Cyril Popovich/Popovski

Life

Born

21 July 1934

Monastic tonsure

6 April 1964

Ordained deacon

7 April 1964

Consecrated bishop

12 July 1967

Made metropolitan

18 July 1967

Died

10 June 2013

Sees

1. 12 July 1967 – 18 July 1967

   Bishop of Tiberiopolis

   Patriarchate of Serbia

2. 18 July 1967 – 1986

   Metropolitan of America, Canada and Australia

   Macedonian Orthodox Church

3. 1986 – 10 June 2013

   Metropolitan of Polog and Kumanovo

   Macedonian Orthodox Church

Consecration

Consecrated 12 July 1967 by:

• Dositej Stojković Archbishop of Ohrid and Skopje, Metropolitan of Macedonia, 1906–1981
• Clement Trajkovski Metropolitan of Ohrid and Bitola, 1912–1979
• Naum Dimovski Bishop of Zletovo and Strumica, 1912–1977
• Metodij Poposki Metropolitan of Debar and Kičevo, 1914–1976

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 8 generations back to Paisios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Cyril Popovich/Popovski Metropolitan of Polog and Kumanovo consecrated 12 July 1967
2. Dositej Stojković Archbishop of Ohrid and Skopje, Metropolitan of Macedonia, 1906–1981 consecrated 1951
3. Vincent Prodanov Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1890–1958 consecrated 1936
4. Barnabas Rosić Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1880–1937 consecrated 10 April 1910
5. Philaretos Vapheides Metropolitan of Heraclea, 1850–1933 consecrated 22 May 1888
6. Anthimos Peltekes Former Metropolitan of Devra and Velissa, 1840–1909 consecrated 21 May 1888
7. Kallinikos Metropolitan of Moglen, 1820–1911 consecrated 2 April 1872
8. Paisios Kourentis/Panagiotides Metropolitan of Imbros, 1830–1904 consecrated 22 December 1863
9. Paisios Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1778–1877 consecrated ca. 1819

Bishops he consecrated 3

• 24 December 1977Gabriel Miloshev Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia, 1912–1996
• 21 June 2005Metodij Zlatanov Metropolitan of America and Canada, b. 1963
• 12 July 2005Clement Bozhinovski Bishop of Heraclea, b. 1972

Sources

Also in: Wikidata