Agathonikos Philippotis

Life

Born

17 January 1918

Monastic tonsure

21 February 1942

Ordained deacon

22 February 1942

Ordained priest

21 February 1949

Made archimandrite

30 August 1949

Consecrated bishop

26 May 1974

Made metropolitan

26 May 1974

Retired

3 April 2004

Died

1 September 2015

Sees

1. 26 May 1974 – 3 April 2004

   Metropolitan of Mesogaia and Lavreotika

   Church of Greece

2. 3 April 2004 – 1 September 2015

   Former Metropolitan of Mesogaia and Lavreotika

   Church of Greece

Consecration

Consecrated 26 May 1974 by:

• Damaskinos Papachrestou Metropolitan of Phthiotis, 1914–1996
• Theokletos Philippaios Metropolitan of Mantineia and Kynouria, 1918–1995
• Panteleimon Mertyres Metropolitan of Lemnos, 1910–1998
• Alexander Kantones Metropolitan of Peristerion, 1907–1978

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 1 generation back to Damaskinos Papachrestou; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Agathonikos Philippotis Metropolitan of Mesogaia and Lavreotika consecrated 26 May 1974
2. Damaskinos Papachrestou Metropolitan of Phthiotis, 1914–1996 consecrated 15 May 1960

Bishops he consecrated 3

• 14 July 1974Anthimos Roussas Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1934
• 21 November 1985Gregory III Papoutsopoulos Metropolitan of Kastoria, 1933–1996
• 22 January 2000Daniel Pourtsoukles Metropolitan of Kaisariani, Vyron and Ymittos, b. 1952