Merkurii Kotlov

Life

Born

5 September 1897

Monastic tonsure

1921

Ordained deacon

May 1925

Ordained priest

May 1925

Consecrated bishop

1930

Died

14 November 1984

Sees

1. 1930 – 1939

   Bishop of Belebei

   True Orthodox Church

2. 1939 – 14 November 1984

   Bishop of Satka

   True Orthodox Church

Consecration

Consecrated 1930 by:

• Vladimir von Stromberg Bishop of Ufa, 1896–1981
• Rufin Brekhov Bishop of Satka and Irinsk, 1882–1937
• Job Grechishkin Bishop of Ufa, 1895–1936

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 10 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Merkurii Kotlov Bishop of Satka consecrated 1930
2. Job Grechishkin Bishop of Ufa, 1895–1936 consecrated ca. 1926
3. Andrew Ukhtomskii Bishop, 1872–1937 consecrated 4 October 1907
4. Dimitrii Sambikin Archbishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsk, 1839–1908 consecrated 4 January 1887
5. Ioannikii Rudnev Metropolitan of Kyiv and Halych, 1826–1900 consecrated 12 June 1861
6. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
7. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
8. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
9. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
10. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
11. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735