Chrysostom Synetos

Life

Born

1939

Monastic tonsure

1959

Ordained deacon

1961

Ordained priest

1962

Consecrated bishop

16 August 1976

Made metropolitan

1991

Sees

1. 16 August 1976 – 20 August 1991

   Bishop of Dodoni

   Church of Greece

2. 20 August 1991 – 25 May 1994

   Metropolitan of Dodoni

   Church of Greece

3. 25 May 1994 – 5 September 2011

   Metropolitan of Zakynthos

   Church of Greece

4. 5 September 2011 – 13 October 2011

   Former Metropolitan of Zakynthos

   Church of Greece

5. 13 October 2011 – present

   Metropolitan of Dodoni

   Church of Greece

Consecration

Consecrated 16 August 1976 by:

• Serapheim Tikas Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1913–1998
• Panteleimon Karanikolas Metropolitan of Corinth, 1919–2006
• Paul Sophos Metropolitan of Ierissos, Agion Oros and Ardamerion, 1910–1995
• Chrysostom Delegiannopoulos Metropolitan of Argolis, 1916–1985
• Agathangelos Tampouratzakis Metropolitan of Nea Smyrni, 1929–2001
• Spyridon Kyvetos Metropolitan of Zichnai and Nevrokopion, 1919–2003
• Cosmas Papadopoulos Metropolitan of Kampania, 1921–1992
• Peter Giakoumelos Metropolitan of Caesarea, 1932–2020

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 Synetos Metropolitan of Dodoni consecrated 16 August 1976
2. Spyridon Kyvetos Metropolitan of Zichnai and Nevrokopion, 1919–2003 consecrated 27 May 1974
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 23

• 17 August 1976Ambrose Lenes Former Metropolitan of Kalavryta and Aigialeia, b. 1938
• 15 October 1989Demetrios Bekiares Metropolitan of Goumenissa, Axiopolis and Polykastron, b. 1948
• 27 January 1995Damaskinos Karpathakes Metropolitan of Didymoteixon, Orestias and Soufli, b. 1959
• 18 October 2009Prokopios Petrides Bishop of Christianoupolis, b. 1960
• 25 October 2009Theoktistos Kloukinas Metropolitan of Phokida, b. 1950
• 1 November 2009Athanasios Bachos Bishop of Oleni, b. 1954
• 13 May 2010Dionysios Siphnaios Metropolitan of Zakynthos and Strophades, b. 1954
• 14 May 2010Cyril Misiakoules Metropolitan of Kephisia, Amarousios and Oropos, b. 1963
• 17 October 2010John Tsaftaridis Metropolitan of Zambia and Mozambique, b. 1969
• 9 October 2011Gabriel Papanikolaou Metropolitan of Nea Ionia and Philadelphia, b. 1976
• 6 October 2012Chrysostom Tsiringas Metropolitan of Nikopolis and Preveza, b. 1957
• 31 May 2015Gerasimos Phokas Metropolitan of Kefalonia, 1951–2015
• 1 June 2015Justin Bardakas Metropolitan of Nea Krini and Kalamaria, b. 1969
• 10 October 2015Demetrios Argyros Metropolitan of Kefalonia, b. 1958
• 11 October 2015Chrysostom Nases Metropolitan of Trikki, Gardiki and Pyli, b. 1975
• 3 June 2018Feoktist Igumnov Bishop of Pereslavl and Uglich, b. 1977
• 7 October 2018Hieronymos Nikopoulos Metropolitan of Larisa and Tyrnavos, b. 1971
• 5 December 2018Daniel Biazes Metropolitan of Accra, b. 1977
• 14 October 2019Eustratios Kalogeropoulos Metropolitan of Lemnos and Agios Eustratios, b. 1962
• 15 October 2019Philotheos Theochares Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1977
• 26 October 2019Prodromos Xenthakes Metropolitan of Rethymno and Avlopotamos, b. 1979
• 3 November 2019Benjamin Demopoulos Bishop of Tralles, b. 1971
• 9 October 2021Platon Krikres Metropolitan of Lagadas, Lete and Rentina, b. 1962