Timothy Bel

Life

Born

13 January 1974

Ordained deacon

1 October 1993

Monastic tonsure

28 June 1994

Ordained priest

14 September 2005

Made archimandrite

14 September 2006

Consecrated bishop

24 June 2018

Sees

1. 24 June 2018 – present

   Bishop of Sătmar

   Vicar of Maramureș · Patriarchate of Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 24 June 2018 by:

• Andrew Andreicuț Metropolitan of Cluj, b. 1949
• Sofronie Drincec Bishop of Oradea, Bihor and Sălaj, b. 1967
• Justin Hodea Bishop of Maramureș and Sătmar, b. 1961
• Nicodim Nicolăescu Bishop of Severin and Strehaia, b. 1962
• Andrew Moldovan Bishop of Covasna and Harghita, b. 1967
• Petroniu Florea Bishop of Sălaj, b. 1965
• Gurie Georgiu Bishop of Deva and Hunedoara, 1968–2021
• Siluan Manuilă Bishop of Hungary, b. 1972
• Teofil Roman Bishop of Iberia, b. 1971
• Hilarion Urs Bishop of Făgăraș, b. 1955
• Paisie Gheorghe Bishop of Lugoj, b. 1971
• Emilian Nica Bishop of Crișana, b. 1972

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 12 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Timothy Bel Bishop of Sătmar consecrated 24 June 2018
2. Sofronie Drincec Bishop of Oradea, Bihor and Sălaj, b. 1967 consecrated 1999
3. Peter Păduraru Metropolitan of Bessarabia, b. 1946 consecrated 1 September 1990
4. Vladimir Kotlyarov Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1929–2022 consecrated 30 December 1962
5. Aleksii I Simanskii Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1877–1970 consecrated 28 April 1913
6. Ioannikii Dyachkov Bishop of Olonets and Petrozavodsk, 1858–1918 consecrated 30 September 1907
7. Gurii Okhotin Archbishop of Novgorod and Staraya Russa, 1828–1912 consecrated 29 January 1890
8. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
9. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
10. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
11. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
12. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
13. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 2

• 23 February 2020Benedict Vesa Bishop of Bistriţa, b. 1984
• Gherontie Ciupe Bishop of Hunedoara, b. 1966