Athanasios Apostolakes

Life

Born

1892

Ordained deacon

1926

Ordained priest

1926

Consecrated bishop

16 February 1936

Made metropolitan

25 September 1962

Retired

8 April 1968

Died

15 March 1981

Sees

1. 16 February 1936 – 25 September 1962

   Bishop of Rethymno and Avlopotamos

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 25 September 1962 – 8 April 1968

   Metropolitan of Rethymno and Avlopotamos

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 8 April 1968 – 15 March 1981

   Former Metropolitan of Rethymno and Avlopotamos

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 16 February 1936 by:

• Timothy Veneres Metropolitan of Crete, 1876–1941
• Basil Markakes Metropolitan of Crete, 1872–1950
• Dionysios Maragkoudakes Bishop of Petras, d. 1953
• Chrysostom Angelidakes Bishop of Kissamos and Selino, 1892–1937

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 4 generations back to Sophronios IV Meidantzoglou; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Athanasios Apostolakes Metropolitan of Rethymno and Avlopotamos consecrated 16 February 1936
2. Timothy Veneres Metropolitan of Crete, 1876–1941 consecrated 28 March 1916
3. Eumenios Xyroudakes Metropolitan of Crete, 1845–1920 consecrated 28 December 1886
4. Joachim III Devetzes/Demetriades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1834–1912 consecrated 11 December 1864
5. Sophronios IV Meidantzoglou Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, 1798–1899 consecrated 29 June 1839

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 19 August 1956Demetrios Bourlakes Metropolitan of Petras, d. 1990