Orthodox Hierarchs

Patriarchate of Moscow

John Shirokov

Иоанн

Bishop of Volokolamsk · 1893–1937

Born Andrei Alekseyevich Shirokov (Андрей Алексеевич Широков)

Life

Born
19 December 1893
Monastic tonsure
4 January 1923
Consecrated bishop
4 November 1929
Died
19 August 1937

Sees

  1. 4 November 1929 – 15 June 1931

    Bishop of Marii

    Vicar of Nizhny Novgorod · Patriarchate of Moscow

  2. 15 June 1931 – 24 August 1931

    Bishop of Cheboksary

    Vicar of Kazan · Patriarchate of Moscow

  3. 24 August 1931 – 29 September 1931

    Bishop of Marii

    Vicar of Nizhny Novgorod · Patriarchate of Moscow

  4. 29 September 1931 – 3 May 1934

    Bishop of Volokolamsk

    Vicar of Moscow · Patriarchate of Moscow

  5. 3 May 1934 – 14 May 1934

    Bishop of Murom

    Vicar of Gorky · Patriarchate of Moscow

  6. 14 May 1934 – January 1936

    Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuyevo

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  7. January 1936 – 1 August 1936

    Bishop of Dmitrov

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  8. 1 August 1936 – 19 August 1937

    Bishop of Volokolamsk

    Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 4 November 1929 by:

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. John Shirokov Bishop of Volokolamsk consecrated 4 November 1929
  2. Sergii Stragorodskii Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1867–1944 consecrated 25 February 1901
  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

Bishops he consecrated 5

Sources

Also in: Wikidata

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