Sergii Savinykh

Life

Born

25 July 1957

Ordained deacon

17 January 2004

Ordained priest

18 January 2004

Consecrated bishop

9 September 2006

Retired

2007

Sees

1. 9 September 2006 – 2007

   Bishop of Bern and Western Europe

   Apostolic Orthodox Church

2. 2007 – present

   Former Bishop of Bern and Western Europe

   Apostolic Orthodox Church

Consecration

Consecrated 9 September 2006 by:

• Vitalii Kuzhevatov Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, b. 1966
• Rostislav Melnikov Bishop of Volga

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 15 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Sergii Savinykh Bishop of Bern and Western Europe consecrated 9 September 2006
2. Rostislav Melnikov Bishop of Volga consecrated date unknown
3. Stephen Linitskii Metropolitan of Krutitsy and Mozhaisk, b. 1934 consecrated 17 December 1996
4. John Modzalevskii Archbishop of Uman, b. 1970 consecrated 17 June 1996
5. Roman Blashchuk/Balashchuk Metropolitan of Vinnytsya and Bratslav, b. 1953 consecrated 22 May 1990
6. John Bodnarchuk Metropolitan of Lutsk and Volyn, 1929–1994 consecrated 23 October 1977
7. Nicholas Yurik Metropolitan of Lviv and Ternopil, 1910–1984 consecrated 31 October 1965
8. Aleksii I Simanskii Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1877–1970 consecrated 28 April 1913
9. Ioannikii Dyachkov Bishop of Olonets and Petrozavodsk, 1858–1918 consecrated 30 September 1907
10. Gurii Okhotin Archbishop of Novgorod and Staraya Russa, 1828–1912 consecrated 29 January 1890
11. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
12. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
13. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
14. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
15. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
16. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735