Christopher Kovačević

Life

Born

25 December 1928

Ordained deacon

25 November 1951

Ordained priest

2 December 1951

Consecrated bishop

18 June 1978

Made metropolitan

5 October 1991

Died

18 October 2010

Sees

1. 18 June 1978 – 1983

   Bishop of Eastern America and Canada

   Patriarchate of Serbia

2. 1983 – 5 October 1991

   Bishop of Eastern America

   Patriarchate of Serbia

3. 5 October 1991 – 18 October 2010

   Metropolitan of the Midwest (Libertyville-Chicago)

   Patriarchate of Serbia

Consecration

Consecrated 18 June 1978 by:

• German Đorić Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1899–1991
• Visarion Kostić Bishop of Banat, 1910–1979
• Firmilijan Ocokoljić Bishop of Midwestern America, 1910–1992

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 Paisios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Christopher Kovačević Metropolitan of the Midwest (Libertyville-Chicago) consecrated 18 June 1978
2. German Đorić Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1899–1991 consecrated 15 July 1951
3. Vincent Prodanov Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1890–1958 consecrated 1936
4. Barnabas Rosić Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1880–1937 consecrated 10 April 1910
5. Philaretos Vapheides Metropolitan of Heraclea, 1850–1933 consecrated 22 May 1888
6. Anthimos Peltekes Former Metropolitan of Devra and Velissa, 1840–1909 consecrated 21 May 1888
7. Kallinikos Metropolitan of Moglen, 1820–1911 consecrated 2 April 1872
8. Paisios Kourentis/Panagiotides Metropolitan of Imbros, 1830–1904 consecrated 22 December 1863
9. Paisios Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1778–1877 consecrated ca. 1819

Bishops he consecrated 2

• 15 November 1980Nathaniel Popp Archbishop of Detroit and the Romanian Episcopate, b. 1940
• 2 November 2002Irineu Duvlea Bishop of Dearborn Heights, b. 1962

Sources

Also in: Wikidata