Joachim Nerantzoules

Life

Born

1 March 1942

Ordained deacon

18 December 1966

Ordained priest

21 September 1973

Consecrated bishop

23 September 1973

Made metropolitan

27 June 1977

Died

14 April 2023

Sees

1. 23 September 1973 – 27 June 1977

   Auxiliary Bishop of Melitinis

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 27 June 1977 – 1991

   Metropolitan of Melitinis

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 1991 – 2008

   Metropolitan of Chalcedon

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

4. 2008 – 14 April 2023

   Senior Metropolitan of Nicomedia

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 23 September 1973 by:

• Meliton Hatzis Senior Metropolitan of Chalcedon, 1913–1989
• Maximos Georgiades Metropolitan of Laodicea, 1908–1979
• Hieronymos Constantinidis Metropolitan of Rodopolis, 1912–2005

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. Joachim Nerantzoules Senior Metropolitan of Nicomedia consecrated 23 September 1973
2. Maximos Georgiades Metropolitan of Laodicea, 1908–1979 consecrated 9 June 1946
3. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
4. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
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 7

• 25 December 1987Iakovos Sophroniades Metropolitan of the Princes' Islands, 1947–2018
• 28 October 1990Meliton Karas Metropolitan of Philadelphia, b. 1951
• 4 November 1990Demetrios Kommatas Metropolitan of the Princes' Islands, b. 1952
• 26 July 1996Alexander Kalpakides Metropolitan of Stavropegion, 1938–2016
• 1 June 1997Gennadios Limouris Metropolitan of Sassima, 1951–2022
• 11 April 1998Paisios Loulourgas Metropolitan of Tyana, b. 1945
• 3 June 2001Tarasios Anton Metropolitan of Rodopolis, b. 1956

Sources

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