Pakhomii Lozanov

Life

Born

25 April 1978

Ordained deacon

2002

Ordained priest

2002

Monastic tonsure

June 2002

Made archimandrite

9 March 2015

Consecrated bishop

19 October 2021

Sees

1. 19 October 2021 – present

   Bishop of Braničevo

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 19 October 2021 by:

• John Ivanov Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, b. 1969
• Anthony Mikhalev Metropolitan of Western and Central Europe, b. 1978
• Serapheim Dinkov Metropolitan of Nevrokop, b. 1974
• Gregory Tsvetkov Metropolitan of Vratsa, b. 1970
• Daniel Nikolov Metropolitan of Vidin, b. 1972
• Iakov Donchev Bishop of Constantia, b. 1971
• Gerasim Georgiev Bishop of Melnik, b. 1979
• Evlogii Stamboldzhiev Bishop of Adrianopolis, b. 1954
• Hierotheos Kosakov Bishop of Agathopolis, b. 1977

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 9 generations back to Anthimos IV Vamvakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Pakhomii Lozanov Bishop of Braničevo consecrated 19 October 2021
2. Gregory Tsvetkov Metropolitan of Vratsa, b. 1970 consecrated 29 October 2010
3. Constantine Petrov Bishop of Markianopol, 1941–2017 consecrated 27 August 1997
4. Pimen Enev Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1906–1999 consecrated 21 December 1947
5. Stephen I Shokov Metropolitan of Sofia, 1878–1957 consecrated 1 April 1921
6. Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927 consecrated 18 July 1899
7. Constantine V Valiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1833–1914 consecrated 30 January 1876
8. Methodios Aronis Metropolitan of Mytilini, d. 1897 consecrated 12 November 1867
9. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
10. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825