Cassian Bezobrazov

Life

Born

29 February 1892

Monastic tonsure

21 June 1932

Ordained deacon

23 June 1932

Ordained priest

26 June 1932

Made archimandrite

7 January 1936

Consecrated bishop

28 July 1947

Died

4 February 1965

Sees

1. 28 July 1947 – 4 February 1965

   Bishop of Catania

   Vicar of Constantinople · Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 28 July 1947 by:

• Vladimir Tikhonitskii Metropolitan of Białystok, 1873–1959
• Nikon de Greve Archbishop of Brooklyn, 1895–1983

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 8 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Cassian Bezobrazov Bishop of Catania consecrated 28 July 1947
2. Vladimir Tikhonitskii Metropolitan of Białystok, 1873–1959 consecrated 3 June 1907
3. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
4. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
5. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
6. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
7. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
8. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
9. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 2

• 27 April 1952Silvester Haruns Archbishop of Montréal and Canada, 1914–2000
• 25 September 1960Emilianos Timiadis Metropolitan of Silybria, 1916–2008