Eireneos Galanakes

Life

Born

1911

Ordained deacon

1946

Ordained priest

1946

Consecrated bishop

8 December 1957

Made metropolitan

25 September 1962

Retired

August 2005

Died

30 April 2013

Sees

1. 8 December 1957 – 25 September 1962

   Bishop of Kissamos and Selino

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 25 September 1962 – 16 December 1971

   Metropolitan of Kissamos and Selino

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 16 December 1971 – 29 September 1980

   Metropolitan of Germany

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

4. 29 September 1980 – 26 January 1982

   Former Metropolitan of Germany

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

5. 26 January 1982 – 24 August 2005

   Metropolitan of Kissamos and Selino

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

6. 24 August 2005 – 30 April 2013

   Former Metropolitan of Kissamos and Selino

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 8 December 1957 by:

• Eugene Psalidakes Archbishop of Crete, 1912–1978
• Agathangelos Xerouchakes Bishop of Kydonia and Apokoronos, 1872–1958
• Philotheos Mazokopakes Metropolitan of Ierapytna and Sitia, 1892–1960
• Demetrios Bourlakes Metropolitan of Petras, d. 1990
• Isidore Rousochatzakes Metropolitan of Lambi and Sfakia, 1904–1968
• Timothy Papoutsakis Archbishop of Crete, 1915–2006

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 6 generations back to Sophronios IV Meidantzoglou; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Eireneos Galanakes Metropolitan of Kissamos and Selino consecrated 8 December 1957
2. Demetrios Bourlakes Metropolitan of Petras, d. 1990 consecrated 19 August 1956
3. Athanasios Apostolakes Metropolitan of Rethymno and Avlopotamos, 1892–1981 consecrated 16 February 1936
4. Timothy Veneres Metropolitan of Crete, 1876–1941 consecrated 28 March 1916
5. Eumenios Xyroudakes Metropolitan of Crete, 1845–1920 consecrated 28 December 1886
6. Joachim III Devetzes/Demetriades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1834–1912 consecrated 11 December 1864
7. Sophronios IV Meidantzoglou Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, 1798–1899 consecrated 29 June 1839

Bishops he consecrated 2

• 29 March 1959Nikephoros Sytzanakes Metropolitan of Kydonia and Apokoronos, 1894–1975
• 26 March 1972Augustine Lambardakis Metropolitan of Germany, b. 1938

Sources

Also in: Wikidata