Paul Sophos

Life

Born

17 July 1910

Monastic tonsure

September 1935

Ordained deacon

19 December 1935

Ordained priest

December 1945

Consecrated bishop

28 May 1960

Made metropolitan

28 May 1960

Retired

22 January 1980

Died

16 October 1995

Sees

1. 28 May 1960 – 22 January 1980

   Metropolitan of Ierissos, Agion Oros and Ardamerion

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 22 January 1980 – 16 October 1995

   Former Metropolitan of Ierissos, Agion Oros and Ardamerion

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 28 May 1960 by:

• Theokletos II Panagiotopoulos Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1889–1962

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 1 generation back to Theokletos II Panagiotopoulos; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Paul Sophos Metropolitan of Ierissos, Agion Oros and Ardamerion consecrated 28 May 1960
2. Theokletos II Panagiotopoulos Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1889–1962 consecrated 1 November 1924

Bishops he consecrated 5

• 26 May 1974Dionysios Ladopoulos Metropolitan of Neapolis and Stavroupolis, 1929–2008
• 27 May 1974Spyridon Kyvetos Metropolitan of Zichnai and Nevrokopion, 1919–2003
• 22 February 1976Chrysostom Zafeires Former Metropolitan of Peristerion, 1935–2019
• 16 August 1976Chrysostom Synetos Metropolitan of Dodoni, b. 1939
• 17 August 1976Ambrose Lenes Former Metropolitan of Kalavryta and Aigialeia, b. 1938