John Stoikov

Life

Born

29 November 1949

Monastic tonsure

11 January 1969

Ordained deacon

30 March 1969

Ordained priest

21 May 1971

Made archimandrite

1 January 1976

Consecrated bishop

30 November 2010

Died

22 February 2019

Sees

1. 30 November 2010 – 22 February 2019

   Bishop of Glavinica

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 30 November 2010 by:

• Yoanikii Nedelchev Metropolitan of Sliven, b. 1939
• Dometian Topuzliev Metropolitan of Vidin, 1932–2017
• Symeon Kostadinov Former Metropolitan of Western and Central Europe, 1926–2016
• Cyril Kovachev Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, 1954–2013
• Joseph Bosakov Metropolitan of America, Canada and Australia, b. 1942
• Gregory Stefanov Metropolitan of Veliko Turnovo, b. 1950
• Neofit Dimitrov Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia, b. 1945
• Nathaniel Kalaidzhiev Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1952–2013
• Gabriel Dinev Metropolitan of Lovech, b. 1950
• Ambrose Parashkevov Metropolitan of Dorostol, 1942–2020
• Naum Dimitrov Metropolitan of Ruse (Cherven), b. 1968
• John Ivanov Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, b. 1969
• Paul Petrov Bishop of Levski, b. 1957
• Tikhon Ivanov Bishop of Tiberiopolis (Strumica), b. 1945
• Constantine Petrov Bishop of Markianopol, 1941–2017
• Maksim Minkov Metropolitan of Sofia, Patriarch of Bulgaria, 1914–2012

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 Anthimos IV Vamvakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. John Stoikov Bishop of Glavinica consecrated 30 November 2010
2. Maksim Minkov Metropolitan of Sofia, Patriarch of Bulgaria, 1914–2012 consecrated 30 December 1956
3. Cyril Konstantinov Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia, 1901–1971 consecrated 12 July 1936
4. Neofit Karaabov Metropolitan of Vidin, 1868–1971 consecrated 21 June 1909
5. Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927 consecrated 18 July 1899
6. Constantine V Valiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1833–1914 consecrated 30 January 1876
7. Methodios Aronis Metropolitan of Mytilini, d. 1897 consecrated 12 November 1867
8. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
9. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825

Sources

• wikidata.org

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