Basil Ratmirov

Life

Born

10 January 1882

Ordained deacon

17 August 1908

Ordained priest

5 October 1909

Made archimandrite

1920

Consecrated bishop

4 November 1921

Made archbishop

1942

Retired

13 January 1947

Died

1970

Sees

1. 4 November 1921 – 1922

   Bishop of Yeisk

   Vicar of Stavropol · Patriarchate of Moscow

2. 1923 – 1932

   Bishop of Yeisk

   Vicar of Stavropol · Renovationist Schism (Russia)

3. 1932 – 1935

   Archbishop of Armavir and Maikop

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

4. 1935 – 30 August 1939

   Metropolitan of Kursk

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

5. 30 August 1939 – 17 July 1941

   Former Metropolitan of Kursk

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

6. 17 July 1941 – 1942

   Bishop of Zhytomyr

   Patriarchate of Moscow

7. 1942 – 1943

   Archbishop of Zhytomyr

   Patriarchate of Moscow

8. 1943 – 4 September 1944

   Archbishop of Kalinin and Smolensk

   Patriarchate of Moscow

9. 4 September 1944 – 13 January 1947

   Archbishop of Minsk and Mahilioŭ

   Patriarchate of Moscow

10. 13 January 1947 – 1970

    Former Archbishop of Minsk and Mahilioŭ

    Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 4 November 1921 by:

• Tikhon Belavin Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1865–1925

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. Basil Ratmirov Archbishop of Minsk and Belarus consecrated 4 November 1921
2. Tikhon Belavin Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1865–1925 consecrated 19 October 1897
3. Palladii Rayev-Pisarev Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1827–1898 consecrated 18 December 1866
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

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 9 June 1945Joseph Orekhov Metropolitan of Voronezh and Lipetsk, 1871–1961