Ioannikii Smirnov

Life

Born

23 June 1888

Ordained deacon

26 December 1910

Monastic tonsure

17 April 1912

Ordained priest

1920

Consecrated bishop

Spring 1921/1922

Died

after 1931

Sees

1. Spring 1921/1922 – 1928

   Bishop of Insar, Primate of the Free Labor Church

   Free Labor Church

2. 1928 – after 1931

   Former Bishop of Insar

   Free Labor Church

Consecration

Consecrated Spring 1921/1922 by:

• Vladimir Putyata Former Archbishop of Penza and Saransk, 1869–1936

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 Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Ioannikii Smirnov Bishop of Insar consecrated Spring 1921/1922
2. Vladimir Putyata Former Archbishop of Penza and Saransk, 1869–1936 consecrated 6 August 1907
3. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
4. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
5. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
6. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
7. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
8. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
9. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735