Timothy Veneres

Life

Born

1876/1877

Ordained deacon

1899

Consecrated bishop

28 March 1916

Made metropolitan

22 July 1933

Retired

January 1941

Died

August 1941

Sees

1. 28 March 1916 – 22 July 1933

   Bishop of Rethymno

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 22 July 1933 – January 1941

   Metropolitan of Crete

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. January 1941 – 1 August 1941

   Former Metropolitan of Crete

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 28 March 1916 by:

• Eumenios Xyroudakes Metropolitan of Crete, 1845–1920
• Agathangelos Nikolakes Bishop of Kydonia and Apokoronos, 1870–1935
• Agathangelos Papadakes Bishop of Lambi and Sfakia, 1859–1928
• Titos II Zographides Metropolitan of Crete, 1859–1933

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 3 generations back to Sophronios IV Meidantzoglou; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Timothy Veneres Metropolitan of Crete consecrated 28 March 1916
2. Eumenios Xyroudakes Metropolitan of Crete, 1845–1920 consecrated 28 December 1886
3. Joachim III Devetzes/Demetriades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1834–1912 consecrated 11 December 1864
4. Sophronios IV Meidantzoglou Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, 1798–1899 consecrated 29 June 1839

Bishops he consecrated 2

• 9 February 1936Chrysostom Angelidakes Bishop of Kissamos and Selino, 1892–1937
• 16 February 1936Athanasios Apostolakes Metropolitan of Rethymno and Avlopotamos, 1892–1981