Savin Tikhov

Life

Born

8 October 1945

Ordained deacon

August 1983

Ordained priest

10 June 1984

Consecrated bishop

October 2005

Sees

1. October 2005 – present

   Bishop of Samara

   Old Orthodox Church

Consecration

Consecrated October 2005 by:

• Alexander Kalinin Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', cons. 1996
• Sergii Popkov Bishop of Siberia, cons. 2005

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 Stephen Rastorguyev; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Savin Tikhov Bishop of Samara consecrated October 2005
2. Alexander Kalinin Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', cons. 1996 consecrated February 1996
3. Aristarkh Kalinin Archbishop of Novozybkov, Moscow and All Rus', 1907–2000 consecrated 5 March 1995
4. Gennadii Antonov Archbishop of Novozybkov, Moscow and All Rus', 1903–1996 consecrated 23 September 1979
5. Varsonofii Ovsyannikov Bishop of Kursk, cons. 1969 consecrated 27 April 1969
6. Jeremiah Matvievich Archbishop of All Russia, 1883–1969 consecrated 15 March 1957
7. Epifanii Abramov Archbishop of Kuibyshev, Moscow and All Rus', d. 1965 consecrated 1950
8. John Kalinin Archbishop of Moscow and All Rus', Primate of the Old Orthodox Church, 1868–1956 consecrated 21 September 1939
9. Michael Kochetov Bishop/Primate of the Old Orthodox Church, 1860–1944 consecrated 6 July 1936
10. Stephen Rastorguyev Archbishop of Moscow and All Rus', 1861–1937 consecrated after 1917