Stephen Knežević

Life

Born

15 June 1806

Ordained deacon

21 May 1833

Ordained priest

November 1835

Consecrated bishop

17 May 1853

Died

28 January 1890

Sees

1. 17 May 1853 – 1870

   Bishop of Dalmatia

   Metropolis of Bukovina

2. 1870 – 28 January 1890

   Bishop of Dalmatia and Istria

   Metropolis of Bukovina

Consecration

Consecrated 17 May 1853 by:

• Joseph Rajačić Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1785–1861

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 4 generations back to Moses Putnik; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Stephen Knežević Bishop of Dalmatia and Istria consecrated 17 May 1853
2. Joseph Rajačić Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1785–1861 consecrated 24 June 1829
3. Stephen Stanković Metropolitan of Karlovci, 1788–1841 consecrated 20 January 1829
4. Stephen Stratimirović Metropolitan of Karlovci, 1757–1836 consecrated 1786
5. Moses Putnik Metropolitan of Karlovci, 1728–1790

Sources

Also in: Wikidata