Gabriel Galev

Life

Born

1944

Monastic tonsure

1970

Consecrated bishop

27 August 1992

Made metropolitan

20 April 1999

Died

17 January 2008

Sees

1. 1992 – 1 October 1998

   Bishop of Stobi

   Alternative Synod (Bulgaria)

2. 1 October 1998 – 20 April 1999

   Bishop of Constantia

   Vicar of Nevrokop · Patriarchate of Bulgaria

3. 20 April 1999 – 17 January 2008

   Metropolitan of Nevrokop

   Alternative Synod (Bulgaria)

Consecration

Consecrated 27 August 1992 by:

• Pimen Enev Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1906–1999

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 7 generations back to Anthimos IV Vamvakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Gabriel Galev Metropolitan of Nevrokop consecrated 27 August 1992
2. Pimen Enev Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1906–1999 consecrated 21 December 1947
3. Stephen I Shokov Metropolitan of Sofia, 1878–1957 consecrated 1 April 1921
4. Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927 consecrated 18 July 1899
5. Constantine V Valiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1833–1914 consecrated 30 January 1876
6. Methodios Aronis Metropolitan of Mytilini, d. 1897 consecrated 12 November 1867
7. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
8. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 28 September 1999Daniel Stoikov Metropolitan of Philippopolis, b. 1956