Prodromos Xenthakes

Life

Born

3 November 1979

Monastic tonsure

January 2005

Ordained deacon

June 2005

Ordained priest

January 2013

Made archimandrite

January 2013

Consecrated bishop

26 October 2019

Sees

1. 26 October 2019 – 18 February 2022

   Bishop of Knosos

   Vicar of Crete · Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 18 February 2022 – present

   Metropolitan of Rethymno and Avlopotamos

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 26 October 2019 by:

• Eireneos Athanasiades Archbishop of Crete, b. 1933
• Chrysostom Synetos Metropolitan of Dodoni, b. 1939
• Makarios Paulides Bishop of Lampsakos, b. 1937
• Eireneos Mesarchakis Metropolitan of Lambi, Syvrita and Sfakia, b. 1944
• Makarios Doulouphakes Metropolitan of Gortyna and Arcadia, b. 1961
• George Vladimirou Metropolitan of Conakry and Guinea, b. 1966
• Andrew Nanankes Metropolitan of Arkalochorion, Kastelion and Viannos, b. 1957
• Paul Papalexiou Metropolitan of Servia and Kozani, b. 1942
• Eugene Antonopoulos Archbishop of Crete, b. 1968
• Amphilochios Andronikakes Metropolitan of Kissamos and Selino, b. 1964
• Damaskinos Papagiannakes Metropolitan of Kydonia and Apokoronos, b. 1958
• Gerasimos Marmatakes Metropolitan of Petras and Cheronissos, b. 1969
• Cyril Diamantakes Metropolitan of Ierapytna and Sitia, b. 1971
• Symeon Voliotes Metropolitan of Phthiotis, b. 1977

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 14 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Prodromos Xenthakes Metropolitan of Rethymno and Avlopotamos consecrated 26 October 2019
2. Cyril Diamantakes Metropolitan of Ierapytna and Sitia, b. 1971 consecrated 17 October 2016
3. Damaskinos Karpathakes Metropolitan of Didymoteixon, Orestias and Soufli, b. 1959 consecrated 27 January 1995
4. Iakovos Korozes Metropolitan of Kythira, 1927–2009 consecrated 2 March 1980
5. Gabriel Kalokairinos Metropolitan of Thera, Amorgos and Nisoi, 1910–1983 consecrated 17 November 1957
6. Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986 consecrated 16 June 1946
7. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
8. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
9. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
10. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
11. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
12. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
13. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
14. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
15. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 3

• 7 February 2026Titos Tabakakis Metropolitan of Kydonia and Apokoronos, b. 1976
• 15 February 2026Joachim Karandinos Metropolitan of Lambi, Syvrita and Sfakia, b. 1974
• 31 May 2026Panaretos Psaraftis Bishop of Tamisos, b. 1980

Sources

Also in: Wikidata