Dionysios Ladopoulos

Life

Born

1929

Ordained deacon

1955

Ordained priest

1960

Consecrated bishop

26 May 1974

Made metropolitan

26 May 1974

Retired

25 August 2004

Died

8 August 2008

Sees

1. 26 May 1974 – 25 August 2004

   Metropolitan of Neapolis and Stavroupolis

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 25 August 2004 – 8 August 2008

   Former Metropolitan of Neapolis and Stavroupolis

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 26 May 1974 by:

• Barnabas Tzortzatos Metropolitan of Kitros and Katerini, 1918–1985
• Gabriel Premetidis Metropolitan of Koloneia, d. 2003
• Paul Sophos Metropolitan of Ierissos, Agion Oros and Ardamerion, 1910–1995
• Panteleimon II Chrysofakis Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, 1925–2003
• Sebastian Aspiotes Metropolitan of Elassona, 1913–1999
• Paul Giannikopoulos Metropolitan of Veroia and Naousa, 1929–1993

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 Paisios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Dionysios Ladopoulos Metropolitan of Neapolis and Stavroupolis consecrated 26 May 1974
2. Paul Giannikopoulos Metropolitan of Veroia and Naousa, 1929–1993 consecrated 24 November 1968
3. Constantine Poulos Metropolitan of Didymoteixon and Orestias, 1912–1994 consecrated 13 November 1957
4. Iakovos III Vavanatsos Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1895–1984 consecrated 11 January 1935
5. Constantine Mengrelis/Mingrelis Metropolitan of Serrai and Nigrita, 1886–1963 consecrated 16 March 1914
6. Cyril Moumtzes Metropolitan of Philadelphia, 1867–1925 consecrated 18 May 1897
7. Basil III Georgiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1840–1929 consecrated 24 September 1889
8. Paisios Kourentis/Panagiotides Metropolitan of Imbros, 1830–1904 consecrated 22 December 1863
9. Paisios Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1778–1877 consecrated ca. 1819

Bishops he consecrated 13

• 15 August 1976Sergios Sigalas Metropolitan of Grevena, 1934–2014
• 17 August 1976Ambrose Lenes Former Metropolitan of Kalavryta and Aigialeia, b. 1938
• 22 August 1976Alexios Michalopoulos 1932–2020
• 28 January 1979Nikephoros Tziphopoulos Metropolitan of Chios, Psara and Oinoussa, 1930–1979
• 4 October 1981Hieronymos II Liapis Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, b. 1938
• 12 January 1986Michael Staikos Metropolitan of Austria, 1946–2011
• 26 July 1996Alexander Kalpakides Metropolitan of Stavropegion, 1938–2016
• 5 October 1996Serapheim Papakostas Metropolitan of Kastoria, cons. 1996
• 10 October 1998Ignatios Georgakopoulos Metropolitan of Demetrias and Almyros, b. 1956
• 22 January 2000Daniel Pourtsoukles Metropolitan of Kaisariani, Vyron and Ymittos, b. 1952
• 23 January 2000Theokletos Passales Metropolitan of Florina, Prespa and Eordaia, b. 1932
• 14 January 2001Ephrem Stenakis Metropolitan of Ydra, Spetsai, Aigina, Poros, Troizena and Methana, b. 1948
• 16 December 2001Makarios Philotheou Metropolitan of Siderokastron, b. 1952

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr

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