Joachim Phoropoulos

Life

Born

3 April 1859

Ordained deacon

14 September 1880

Consecrated bishop

11 March 1901

Died

31 January 1909

Sees

1. 11 March 1901 – 1903

   Metropolitan of Melenikos

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 1903 – 1906

   Metropolitan of Pelagonia

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 1906 – 31 January 1909

   Former Metropolitan of Pelagonia

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 11 March 1901 by:

• Nathaniel Papanikas Metropolitan of Nikopolis and Preveza, 1838–1910
• Stephen Soulides Metropolitan of Methymna, 1847–1915
• Polycarp Konstantinides/Chorenos Metropolitan of Varna and Kavarna, 1834–1906
• Constantine Delegiannes/Deligiannes Metropolitan of Chios, 1842–1919
• Gervasios Horologas Metropolitan of Ioannina, 1856–1916
• Dorotheos Mammeles Metropolitan of Prousa, 1861–1921
• John Chatzeapostolou Metropolitan of Kassandreia, 1850–1915

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 3 generations back to Paisios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Joachim Phoropoulos Metropolitan of Pelagonia consecrated 11 March 1901
2. Stephen Soulides Metropolitan of Methymna, 1847–1915 consecrated 4 October 1887
3. Paisios Kourentis/Panagiotides Metropolitan of Imbros, 1830–1904 consecrated 22 December 1863
4. Paisios Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1778–1877 consecrated ca. 1819

Bishops he consecrated 2

• 8 October 1906Hierotheos Anthoulides Metropolitan of Sisanion and Siatista, 1877–1920
• 25 February 1907Nikodemos Neokles/Papageorgiou Metropolitan of Lititsa, d. 1930