Melkhisedek Nikolin/Nikolev

Life

Born

7 November 1870

Consecrated bishop

26 September 1920

Made archbishop

May 1922

Made metropolitan

1927

Died

after 1944

Sees

1. 26 September 1920 – May 1922

   Bishop of Kashira

   Vicar of Tula · Patriarchate of Moscow

2. May 1922 – 1924

   Archbishop of Novocherkassk and the Don

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

3. 1924 – 1925

   Archbishop of Vladikavkaz and Georgia

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

4. 1925 – 1926

   Archbishop of Yaroslavl

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

5. 1926 – 1927

   Archbishop of Tver

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

6. 1927 – 1928

   Metropolitan of Tver

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

7. 1928

   Metropolitan of Vladimir

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

8. 1928 – 1931

   Metropolitan of Almaty

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

9. 1931

   Metropolitan of Cherepovets

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

10. 1931 – 1932

    Metropolitan of Novgorod

    Renovationist Schism (Russia)

11. 1932

    Former Metropolitan of Novgorod

    Renovationist Schism (Russia)

12. 1932 – 1933

    Metropolitan of Karelia

    Renovationist Schism (Russia)

13. 1933 – 1934

    Former Metropolitan of Karelia

    Renovationist Schism (Russia)

14. 1934 – 1935

    Metropolitan of Borisogleb

    Renovationist Schism (Russia)

15. 1935 – 30 December 1935

    Metropolitan of Syktyvkar

    Renovationist Schism (Russia)

16. 30 December 1935 – 1944

    Metropolitan of Arkhangelsk

    Renovationist Schism (Russia)

17. 1944 – after 1944

    Bishop

    Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 26 September 1920 by:

• Tikhon Belavin Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1865–1925

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 8 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Melkhisedek Nikolin/Nikolev Bishop consecrated 26 September 1920
2. Tikhon Belavin Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1865–1925 consecrated 19 October 1897
3. Palladii Rayev-Pisarev Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1827–1898 consecrated 18 December 1866
4. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
5. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
6. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
7. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
8. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
9. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 9 May 1921Varlaam Pikalov Archbishop of Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk, 1885–1946