Sophronios Chrestides

Life

Born

1826

Ordained deacon

1849

Ordained priest

1849

Consecrated bishop

1863

Made metropolitan

1863

Retired

1 June 1906

Died

15 November 1910

Sees

1. 1863 – 1869

   Metropolitan of Veroia and Naousa

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 1869 – 1889

   Metropolitan of Ioannina

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 1889 – 1893

   Metropolitan of Thessaloniki

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

4. 1893 – 1897

   Metropolitan of Leros and Kalymnos

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

5. 1897 – 1902

   Metropolitan of Nicaea

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

6. 1902 – 1 June 1906

   Metropolitan of Ioannina

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

7. 1 June 1906 – 15 November 1910

   Former Metropolitan of Ioannina

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 1863. His consecrators are not yet in the data.

Bishops he consecrated 9

• 6 December 1868Constantios Isaakidis Metropolitan of Ganos and Chora, 1837–1907
• 8 December 1868Ambrose Konstantinides Metropolitan of Nikopolis and Preveza, 1841–1885
• 30 January 1885John Chatzeapostolou Metropolitan of Kassandreia, 1850–1915
• 4 October 1887Stephen Soulides Metropolitan of Methymna, 1847–1915
• 23 October 1888Dionysios Stavrides Metropolitan of Silybria, 1852–1913
• 30 October 1888Chrysanthos Hierokles Metropolitan of Maroneia, 1845–1893
• 30 November 1888Gerasimos Bishop of Eudoxia, d. 1892
• 23 July 1889Athanasios Eliades Metropolitan of Iconium, 1844–1911
• 24 September 1889Basil III Georgiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1840–1929