Hilarion Nikolov

Life

Born

14 September 1872

Ordained deacon

1895

Monastic tonsure

23 November 1895

Ordained priest

23 November 1903

Made archimandrite

1907

Consecrated bishop

28 November 1910

Died

14 April 1950

Sees

1. 28 November 1910 – 14 April 1950

   Bishop of Niš

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 28 November 1910 by:

• Gerasim Bairamov Metropolitan of Strumica, 1860–1918
• Boris Georgiev Metropolitan of Ohrid and Prespa, 1875–1938

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 Joachim II Kokkodes; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Hilarion Nikolov Bishop of Niš consecrated 28 November 1910
2. Boris Georgiev Metropolitan of Ohrid and Prespa, 1875–1938 consecrated 5 August 1910
3. Joseph I Yovchev Exarch of Bulgaria, 1840–1915 consecrated 1876
4. Antim I Chalakov Former Exarch of Exarchate of Bulgaria, 1816–1888
5. Joachim II Kokkodes Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1802–1878 consecrated December 1827

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 17 April 1916Maksim Stamov Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1876–1934