Nifont Sapozhkov

Life

Born

15 August 1882

Ordained priest

October 1942

Consecrated bishop

4 December 1946

Died

7 October 1951

Sees

1. 4 December 1946 – 18 November 1948

   Bishop of Uman

   Vicar of Kyiv · Patriarchate of Moscow

2. 18 November 1948 – 17 March 1950

   Bishop of Ufa and Bashkiria

   Patriarchate of Moscow

3. 17 March 1950 – 7 October 1951

   Bishop of Zhytomyr and Ovruch

   Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 4 December 1946 by:

• John Sokolov Metropolitan of Kyiv and Halych, 1877–1968
• Nikon Petin Archbishop of Kherson and Odessa, 1902–1956
• Pankratii Kashperuk Former Archbishop of Volyn, 1890–1972

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 10 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Nifont Sapozhkov Bishop of Zhytomyr and Ovruch consecrated 4 December 1946
2. Pankratii Kashperuk Former Archbishop of Volyn, 1890–1972 consecrated 28 April 1946
3. Boris Vik Metropolitan of Kherson and Odessa, 1906–1965 consecrated 2 April 1944
4. Sergii Stragorodskii Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1867–1944 consecrated 25 February 1901
5. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
6. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
7. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
8. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
9. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
10. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
11. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 2 February 1947Iakov Zaika Former Bishop of Chernihiv and Nizhyn, 1900–1983

Sources

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