Demetrios Argyros

Life

Born

14 October 1958

Monastic tonsure

23 December 1980

Ordained deacon

25 December 1980

Ordained priest

26 February 1987

Elected bishop

9 October 2015

Consecrated bishop

10 October 2015

Made metropolitan

10 October 2015

Sees

1. 10 October 2015 – present

   Metropolitan of Kefalonia

   Church of Greece

Consecration

Consecrated 10 October 2015 by:

• Hieronymos II Liapis Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, b. 1938
• Anthimos Roussas Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1934
• Chrysostom Synetos Metropolitan of Dodoni, b. 1939
• Germanos Paraskevopoulos Metropolitan of Eleia and Oleni, 1932–2023
• Ignatios Alexiou Metropolitan of Arta, b. 1945
• Damaskinos Karpathakes Metropolitan of Didymoteixon, Orestias and Soufli, b. 1959
• Alexios Vrionis Metropolitan of Nikaia, b. 1944
• Hierotheos Vlachos Metropolitan of Nafpaktos and Agios Vlasios, b. 1944
• Eusebios Pistoles Metropolitan of Samos and Ikaria, b. 1949
• Serapheim Papakostas Metropolitan of Kastoria, cons. 1996
• Ignatios Georgakopoulos Metropolitan of Demetrias and Almyros, b. 1956
• Ephrem Stenakis Metropolitan of Ydra, Spetsai, Aigina, Poros, Troizena and Methana, b. 1948
• Serapheim Mentzelopoulos Metropolitan of Peiraeus, b. 1956
• Theokletos Passales Metropolitan of Florina, Prespa and Eordaia, b. 1932
• Andrew Nanankes Metropolitan of Arkalochorion, Kastelion and Viannos, b. 1957
• Makarios Philotheou Metropolitan of Siderokastron, b. 1952
• Nektarios Dovas Metropolitan of Corfu, Paxoi and the Diapontian Islands, b. 1953
• Paul Tsaousoglou Metropolitan of Glyfada, Elliniko, Voula, Vouliagmeni and Vari, 1943–2019
• Chrysostom Sklephas Metropolitan of Patrai, b. 1958
• Paul Ioannou Metropolitan of Sisanion and Siatista, 1947–2019
• Dionysios Mantalos Metropolitan of Corinth, Sikion, Zemenon, Tarsus and Polyfengos, b. 1952
• Theophilos Manolatos Metropolitan of Levkada and Ithaki, b. 1963
• George Mantzouranes Metropolitan of Thebes and Levadeia, b. 1952
• Dionysios Siphnaios Metropolitan of Zakynthos and Strophades, b. 1954
• Cyril Misiakoules Metropolitan of Kephisia, Amarousios and Oropos, b. 1963
• John Tassias Metropolitan of Lagadas, Lete and Rentina, 1958–2020
• George Chrysostomou Metropolitan of Kitros, Katerini and Platamon, b. 1964
• Maximos Papagiannes Metropolitan of Ioannina, b. 1968
• Chariton Toumbas Metropolitan of Elassona and Deskate, b. 1975
• Timothy Anthes Metropolitan of Thessaliotis and Phanariopharsala, b. 1964
• Justin Bardakas Metropolitan of Nea Krini and Kalamaria, b. 1969
• Clement Koutsomytes Metropolitan of Peristerion, 1954–2021
• Chrysanthos Stellatos Bishop of Kernitsa, b. 1952

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 12 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Demetrios Argyros Metropolitan of Kefalonia consecrated 10 October 2015
2. Anthimos Roussas Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1934 consecrated 14 July 1974
3. Gabriel Kalokairinos Metropolitan of Thera, Amorgos and Nisoi, 1910–1983 consecrated 17 November 1957
4. Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986 consecrated 16 June 1946
5. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
6. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
7. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
8. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
9. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
10. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
11. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
12. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
13. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 4

• 11 October 2015Chrysostom Nases Metropolitan of Trikki, Gardiki and Pyli, b. 1975
• 7 October 2017Theokletos Lambrinakos Metropolitan of Stagoi and Meteora, b. 1967
• 10 October 2021Kallinikos Georgatos Metropolitan of Kastoria, b. 1966
• 15 October 2024Stephen Devrelis Bishop of Almopia, b. 1972

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr