Cyril Demetriades

Life

Born

1838/1845

Ordained deacon

1860

Consecrated bishop

15 February 1870

Made metropolitan

22 March 1875

Retired

1908

Died

21 June 1921

Sees

1. 15 February 1870 – 1873

   Bishop of Myra

   Vicar of Smyrna · Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 1873 – 22 March 1875

   Bishop of Myra

   Vicar of Varna · Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 22 March 1875 – 27 November 1882

   Metropolitan of Varna

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

4. 27 November 1882 – 15 October 1888

   Metropolitan of Kastoria

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

5. 15 October 1888 – 3 January 1890

   Metropolitan of Lemnos

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

6. 3 January 1890 – 1908

   Metropolitan of Adrianopolis

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

7. 1908 – 21 June 1921

   Former Metropolitan of Adrianopolis

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 15 February 1870 by:

• Meletios Metropolitan of Smyrna, 1814–1883
• Cyril Bishop of Moschonision, d. 1872
• Dionysios Kardaras Metropolitan of Ganos and Chora, 1817–1897

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 1 generation back to Meletios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Cyril Demetriades Metropolitan of Adrianopolis consecrated 15 February 1870
2. Meletios Metropolitan of Smyrna, 1814–1883 consecrated 17 July 1845

Bishops he consecrated 7

• 9 April 1872Paisios Nikolaides Bishop of Moschonision, 1838–1882
• 8 March 1875Gerasimos Pegas Metropolitan of Poliana and Vardariotai, 1828–1888
• 30 October 1882Joannichios Giazizoglou/Grammatides Metropolitan of Diskate, 1835–1905
• 12 December 1882Ignatios Archbishop of Nevrokop, 1812–1884
• 25 February 1890Athanasios Kapouralis Metropolitan of Kastoria, 1850–1903
• 31 March 1902Stephen Danielides Metropolitan of Lemnos, 1865–1948
• 27 October 1907Alexander Demoglou Metropolitan of Corfu and Paxoi, 1876–1942