Orthodox Hierarchs

Patriarchate of Constantinople

Ambrose Stambliakas

Αμβρόσιος

Bishop of Sinope · b. 1978

Born (Σταμπλιάκας)

Life

Born
1978
Ordained deacon
2002
Ordained priest
2007
Made archimandrite
2007
Consecrated bishop
1 February 2026

Sees

  1. 1 February 2026 – present

    Bishop of Sinope

    Vicar of France · Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 1 February 2026 by:

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. Ambrose Stambliakas Bishop of Sinope consecrated 1 February 2026
  2. Vissarion Komzias Metropolitan of Spain and Portugal, b. 1975 consecrated 25 January 2021
  3. Bartholomew I Archondonis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, b. 1940 consecrated 25 December 1973
  4. Chrysostom Koronaios Metropolitan of Neocaesarea, 1894–1976 consecrated 7 May 1944
  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

See his consecration network

Sources

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