1955
2. Iakovos Coucouzes Former Archbishop of North and South America, 1911–2005 consecrated 6 February 1955
3. Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986 consecrated 16 June 1946
4. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
5. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
6. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
7. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
8. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
9. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
10. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
11. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
12. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 5

• 13 May 1956Iakovos Virvos Metropolitan of Christoupolis, 1901–1976
• 14 October 1956Jüri Välbe Bishop of Ravenna, 1881–1961
• 6 December 1959Dionysios Psiachas Metropolitan of Prousa, 1916–2008
• 25 September 1960Emilianos Timiadis Metropolitan of Silybria, 1916–2008
• 12 January 1986Michael Staikos Metropolitan of Austria, 1946–2011

Sources

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