Panteleimon Kontogiannis

Life

Born

7 February 1935

Ordained deacon

1954

Ordained priest

1957

Consecrated bishop

18 August 1974

Made metropolitan

22 December 1982

Retired

26 November 2013

Died

24 January 2023

Sees

1. 18 August 1974 – 22 December 1982

   Bishop of Apollonia

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 22 December 1982 – 26 November 2013

   Metropolitan of Belgium

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 26 November 2013 – 24 January 2023

   Former Metropolitan of Belgium

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 18 August 1974 by:

• Emilianos Zacharopoulos Former Metropolitan of Kos and Nisyros, 1915–2011
• Paul Menebisoglou Metropolitan of Amaseia, 1935–2022
• Jeremiah Kaligeorgis Metropolitan of Ancyra, b. 1935

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 13 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Panteleimon Kontogiannis Former Metropolitan of Belgium consecrated 18 August 1974
2. Emilianos Zacharopoulos Former Metropolitan of Kos and Nisyros, 1915–2011 consecrated 12 June 1959
3. Iakovos Tzanavares/Papaioannou Metropolitan of Germany, 1920–1971 consecrated 8 August 1954
4. Iakovos Stefanidis Metropolitan of Iconium, 1916–1965 consecrated 7 July 1950
5. Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986 consecrated 16 June 1946
6. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
7. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
8. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
9. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
10. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
11. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
12. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
13. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
14. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 28 October 1990Meliton Karas Metropolitan of Philadelphia, b. 1951

Sources

Also in: Wikidata