Orthodox Hierarchs

Patriarchate of Moscow

Benedict Plotnikov

Венедикт

Archbishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsk · 1872–1937

Born Viktor Vasilievich Plotnikov (Виктор Васильевич Плотников)

Life

Born
25 October 1872
Ordained priest
15 August 1894
Monastic tonsure
28 August 1920
Consecrated bishop
28 August 1920
Made archbishop
4 April 1933
Retired
23 May 1937
Died
16 August 1937

Sees

  1. 28 August 1920 – 1924

    Bishop of Kronstadt

    Vicar of Petrograd · Patriarchate of Moscow

  2. 1924

    Bishop of Leningrad

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  3. 1924 – 1925

    Bishop of Olonets

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  4. 1925 – 1931

    Bishop of No See

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  5. 1931 – 4 April 1933

    Bishop of Kronstadt

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  6. 4 April 1933 – 1933

    Archbishop of Kronstadt

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  7. 1933

    Archbishop of Vologda

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  8. 1933 – 1936

    Archbishop of Novgorod

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  9. 1936

    Former Archbishop of Novgorod

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  10. 1936 – 1937

    Archbishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsk

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  11. 1937 – 23 May 1937

    Archbishop of No See

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  12. 23 May 1937 – 16 August 1937

    Former Archbishop of No See

    Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 28 August 1920 by:

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 8 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

  1. Benedict Plotnikov Archbishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsk consecrated 28 August 1920
  2. Benjamin Kazanskii Metropolitan of Petrograd and Gdov, 1873–1922 consecrated 24 January 1910
  3. Vladimir Bogoyavlenskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1848–1918 consecrated 13 June 1888
  4. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
  5. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
  6. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
  7. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
  8. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
  9. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 3

Sources

Also in: Wikidata

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