Gervasios Soumelides

Life

Born

1882

Consecrated bishop

29 December 1913

Made metropolitan

12 February 1934

Died

16 April 1943

Sees

1. 29 December 1913 – 1919

   Bishop of Sebastea

   Vicar of Neocaesarea · Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 1919 – 12 February 1934

   Bishop of Sebastea

   Exarch of the Metropolis of Cologne · Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 12 February 1934 – 16 April 1943

   Metropolitan of Grevena

   Exarch of the Metropolis of Cologne · Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 29 December 1913 by:

• Polycarp Psomiades Metropolitan of Xanthi, 1864–1939
• Gervasios Sarasites Metropolitan of Alexandroupolis, 1867–1934
• Laurence Papadopoulos Metropolitan of Drama, 1868–1928

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. Gervasios Soumelides Metropolitan of Grevena consecrated 29 December 1913
2. Laurence Papadopoulos Metropolitan of Drama, 1868–1928 consecrated 22 May 1905
3. Dionysios Stavrides Metropolitan of Silybria, 1852–1913 consecrated 23 October 1888
4. Kallinikos Metropolitan of Moglen, 1820–1911 consecrated 2 April 1872
5. Paisios Kourentis/Panagiotides Metropolitan of Imbros, 1830–1904 consecrated 22 December 1863
6. Paisios Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1778–1877 consecrated ca. 1819

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 13 January 1923Constantine Papadopoulos Bishop of Amphipolis, 1854–1933

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr