Nikanor Popović

Life

Born

1831

Monastic tonsure

25 September 1890

Made archimandrite

20 October 1891

Consecrated bishop

24 December 1891

Died

22 July 1901

Sees

1. 24 December 1891 – 22 July 1901

   Bishop of Timișoara

   Patriarchate of Serbia

Consecration

Consecrated 24 December 1891 by:

• George Branković Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1830–1907
• Nektarije Dimitrijević Bishop of Vršac, 1839–1895
• Miron Nikolić Bishop of Pakrač, 1846–1941

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 Moses Putnik; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Nikanor Popović Bishop of Timișoara consecrated 24 December 1891
2. Nektarije Dimitrijević Bishop of Vršac, 1839–1895 consecrated 27 January 1887
3. German Anđelić Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1822–1888 consecrated 11 August 1874
4. Prokopije Ivačković Metropolitan and Patriarch of Karlovci, 1808–1881 consecrated 11 May 1853
5. Joseph Rajačić Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1785–1861 consecrated 24 June 1829
6. Stephen Stanković Metropolitan of Karlovci, 1788–1841 consecrated 20 January 1829
7. Stephen Stratimirović Metropolitan of Karlovci, 1757–1836 consecrated 1786
8. Moses Putnik Metropolitan of Karlovci, 1728–1790

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 23 April 1894German Opačić Bishop of Bačka, 1857–1899

Sources

Also in: Wikidata