Athenagoras Eleutheriou

Life

Born

1869

Ordained deacon

1893

Ordained priest

30 January 1912

Consecrated bishop

20 September 1925

Made metropolitan

20 September 1925

Retired

6 September 1932

Sees

1. 20 September 1925 – 6 September 1932

   Metropolitan of Paramythia, Filiates and Giromeri

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 6 September 1932 – 7 January 1944

   Former Metropolitan of Paramythia, Filiates and Giromeri

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 20 September 1925 by:

• Chrysanthos Philippides Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1881–1949
• Iakovos Nikolaou-Gingilas Metropolitan of Mytilini, Eressos and Plomarion, 1878–1958
• Dionysios Menas Metropolitan of Methymna, 1879–1951

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 5 generations back to Paisios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Athenagoras Eleutheriou Metropolitan of Paramythia, Filiates and Giromeri consecrated 20 September 1925
2. Dionysios Menas Metropolitan of Methymna, 1879–1951 consecrated 6 March 1922
3. Germanos Karavangelis Metropolitan of Amaseia, 1866–1935 consecrated 25 February 1896
4. Stephen Soulides Metropolitan of Methymna, 1847–1915 consecrated 4 October 1887
5. Paisios Kourentis/Panagiotides Metropolitan of Imbros, 1830–1904 consecrated 22 December 1863
6. Paisios Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1778–1877 consecrated ca. 1819