Chrysostom Savvatos

Life

Born

8 September 1961

Ordained deacon

1988

Ordained priest

1990

Consecrated bishop

15 March 2007

Made metropolitan

15 March 2007

Sees

1. 15 March 2007 – present

   Metropolitan of Messenia

   Church of Greece

Consecration

Consecrated 15 March 2007 by:

• Christodoulos Paraskevaides Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1939–2008
• Chrysostom Zafeires Former Metropolitan of Peristerion, 1935–2019
• Eustathios Speliotes Metropolitan of Monemvasia and Sparta, b. 1940
• Agathonikos Fatouros Former Metropolitan of Kitros and Katerini, b. 1937
• Panteleimon Kalaphates Metropolitan of Xanthi and Peritheorion, b. 1943
• Alexios Vrionis Metropolitan of Nikaia, b. 1944
• Alexios Leontaritis Metropolitan of Diavleia, b. 1964
• Daniel Pourtsoukles Metropolitan of Kaisariani, Vyron and Ymittos, b. 1952
• Serapheim Mentzelopoulos Metropolitan of Peiraeus, b. 1956
• Dorotheos Polykandriotes Metropolitan of Syros, Tinos, Andros, Kea and Milos, b. 1963
• Paul Ioannou Metropolitan of Sisanion and Siatista, 1947–2019
• Meliton Kavatsikles Metropolitan of Marathon, 1946–2016
• Gabriel Raftopoulos Metropolitan of Leontopolis, b. 1957

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 13 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Chrysostom Savvatos Metropolitan of Messenia consecrated 15 March 2007
2. Eustathios Speliotes Metropolitan of Monemvasia and Sparta, b. 1940 consecrated 31 August 1980
3. Chrysostom Themelis Metropolitan of Messenia, 1918–2007 consecrated 21 November 1957
4. Iakovos Coucouzes Former Archbishop of North and South America, 1911–2005 consecrated 6 February 1955
5. Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986 consecrated 16 June 1946
6. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
7. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
8. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
9. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
10. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
11. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
12. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
13. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
14. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 34

• 28 June 2008George Mantzouranes Metropolitan of Thebes and Levadeia, b. 1952
• 25 October 2009Theoktistos Kloukinas Metropolitan of Phokida, b. 1950
• 14 May 2010Cyril Misiakoules Metropolitan of Kephisia, Amarousios and Oropos, b. 1963
• 6 October 2012Chrysostom Tsiringas Metropolitan of Nikopolis and Preveza, b. 1957
• 7 October 2012Theokletos Athanasopoulos Metropolitan of Ierissos, Agion Oros and Ardamerion, b. 1955
• 24 February 2013Panteleimon Moutaphes Metropolitan of Maroneia and Komotini, b. 1970
• 1 March 2014George Chrysostomou Metropolitan of Kitros, Katerini and Platamon, b. 1964
• 28 June 2014Maximos Papagiannes Metropolitan of Ioannina, b. 1968
• 29 June 2014Chariton Toumbas Metropolitan of Elassona and Deskate, b. 1975
• 30 June 2014Timothy Anthes Metropolitan of Thessaliotis and Phanariopharsala, b. 1964
• 11 October 2014Constantine Giakoumakes Metropolitan of Megara and Salamina, b. 1960
• 13 October 2014Clement Koutsomytes Metropolitan of Peristerion, 1954–2021
• 7 October 2017Theokletos Lambrinakos Metropolitan of Stagoi and Meteora, b. 1967
• 10 February 2018Chrysostom Papathanasiou Metropolitan of Mani, b. 1950
• 11 February 2018Symeon Voliotes Metropolitan of Phthiotis, b. 1977
• 7 October 2018Hieronymos Nikopoulos Metropolitan of Larisa and Tyrnavos, b. 1971
• 13 October 2019Hieronymos Karmas Metropolitan of Kalavryta and Aigialeia, b. 1966
• 14 October 2019Eustratios Kalogeropoulos Metropolitan of Lemnos and Agios Eustratios, b. 1962
• 15 October 2019Philotheos Theochares Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1977
• 17 October 2021Gregory Papathomas Metropolitan of Peristerion, b. 1960
• 8 October 2022Nikephoros Eustathiou Metropolitan of Gortyna and Megalopolis, b. 1967
• 21 October 2023Serapion Mihalakis Metropolitan of Paramythia, Filiates and Giromeri, b. 1967
• 23 October 2023Theophilos Mantzavrakos Bishop of Lakedaimon, b. 1976
• 26 October 2023Nikodemos Eustathiou Bishop of Scopelos, b. 1969
• 30 October 2023Christopher Angelopoulos Bishop of Amphipolis, b. 1974
• 4 November 2023Alexios Psoinos Metropolitan of Dryinoupolis, Pogoniani and Konitsa, b. 1963
• 9 November 2023Paul Kitsos Metropolitan of Corinth, b. 1967
• 11 November 2023Apostolos Kavaliotis Bishop of Tanagra, b. 1965
• 5 October 2024Nephon Kapogiannis Bishop of Achelos, b. 1971
• 15 October 2024Stephen Devrelis Bishop of Almopia, b. 1972
• 12 October 2025John Karamouzis Bishop of Skiathos, b. 1973
• 18 October 2025Athenagoras Birdas Metropolitan of Domenikon, b. 1964
• 11 July 2026Isidore Katsos Bishop of Andidon, b. 1975
• 10 October 2026Kallinikos Nikolaou Bishop of Asterion, b. 1973

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr

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