Iakov Donchev

Life

Born

7 March 1971

Monastic tonsure

9 October 2007

Ordained deacon

23 December 2007

Ordained priest

26 December 2007

Made archimandrite

18 March 2012

Consecrated bishop

20 December 2016

Made metropolitan

25 October 2020

Sees

1. 20 December 2016 – 25 October 2020

   Bishop of Constantia

   Vicar of Plovdiv · Patriarchate of Bulgaria

2. 25 October 2020 – present

   Metropolitan of Dorostol

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 20 December 2016 by:

• Nicholas Sevastiyanov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, b. 1969
• Gregory Stefanov Metropolitan of Veliko Turnovo, b. 1950
• Gabriel Dinev Metropolitan of Lovech, b. 1950
• John Ivanov Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, b. 1969
• Serapheim Dinkov Metropolitan of Nevrokop, b. 1974
• Cyprian Kazandzhiev Bishop of Troyan, b. 1976
• Gerasim Georgiev Bishop of Melnik, b. 1979
• Sionii Radev Bishop of Velika, b. 1969
• Gregory Tsvetkov Metropolitan of Vratsa, b. 1970
• Hierotheos Kosakov Bishop of Agathopolis, b. 1977
• Arsenii Lazarov Bishop of Znepole, b. 1986

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. Iakov Donchev Bishop of Constantia consecrated 20 December 2016
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

Bishops he consecrated 5

• 21 February 2021Visarion Grivov Bishop of Smolyan, b. 1971
• 26 September 2021Mikhail Dilovski Bishop of Constantia, b. 1981
• 19 October 2021Pakhomii Lozanov Bishop of Braničevo, b. 1978
• 26 June 2022Makarii Chakarov Bishop of Glavinica, b. 1981
• 10 June 2023Isaac Boyadzhiiski Bishop of Velbudzh, b. 1982

Sources

Also in: Wikidata