Nikifor Nikolskii

Life

Born

10 February 1861

Ordained priest

1887

Consecrated bishop

8 June 1931

Made archbishop

7 December 1936

Died

22 February 1942

Sees

1. 8 June 1931 – September 1931

   Bishop of Volokolamsk

   Vicar of Moscow · Patriarchate of Moscow

2. September 1931 – 7 December 1936

   Bishop of Kimry

   Vicar of Kalinin · Patriarchate of Moscow

3. 7 December 1936 – 1937

   Archbishop of Kalinin and Kashin

   Patriarchate of Moscow

4. 1937 – 22 February 1942

   Archbishop of No See

   Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 8 June 1931 by:

• Sergii Stragorodskii Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1867–1944

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. Nikifor Nikolskii Archbishop of Kalinin and Kashin consecrated 8 June 1931
2. Sergii Stragorodskii Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1867–1944 consecrated 25 February 1901
3. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
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

Sources

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