Damaskinos Karpathakes

Life

Born

10 May 1959

Monastic tonsure

1 February 1985

Ordained deacon

23 March 1985

Ordained priest

14 September 1987

Consecrated bishop

27 January 1995

Made metropolitan

12 October 2009

Sees

1. 27 January 1995 – 12 October 2009

   Bishop of Diavleia

   Vicar of Athens · Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 12 October 2009 – present

   Metropolitan of Didymoteixon, Orestias and Soufli

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 27 January 1995 by:

• Dionysios Kyratsos Metropolitan of Drama, 1923–2005
• Ambrose Stamenas Metropolitan of Paronaxia, 1922–2008
• Agathangelos Tampouratzakis Metropolitan of Nea Smyrni, 1929–2001
• Cyril Kypriotakes Metropolitan of Gortyna and Arcadia, 1932–2005
• Chrysostom Zafeires Former Metropolitan of Peristerion, 1935–2019
• Chrysostom Synetos Metropolitan of Dodoni, b. 1939
• Alexios Michalopoulos 1932–2020
• Iakovos Korozes Metropolitan of Kythira, 1927–2009
• Maximos Xydas Metropolitan of Serrai and Nigrita, 1942–2003
• Timothy Trivizas Metropolitan of Corfu and Paxoi, 1939–2002
• Iakovos Phrantzes Metropolitan of Mytilini, Eressos and Plomarion, b. 1942
• Ignatios Lappas Metropolitan of Larisa and Tyrnavos, 1946–2018
• Constantine Farantatos Metropolitan of Nea Ionia and Philadelphia, 1930–2020
• Theodore II Choreftakis Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, b. 1954

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. Damaskinos Karpathakes Metropolitan of Didymoteixon, Orestias and Soufli consecrated 27 January 1995
2. Iakovos Korozes Metropolitan of Kythira, 1927–2009 consecrated 2 March 1980
3. Gabriel Kalokairinos Metropolitan of Thera, Amorgos and Nisoi, 1910–1983 consecrated 17 November 1957
4. Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986 consecrated 16 June 1946
5. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
6. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
7. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
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 23

• 5 October 1996Serapheim Papakostas Metropolitan of Kastoria, cons. 1996
• 12 November 2006Nikodemos Priangelos Metropolitan of Memphis, b. 1967
• 29 July 2007Hilarion Shishkovskii Archbishop of Makariv, 1969–2018
• 17 October 2009Emmanuel Sigalas Metropolitan of Poliana and Kilkis, 1953–2021
• 18 October 2009Prokopios Petrides Bishop of Christianoupolis, b. 1960
• 9 October 2011Gabriel Papanikolaou Metropolitan of Nea Ionia and Philadelphia, b. 1976
• 6 October 2012Chrysostom Tsiringas Metropolitan of Nikopolis and Preveza, b. 1957
• 24 February 2013Panteleimon Moutaphes Metropolitan of Maroneia and Komotini, b. 1970
• 20 October 2013Nektarios Antonopoulos Metropolitan of Argolis, b. 1952
• 11 October 2014Constantine Giakoumakes Metropolitan of Megara and Salamina, b. 1960
• 18 October 2014Amphilochios Stergiou Metropolitan of Adrianopolis, b. 1961
• 10 October 2015Demetrios Argyros Metropolitan of Kefalonia, b. 1958
• 11 October 2015Chrysostom Nases Metropolitan of Trikki, Gardiki and Pyli, b. 1975
• 17 October 2016Cyril Diamantakes Metropolitan of Ierapytna and Sitia, b. 1971
• 27 September 2017Andrew Borkowski Bishop of Supraśl, b. 1974
• 14 October 2019Eustratios Kalogeropoulos Metropolitan of Lemnos and Agios Eustratios, b. 1962
• 22 October 2023Eireneos Laftsis Metropolitan of Florina, Prespa and Eordaia, b. 1974
• 11 November 2023Apostolos Kavaliotis Bishop of Tanagra, b. 1965
• 19 October 2024Sophronios Gutzinis Bishop of Polystylon, b. 1967
• 18 October 2025Athenagoras Birdas Metropolitan of Domenikon, b. 1964
• 20 October 2025Theologos Alexandrakis Bishop of Talantion, b. 1974
• 1 November 2025Damaskinos Al Azrai Bishop of Mareotis, b. 1987
• 14 December 2025Gregory Fragakis Metropolitan of Ancyra, b. 1986

Sources

Markou also names Iakovos of Laodicea as a consecrator; no matching record

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr