Prokopios Tzavaras

Life

Born

1888

Ordained deacon

1915

Ordained priest

1917

Consecrated bishop

17 June 1934

Died

3 December 1964

Sees

1. 17 June 1934 – 25 January 1945

   Metropolitan of Gortyna and Megalopolis

   Church of Greece

2. 25 January 1945 – 23 November 1949

   Metropolitan of Mantineia and Kynouria

   Church of Greece

3. 23 November 1949 – 3 December 1964

   Metropolitan of Corinth

   Church of Greece

Consecration

Consecrated 17 June 1934 by:

• Spyridon Vlachos Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1873–1956
• Spyridon Ginakas Bishop of Arta, 1871–1948
• Anthimos Tsatsos Metropolitan of Triphylia and Olympia, 1881–1950
• Demetrios Pappas/Chatzeeuthymiou Metropolitan of Ioannina, 1882–1958
• Germanos Roubanis Metropolitan of Mantineia and Kynouria, 1880–1964

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 4 generations back to Paisios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Prokopios Tzavaras Metropolitan of Corinth consecrated 17 June 1934
2. Spyridon Vlachos Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1873–1956 consecrated 16 July 1906
3. Stephen Soulides Metropolitan of Methymna, 1847–1915 consecrated 4 October 1887
4. Paisios Kourentis/Panagiotides Metropolitan of Imbros, 1830–1904 consecrated 22 December 1863
5. Paisios Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1778–1877 consecrated ca. 1819

Bishops he consecrated 4

• 30 September 1936Prokopios Kalliontzes Metropolitan of Gytheion, Oitylos and Kythira, 1895–1941
• 18 September 1949Alexios Ingleses Metropolitan of Zakynthos, 1911–1966
• 24 September 1950Damaskinos Chatzopoulos Metropolitan of Demetrias and Almyros, 1913–1977
• 1952Dionysios Psarianos Metropolitan of Servia and Kozani, 1912–1997