Afanasii I do Nascimento

Life

Born

6 August 1948

Ordained priest

9 May 1982

Consecrated bishop

1 January 1983

Made archbishop

11 November 1988

Made metropolitan

11 November 1988

Became patriarch

2013

Sees

1. 1 January 1983 – 1985

   Bishop-Abbot

   American Orthodox Church

2. 1985 – 11 November 1988

   Bishop of São Paulo

   American Orthodox Church

3. 11 November 1988 – 2013

   Archbishop-Metropolitan of São Paulo

   Belorussian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in Exile

4. 2013 – present

   Archbishop of Hebron, Patriarch of North and South America, Eurasia, Africa and Oceania

   Belorussian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in Exile

Consecration

Consecrated 1 January 1983. His consecrators are not yet in the data.

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 17 March 2004Valerian Montrezza Bishop of Buenos Aires and Argentina, cons. 2004