Gabriel Papanikolaou

Life

Born

1976

Ordained deacon

18 February 1996

Ordained priest

30 May 2002

Elected bishop

7 October 2011

Consecrated bishop

9 October 2011

Made metropolitan

10 October 2014

Sees

1. 9 October 2011 – 10 October 2014

   Bishop of Diavleia

   Vicar of Athens · Church of Greece

2. 10 October 2014 – present

   Metropolitan of Nea Ionia and Philadelphia

   Church of Greece

Consecration

Consecrated 9 October 2011 by:

• Hieronymos II Liapis Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, b. 1938
• Prokopios Tsakoumakas Metropolitan of Filippoi, Neapolis and Thasos, 1939–2017
• Chrysostom Synetos Metropolitan of Dodoni, b. 1939
• Nikodemos Anagnostou Metropolitan of Ierissos, Agion Oros and Ardamerion, 1931–2012
• Ambrose Lauriotis-Panagiotidis Metropolitan of Karpathos and Kasos, b. 1939
• Alexander Papadopoulos Metropolitan of Mantineia and Kynouria, b. 1936
• Joseph Harkiolakis Metropolitan of Proikonnisos, b. 1955
• Damaskinos Karpathakes Metropolitan of Didymoteixon, Orestias and Soufli, b. 1959
• Panteleimon Kalaphates Metropolitan of Xanthi and Peritheorion, b. 1943
• Alexios Vrionis Metropolitan of Nikaia, b. 1944
• Basil Kolokas Metropolitan of Elassona, 1953–2014
• Ephrem Stenakis Metropolitan of Ydra, Spetsai, Aigina, Poros, Troizena and Methana, b. 1948
• George Vladimirou Metropolitan of Conakry and Guinea, b. 1966
• Dorotheos Polykandriotes Metropolitan of Syros, Tinos, Andros, Kea and Milos, b. 1963
• Chrysostom Triantaphyllou Metropolitan of Chalkis, Istiaia and Voreion Sporadon, b. 1957
• Hierotheos Tsoliakos Metropolitan of Zichnai and Nevrokopion, b. 1945
• Chrysostom Sklephas Metropolitan of Patrai, b. 1958
• Theophilos Manolatos Metropolitan of Levkada and Ithaki, b. 1963
• George Mantzouranes Metropolitan of Thebes and Levadeia, b. 1952
• Emmanuel Sigalas Metropolitan of Poliana and Kilkis, 1953–2021
• Athenagoras Dikaiakos Metropolitan of Ilion, Acharnes and Petroupolis, b. 1951
• Dionysios Siphnaios Metropolitan of Zakynthos and Strophades, b. 1954
• Cyril Misiakoules Metropolitan of Kephisia, Amarousios and Oropos, b. 1963
• Elpidophoros Lambriniadis Archbishop of America, b. 1967
• Mark Vasilakes Metropolitan of Chios, b. 1965
• Makarios Paulides Bishop of Lampsakos, b. 1937

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 12 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Gabriel Papanikolaou Metropolitan of Nea Ionia and Philadelphia consecrated 9 October 2011
2. Elpidophoros Lambriniadis Archbishop of America, b. 1967 consecrated 20 March 2011
3. Hilarion Alfeyev Metropolitan of Budapest and Hungary, b. 1966 consecrated 14 January 2002
4. Pitirim Nechayev Metropolitan of Volokolamsk and Yuriev, 1926–2003 consecrated 23 May 1963
5. Aleksii I Simanskii Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1877–1970 consecrated 28 April 1913
6. Ioannikii Dyachkov Bishop of Olonets and Petrozavodsk, 1858–1918 consecrated 30 September 1907
7. Gurii Okhotin Archbishop of Novgorod and Staraya Russa, 1828–1912 consecrated 29 January 1890
8. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
9. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
10. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
11. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
12. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
13. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 26

• 11 March 2012Iakovos Bizaourtis Bishop of Thaumakos, b. 1948
• 20 October 2013Nektarios Antonopoulos Metropolitan of Argolis, b. 1952
• 1 March 2014George Chrysostomou Metropolitan of Kitros, Katerini and Platamon, b. 1964
• 28 June 2014Maximos Papagiannes Metropolitan of Ioannina, b. 1968
• 29 June 2014Chariton Toumbas Metropolitan of Elassona and Deskate, b. 1975
• 30 June 2014Timothy Anthes Metropolitan of Thessaliotis and Phanariopharsala, b. 1964
• 11 October 2014Constantine Giakoumakes Metropolitan of Megara and Salamina, b. 1960
• 13 October 2014Clement Koutsomytes Metropolitan of Peristerion, 1954–2021
• 31 May 2015Gerasimos Phokas Metropolitan of Kefalonia, 1951–2015
• 1 June 2015Justin Bardakas Metropolitan of Nea Krini and Kalamaria, b. 1969
• 12 March 2016George Rembelos Metropolitan of Karpenision, b. 1963
• 10 February 2018Chrysostom Papathanasiou Metropolitan of Mani, b. 1950
• 11 February 2018Symeon Voliotes Metropolitan of Phthiotis, b. 1977
• 12 February 2018Constantios Panagiotakopoulos Bishop of Androusa, b. 1960
• 23 March 2019Athanasios Yannousas Metropolitan of Sisanion and Siatista, b. 1971
• 13 October 2019Hieronymos Karmas Metropolitan of Kalavryta and Aigialeia, b. 1966
• 14 October 2019Eustratios Kalogeropoulos Metropolitan of Lemnos and Agios Eustratios, b. 1962
• 15 October 2019Philotheos Theochares Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1977
• 16 October 2021Bartholomew Antoniou-Triantaphyllides Metropolitan of Poliana and Kilkis, b. 1969
• 13 February 2022Nektarios Kabuye Bishop of Gulu and Northern Uganda, b. 1982
• 9 October 2022Damaskenos Kiametes Metropolitan of Aitolia and Acarnania, b. 1975
• 21 October 2023Serapion Mihalakis Metropolitan of Paramythia, Filiates and Giromeri, b. 1967
• 12 October 2025John Karamouzis Bishop of Skiathos, b. 1973
• 18 October 2025Barnabas Theoharis Bishop of Christoupolis, b. 1975
• 19 October 2025Nikodemos Farmakis Bishop of Epidauros, b. 1971
• 20 October 2025Theologos Alexandrakis Bishop of Talantion, b. 1974

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr