Isaac Tsapoglou

Life

Born

1967

Ordained deacon

18 February 1990

Ordained priest

12 December 1994

Consecrated bishop

25 February 2024

Sees

1. 25 February 2024 – present

   Bishop of Bujumbura and Burundi

   Patriarchate of Alexandria

Consecration

Consecrated 25 February 2024 by:

• Theodore II Choreftakis Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, b. 1954
• Gabriel Raftopoulos Metropolitan of Leontopolis, b. 1957
• Germanos Galanes Metropolitan of Tamiathis, b. 1951

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 Paisios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Isaac Tsapoglou Bishop of Bujumbura and Burundi consecrated 25 February 2024
2. Theodore II Choreftakis Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, b. 1954 consecrated 17 June 1990
3. Parthenios III Koinides Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, 1919–1996 consecrated 5 December 1958
4. Parthenios Danielides Metropolitan of Pelusium, 1881–1964 consecrated 17 November 1919
5. Polyeuktos Kyriakides Metropolitan of Pelusium, 1874–1931 consecrated 30 November 1914
6. Christopher II Danielides Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, 1876–1967 consecrated 3 August 1908
7. Michael Triantaphyllides Metropolitan of Ptolemais, 1855–1914 consecrated 23 July 1900
8. Dionysios Stavrides Metropolitan of Silybria, 1852–1913 consecrated 23 October 1888
9. Kallinikos Metropolitan of Moglen, 1820–1911 consecrated 2 April 1872
10. Paisios Kourentis/Panagiotides Metropolitan of Imbros, 1830–1904 consecrated 22 December 1863
11. Paisios Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1778–1877 consecrated ca. 1819

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr