Paul Apostolides

Life

Born

1963

Ordained deacon

1983

Ordained priest

1988

Elected bishop

5 October 2005

Consecrated bishop

9 October 2005

Made metropolitan

9 October 2005

Died

2 May 2022

Sees

1. 9 October 2005 – 2 May 2022

   Metropolitan of Drama

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 9 October 2005 by:

• Christodoulos Paraskevaides Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1939–2008
• Prokopios Tsakoumakas Metropolitan of Filippoi, Neapolis and Thasos, 1939–2017
• Panteleimon Kalpakides Metropolitan of Veroia, Naousa and Kampania, b. 1945
• Andrew Trembelas Metropolitan of Dryinoupolis, Pogoniani and Konitsa, b. 1939
• Serapheim Papakostas Metropolitan of Kastoria, cons. 1996
• Benedict Tsekouras Metropolitan of Diocaesarea, b. 1957
• Theologos Apostolides Metropolitan of Serrai and Nigrita, b. 1967
• Makarios Philotheou Metropolitan of Siderokastron, b. 1952
• Symeon Koutsas Metropolitan of Nea Smyrni, b. 1945
• Hierotheos Tsoliakos Metropolitan of Zichnai and Nevrokopion, b. 1945
• Nicholas Chatzenikolaou Metropolitan of Mesogaia and Lavreotika, b. 1954
• Barnabas Tyres Metropolitan of Neapolis and Stavroupolis, b. 1958
• Serapheim Stergioules Metropolitan of Kythira, b. 1950
• Cosmas Papachristou/Papachristos Metropolitan of Aitolia and Acarnania, 1945–2022
• Damaskinos Gaganiaras Archbishop of Joppa, b. 1952
• Serapheim Mentzelopoulos Metropolitan of Peiraeus, b. 1956

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 13 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Paul Apostolides Metropolitan of Drama consecrated 9 October 2005
2. Serapheim Papakostas Metropolitan of Kastoria, cons. 1996 consecrated 5 October 1996
3. Anthimos Roussas Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1934 consecrated 14 July 1974
4. Gabriel Kalokairinos Metropolitan of Thera, Amorgos and Nisoi, 1910–1983 consecrated 17 November 1957
5. Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986 consecrated 16 June 1946
6. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
7. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
8. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
9. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
10. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
11. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
12. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
13. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
14. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 8

• 17 October 2009Emmanuel Sigalas Metropolitan of Poliana and Kilkis, 1953–2021
• 16 May 2010John Tassias Metropolitan of Lagadas, Lete and Rentina, 1958–2020
• 24 March 2013Nektarios Selalmatzides Archbishop of Anthidona, b. 1962
• 1 March 2014George Chrysostomou Metropolitan of Kitros, Katerini and Platamon, b. 1964
• 12 October 2014David Tzioumakas Metropolitan of Grevena, b. 1958
• 31 May 2015Gerasimos Phokas Metropolitan of Kefalonia, 1951–2015
• 1 June 2015Justin Bardakas Metropolitan of Nea Krini and Kalamaria, b. 1969
• 23 March 2019Athanasios Yannousas Metropolitan of Sisanion and Siatista, b. 1971