Mikhail Dilovski

Life

Born

ca. 1981

Monastic tonsure

9 April 2011

Ordained deacon

8 July 2012

Ordained priest

12 July 2012

Made archimandrite

9 October 2020

Elected bishop

20 September 2021

Consecrated bishop

26 September 2021

Sees

1. 26 September 2021 – present

   Bishop of Constantia

   Vicar of Lovech · Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 26 September 2021 by:

• Gabriel Dinev Metropolitan of Lovech, b. 1950
• Serapheim Dinkov Metropolitan of Nevrokop, b. 1974
• Cyprian Kazandzhiev Bishop of Troyan, b. 1976
• Gregory Tsvetkov Metropolitan of Vratsa, b. 1970
• Daniel Nikolov Metropolitan of Vidin, b. 1972
• Iakov Donchev Bishop of Constantia, b. 1971
• Gerasim Georgiev Bishop of Melnik, b. 1979
• Arsenii Lazarov Bishop of Znepole, b. 1986
• Hierotheos Kosakov Bishop of Agathopolis, b. 1977

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 9 generations back to Anthimos IV Vamvakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Mikhail Dilovski Bishop of Constantia consecrated 26 September 2021
2. Gregory Tsvetkov Metropolitan of Vratsa, b. 1970 consecrated 29 October 2010
3. Constantine Petrov Bishop of Markianopol, 1941–2017 consecrated 27 August 1997
4. Pimen Enev Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1906–1999 consecrated 21 December 1947
5. Stephen I Shokov Metropolitan of Sofia, 1878–1957 consecrated 1 April 1921
6. Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927 consecrated 18 July 1899
7. Constantine V Valiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1833–1914 consecrated 30 January 1876
8. Methodios Aronis Metropolitan of Mytilini, d. 1897 consecrated 12 November 1867
9. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
10. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825