George Rembelos

Life

Born

1963

Ordained deacon

September 1994

Ordained priest

September 1994

Elected bishop

10 March 2016

Consecrated bishop

12 March 2016

Sees

1. 12 March 2016 – present

   Metropolitan of Karpenision

   Church of Greece

Consecration

Consecrated 12 March 2016 by:

• Hieronymos II Liapis Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, b. 1938
• Alexander Papadopoulos Metropolitan of Mantineia and Kynouria, b. 1936
• Alexios Vrionis Metropolitan of Nikaia, b. 1944
• Hierotheos Vlachos Metropolitan of Nafpaktos and Agios Vlasios, b. 1944
• Serapheim Mentzelopoulos Metropolitan of Peiraeus, b. 1956
• Makarios Philotheou Metropolitan of Siderokastron, b. 1952
• Paul Tsaousoglou Metropolitan of Glyfada, Elliniko, Voula, Vouliagmeni and Vari, 1943–2019
• Paul Ioannou Metropolitan of Sisanion and Siatista, 1947–2019
• George Mantzouranes Metropolitan of Thebes and Levadeia, b. 1952
• Mark Vasilakes Metropolitan of Chios, b. 1965
• Gabriel Papanikolaou Metropolitan of Nea Ionia and Philadelphia, b. 1976
• Timothy Anthes Metropolitan of Thessaliotis and Phanariopharsala, b. 1964
• Chrysostom Nases Metropolitan of Trikki, Gardiki and Pyli, b. 1975
• Polycarp Chrysikos Bishop of Tanagra, 1933–2018
• Clement Koutsomytes Metropolitan of Peristerion, 1954–2021

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 13 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. George Rembelos Metropolitan of Karpenision consecrated 12 March 2016
2. Makarios Philotheou Metropolitan of Siderokastron, b. 1952 consecrated 16 December 2001
3. Anthimos Roussas Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1934 consecrated 14 July 1974
4. Gabriel Kalokairinos Metropolitan of Thera, Amorgos and Nisoi, 1910–1983 consecrated 17 November 1957
5. Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986 consecrated 16 June 1946
6. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
7. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
8. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
9. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
10. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
11. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
12. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
13. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
14. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 7

• 11 February 2018Symeon Voliotes Metropolitan of Phthiotis, b. 1977
• 7 October 2018Hieronymos Nikopoulos Metropolitan of Larisa and Tyrnavos, b. 1971
• 24 March 2019Agapios Dritsas Bishop of Kegchreon, b. 1959
• 15 October 2019Philotheos Theochares Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1977
• 16 October 2019Philotheos Theodoropoulos Bishop of Rogon, b. 1963
• 9 November 2023Paul Kitsos Metropolitan of Corinth, b. 1967
• 12 November 2023Nektarios Paraskevakos Bishop of Karyopolis, b. 1955

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr