Filaret Ignatov

Life

Born

5 June 1921

Monastic tonsure

29 May 1941

Ordained deacon

11 January 1942

Ordained priest

29 June 1953

Made archimandrite

26 April 1954

Consecrated bishop

30 June 1968

Made metropolitan

2 May 1971

Died

4 June 1987

Sees

1. 30 June 1968 – 2 May 1971

   Bishop of Velika

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

2. 2 May 1971 – 4 June 1987

   Metropolitan of Vidin

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 30 June 1968 by:

• Cyril Konstantinov Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia, 1901–1971

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 7 generations back to Anthimos IV Vamvakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Filaret Ignatov Metropolitan of Vidin consecrated 30 June 1968
2. Cyril Konstantinov Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia, 1901–1971 consecrated 12 July 1936
3. Neofit Karaabov Metropolitan of Vidin, 1868–1971 consecrated 21 June 1909
4. Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927 consecrated 18 July 1899
5. Constantine V Valiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1833–1914 consecrated 30 January 1876
6. Methodios Aronis Metropolitan of Mytilini, d. 1897 consecrated 12 November 1867
7. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
8. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825

Sources

Also in: Wikidata