Saint Ambrose Papageorgopoulos

Life

Born

1791

Ordained deacon

1811

Ordained priest

1811

Monastic tonsure

1817

Consecrated bishop

9 September 1835

Made metropolitan

9 September 1835

Died

30 October 1863

Canonized

1996

Sees

1. 9 September 1835 – September 1841

   Metropolitan of Posnas and Seragion

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. September 1841 – 30 October 1863

   Former Metropolitan of Posnas and Seragion

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 9 September 1835 by:

• Gregory VI Phourtouniades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1798–1881

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 1 generation back to Gregory VI Phourtouniades; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Ambrose Papageorgopoulos Metropolitan of Posnas and Seragion consecrated 9 September 1835
2. Gregory VI Phourtouniades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1798–1881 consecrated 24 October 1825