Christopher II Danielides

Life

Born

17 January 1876

Ordained deacon

1899

Consecrated bishop

3 August 1908

Became patriarch

21 June 1939

Retired

16 November 1966

Died

23 July 1967

Sees

1. 3 August 1908 – 30 November 1914

   Metropolitan of Axium

   Patriarchate of Alexandria

2. 30 November 1914 – 21 June 1939

   Metropolitan of Leontopolis

   Patriarchate of Alexandria

3. 21 June 1939 – 16 November 1966

   Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa

   Patriarchate of Alexandria

4. 16 November 1966 – 23 July 1967

   Former Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa

   Patriarchate of Alexandria

Consecration

Consecrated 3 August 1908 by:

• Photios Peroglou Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, 1853–1925
• Theophanes Moschonas Metropolitan of Tripoli, 1864–1954
• Nektarios Iordanides Metropolitan of Memphis, 1862–1924
• Michael Triantaphyllides Metropolitan of Ptolemais, 1855–1914

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 Paisios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Christopher II Danielides Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa consecrated 3 August 1908
2. Michael Triantaphyllides Metropolitan of Ptolemais, 1855–1914 consecrated 23 July 1900
3. Dionysios Stavrides Metropolitan of Silybria, 1852–1913 consecrated 23 October 1888
4. Kallinikos Metropolitan of Moglen, 1820–1911 consecrated 2 April 1872
5. Paisios Kourentis/Panagiotides Metropolitan of Imbros, 1830–1904 consecrated 22 December 1863
6. Paisios Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1778–1877 consecrated ca. 1819

Bishops he consecrated 8

• 14 September 1908Sophronios Eustratiades Metropolitan of Leontopolis, 1872–1947
• 30 November 1914Polyeuktos Kyriakides Metropolitan of Pelusium, 1874–1931
• 1 January 1928Nicholas Abdallah/Theodoulou Metropolitan of Axium, 1890–1967
• 1 April 1928Isidore Georgiades Metropolitan of Johannesburg, 1881–1938
• 3 December 1939Nikodemos Zacharoules Metropolitan of Johannesburg and Pretoria, 1881–1966
• 20 April 1940Dionysios Kykkotis Bishop of Mareotis, 1887–1942
• 6 December 1940Hilarion Koiverakes Metropolitan of Memphis, 1897–1972
• 21 November 1942Athanasios Sphakianos Bishop of Mareotis, 1907–1953

Sources

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