Alexios Vrionis

Life

Born

1944

Ordained deacon

1967

Ordained priest

1972

Elected bishop

25 January 1995

Consecrated bishop

28 January 1995

Sees

1. 28 January 1995 – present

   Metropolitan of Nikaia

   Church of Greece

Consecration

Consecrated 28 January 1995 by:

• Prokopios Tsakoumakas Metropolitan of Filippoi, Neapolis and Thasos, 1939–2017
• Ambrose Stamenas Metropolitan of Paronaxia, 1922–2008
• Titos Papanakos Metropolitan of Paramythia, Filiates, Giromeri and Parga, b. 1931
• Spyridon Kalafatakis Metropolitan of Kefalonia, 1926–2015
• Dionysios Bairaktaris Metropolitan of Chios, Psara and Oinoussa, 1927–2011
• Maximos Xydas Metropolitan of Serrai and Nigrita, 1942–2003
• Chrysostom Kalamatianos Metropolitan of Methymna, b. 1930
• Agathonikos Fatouros Former Metropolitan of Kitros and Katerini, b. 1937
• Iakovos Phrantzes Metropolitan of Mytilini, Eressos and Plomarion, b. 1942
• Nektarios Papadakis Metropolitan of Petras and Cheronissos, 1951–2015
• Ignatios Lappas Metropolitan of Larisa and Tyrnavos, 1946–2018
• Theodore II Choreftakis Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, b. 1954
• Isidore Krikres Bishop of Tralles, 1938–2007
• Peter Daktylides Metropolitan of Christoupolis, 1927–2012

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 13 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Alexios Vrionis Metropolitan of Nikaia consecrated 28 January 1995
2. Iakovos Phrantzes Metropolitan of Mytilini, Eressos and Plomarion, b. 1942 consecrated 20 November 1988
3. Anthimos Roussas Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1934 consecrated 14 July 1974
4. Gabriel Kalokairinos Metropolitan of Thera, Amorgos and Nisoi, 1910–1983 consecrated 17 November 1957
5. Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986 consecrated 16 June 1946
6. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
7. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
8. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
9. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
10. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
11. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
12. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
13. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
14. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 20

• 5 October 1996Serapheim Papakostas Metropolitan of Kastoria, cons. 1996
• 10 October 1998Ignatios Georgakopoulos Metropolitan of Demetrias and Almyros, b. 1956
• 14 January 2001Ephrem Stenakis Metropolitan of Ydra, Spetsai, Aigina, Poros, Troizena and Methana, b. 1948
• 15 March 2007Chrysostom Savvatos Metropolitan of Messenia, b. 1961
• 24 February 2008Cyril Katerelos Metropolitan of Krinis, b. 1956
• 28 June 2008George Mantzouranes Metropolitan of Thebes and Levadeia, b. 1952
• 18 October 2009Prokopios Petrides Bishop of Christianoupolis, b. 1960
• 14 May 2010Cyril Misiakoules Metropolitan of Kephisia, Amarousios and Oropos, b. 1963
• 9 October 2011Gabriel Papanikolaou Metropolitan of Nea Ionia and Philadelphia, b. 1976
• 24 February 2013Panteleimon Moutaphes Metropolitan of Maroneia and Komotini, b. 1970
• 28 June 2014Maximos Papagiannes Metropolitan of Ioannina, b. 1968
• 30 June 2014Timothy Anthes Metropolitan of Thessaliotis and Phanariopharsala, b. 1964
• 11 October 2014Constantine Giakoumakes Metropolitan of Megara and Salamina, b. 1960
• 13 October 2014Clement Koutsomytes Metropolitan of Peristerion, 1954–2021
• 31 May 2015Gerasimos Phokas Metropolitan of Kefalonia, 1951–2015
• 10 October 2015Demetrios Argyros Metropolitan of Kefalonia, b. 1958
• 12 March 2016George Rembelos Metropolitan of Karpenision, b. 1963
• 24 March 2019Chrysostom Panagopoulos Bishop of Euripos, b. 1972
• 30 October 2023Christopher Angelopoulos Bishop of Amphipolis, b. 1974
• 5 October 2024Nephon Kapogiannis Bishop of Achelos, b. 1971

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr