Maksim Stamov

Life

Born

21 November 1876

Monastic tonsure

25 October 1904

Ordained deacon

31 January 1905

Ordained priest

2 February 1905

Made archimandrite

22 March 1909

Elected bishop

21 June 1915

Consecrated bishop

17 April 1916

Made metropolitan

17 April 1916

Died

7 June 1934

Sees

1. 17 April 1916 – 7 June 1934

   Metropolitan of Nevrokop

   Bulgarian Exarchate

Consecration

Consecrated 17 April 1916 by:

• Partenii Ivanov Metropolitan of Sofia, 1845–1918
• Gerasim Bairamov Metropolitan of Strumica, 1860–1918
• Hilarion Nikolov Bishop of Niš, 1872–1950

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 5 generations back to Joachim II Kokkodes; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Maksim Stamov Metropolitan of Nevrokop consecrated 17 April 1916
2. Hilarion Nikolov Bishop of Niš, 1872–1950 consecrated 28 November 1910
3. Boris Georgiev Metropolitan of Ohrid and Prespa, 1875–1938 consecrated 5 August 1910
4. Joseph I Yovchev Exarch of Bulgaria, 1840–1915 consecrated 1876
5. Antim I Chalakov Former Exarch of Exarchate of Bulgaria, 1816–1888
6. Joachim II Kokkodes Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1802–1878 consecrated December 1827