George Mantzouranes

Life

Born

1952

Ordained deacon

1976

Ordained priest

1982

Elected bishop

24 June 2008

Consecrated bishop

28 June 2008

Made metropolitan

28 June 2008

Sees

1. 28 June 2008 – present

   Metropolitan of Thebes and Levadeia

   Church of Greece

Consecration

Consecrated 28 June 2008 by:

• Hieronymos II Liapis Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, b. 1938
• Meletios Kalamaras Metropolitan of Nikopolis and Preveza, 1933–2012
• Eustathios Speliotes Metropolitan of Monemvasia and Sparta, b. 1940
• Alexander Papadopoulos Metropolitan of Mantineia and Kynouria, b. 1936
• Apostolos Voulgares Metropolitan of Miletus, b. 1948
• Agathonikos Fatouros Former Metropolitan of Kitros and Katerini, b. 1937
• Alexios Vrionis Metropolitan of Nikaia, b. 1944
• Serapheim Papakostas Metropolitan of Kastoria, cons. 1996
• Cyril Christakes/Chrestakes Metropolitan of Thessaliotis and Phanariopharsala, 1938–2015
• Daniel Pourtsoukles Metropolitan of Kaisariani, Vyron and Ymittos, b. 1952
• Dorotheos Polykandriotes Metropolitan of Syros, Tinos, Andros, Kea and Milos, b. 1963
• Hierotheos Tsoliakos Metropolitan of Zichnai and Nevrokopion, b. 1945
• Serapheim Stergioules Metropolitan of Kythira, b. 1950
• Chrysostom Savvatos Metropolitan of Messenia, b. 1961
• Gabriel Raftopoulos Metropolitan of Leontopolis, b. 1957
• Christopher Rakintzakis Bishop of Andidon, 1931–2020

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 13 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. George Mantzouranes Metropolitan of Thebes and Levadeia consecrated 28 June 2008
2. Serapheim Papakostas Metropolitan of Kastoria, cons. 1996 consecrated 5 October 1996
3. Anthimos Roussas Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1934 consecrated 14 July 1974
4. Gabriel Kalokairinos Metropolitan of Thera, Amorgos and Nisoi, 1910–1983 consecrated 17 November 1957
5. Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986 consecrated 16 June 1946
6. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
7. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
8. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
9. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
10. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
11. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
12. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
13. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
14. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 22

• 30 June 2008Kallinikos Demenopoulos Metropolitan of Paronaxia, b. 1959
• 1 November 2009Athanasios Bachos Bishop of Oleni, b. 1954
• 9 October 2011Gabriel Papanikolaou Metropolitan of Nea Ionia and Philadelphia, b. 1976
• 18 November 2012Athenagoras Chrysanes Metropolitan of Kydonia, b. 1967
• 20 October 2013Nektarios Antonopoulos Metropolitan of Argolis, b. 1952
• 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
• 10 October 2015Demetrios Argyros Metropolitan of Kefalonia, b. 1958
• 11 October 2015Chrysostom Nases Metropolitan of Trikki, Gardiki and Pyli, b. 1975
• 12 March 2016George Rembelos Metropolitan of Karpenision, b. 1963
• 7 October 2017Theokletos Lambrinakos Metropolitan of Stagoi and Meteora, b. 1967
• 10 February 2018Chrysostom Papathanasiou Metropolitan of Mani, b. 1950
• 11 February 2018Symeon Voliotes Metropolitan of Phthiotis, b. 1977
• 7 October 2018Hieronymos Nikopoulos Metropolitan of Larisa and Tyrnavos, b. 1971
• 23 March 2019Athanasios Yannousas Metropolitan of Sisanion and Siatista, b. 1971
• 24 March 2019Agapios Dritsas Bishop of Kegchreon, b. 1959
• 15 October 2019Philotheos Theochares Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1977
• 16 October 2019Philotheos Theodoropoulos Bishop of Rogon, b. 1963

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr