Valerian Stefanović

Life

Born

28 June 1908

Monastic tonsure

5 April 1938

Ordained deacon

7 April 1938

Ordained priest

1 September 1940

Consecrated bishop

26 January 1941

Died

26 October 1976

Sees

1. 26 January 1941 – 20 May 1947

   Bishop of Budimlja

   Patriarchate of Serbia

2. 20 May 1947 – 26 October 1976

   Bishop of Šumadija

   Patriarchate of Serbia

3. 1947 – 1949

   Locum tenens of Žiča

   Patriarchate of Serbia

Consecration

Consecrated 26 January 1941 by:

• Gabriel IV Dožić-Medenica Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1881–1950
• Anastasii Gribanovskii Former Metropolitan of Chișinău and Hotin, 1873–1965
• Emilijan Piperković Bishop of Timok, 1886–1970

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 2 generations back to Dimtrije Pavlović; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Valerian Stefanović Bishop of Šumadija consecrated 26 January 1941
2. Gabriel IV Dožić-Medenica Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1881–1950 consecrated 4 December 1911
3. Dimtrije Pavlović Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1846–1930 consecrated 8 November 1884

Bishops he consecrated 3

• 3 June 1947Nikanor Iličić Bishop of Srem, 1906–1986
• 15 July 1951German Đorić Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1899–1991
• 9 August 1959Stephen Boca Bishop of Žiča, 1916–2003

Sources

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