Tikhon Ivanov

Life

Born

26 May 1945

Monastic tonsure

11 November 2000

Ordained deacon

12 November 2000

Ordained priest

19 November 2000

Made archimandrite

8 July 2001

Consecrated bishop

6 July 2003

Sees

1. 6 July 2003 – present

   Bishop of Tiberiopolis (Strumica)

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 6 July 2003 by:

• Maksim Minkov Metropolitan of Sofia, Patriarch of Bulgaria, 1914–2012
• Kalinik Aleksandrov Metropolitan of Vratsa, 1931–2016
• Dometian Topuzliev Metropolitan of Vidin, 1932–2017
• Cyril Kovachev Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, 1954–2013
• Symeon Kostadinov Former Metropolitan of Western and Central Europe, 1926–2016
• Neofit Dimitrov Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia, b. 1945
• Galaktion Tabakov Metropolitan of Stara Zagora, b. 1946
• Gabriel Dinev Metropolitan of Lovech, b. 1950
• Hilarion Tsonev Metropolitan of Dorostol, 1913–2009
• Teodosii Kupichkov Bishop of Devol, 1934–2017
• Evlogii Stamboldzhiev Bishop of Adrianopolis, b. 1954
• Paul Petrov Bishop of Levski, b. 1957

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 Anthimos IV Vamvakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Tikhon Ivanov Bishop of Tiberiopolis (Strumica) consecrated 6 July 2003
2. Maksim Minkov Metropolitan of Sofia, Patriarch of Bulgaria, 1914–2012 consecrated 30 December 1956
3. Cyril Konstantinov Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia, 1901–1971 consecrated 12 July 1936
4. Neofit Karaabov Metropolitan of Vidin, 1868–1971 consecrated 21 June 1909
5. Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927 consecrated 18 July 1899
6. Constantine V Valiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1833–1914 consecrated 30 January 1876
7. Methodios Aronis Metropolitan of Mytilini, d. 1897 consecrated 12 November 1867
8. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
9. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825

Bishops he consecrated 4

• 30 November 2010John Stoikov Bishop of Glavinica, 1949–2019
• 18 December 2011Serapheim Dinkov Metropolitan of Nevrokop, b. 1974
• 26 June 2022Makarii Chakarov Bishop of Glavinica, b. 1981
• 10 June 2023Isaac Boyadzhiiski Bishop of Velbudzh, b. 1982

Sources

Also in: Wikidata