Irinej Ćirić

Life

Born

1 May 1884

Monastic tonsure

1908

Ordained deacon

1908

Ordained priest

1919

Made archimandrite

1919

Consecrated bishop

15 June 1919

Died

5 April 1955

Sees

1. 15 June 1919 – 24 November 1921

   Bishop of Timok

   Patriarchate of Serbia

2. 24 November 1921 – 5 April 1955

   Bishop of Bačka

   Patriarchate of Serbia

Consecration

Consecrated 15 June 1919 by:

• Dimtrije Pavlović Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1846–1930
• Barnabas Rosić Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1880–1937
• Dositej Vasić Metropolitan of Zagreb, 1877–1945
• Nicholas Velimirović Bishop of Žiča, 1880–1956

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 6 generations back to Paisios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Irinej Ćirić Bishop of Bačka consecrated 15 June 1919
2. Barnabas Rosić Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1880–1937 consecrated 10 April 1910
3. Philaretos Vapheides Metropolitan of Heraclea, 1850–1933 consecrated 22 May 1888
4. Anthimos Peltekes Former Metropolitan of Devra and Velissa, 1840–1909 consecrated 21 May 1888
5. Kallinikos Metropolitan of Moglen, 1820–1911 consecrated 2 April 1872
6. Paisios Kourentis/Panagiotides Metropolitan of Imbros, 1830–1904 consecrated 22 December 1863
7. Paisios Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1778–1877 consecrated ca. 1819

Bishops he consecrated 4

• 21 March 1926John Ilić Bishop of Niš, 1884–1975
• 1936Vincent Prodanov Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1890–1958
• 4 October 1936Platon of Banja Luka Jovanović Bishop of Banja Luka, 1874–1941
• 4 February 1940Arsenije Bradvarević Metropolitan of Budim, 1883–1963

Sources

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