Gregory Uzunov

Life

Born

19 August 1906

Monastic tonsure

18 August 1929

Ordained deacon

19 August 1929

Ordained priest

15 February 1934

Made archimandrite

26 July 1941

Consecrated bishop

11 April 1965

Made metropolitan

13 February 1972

Died

7 December 2000

Sees

1. 11 April 1965 – 1968

   Bishop of Krupnik

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

2. 1968 – 1972

   Bishop of Representative to the Patriarchate of Moscow

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

3. 1972 – 13 February 1972

   Bishop of Lovech

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

4. 13 February 1972 – 7 December 2000

   Metropolitan of Lovech

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 11 April 1965 by:

• Cyril Konstantinov Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia, 1901–1971

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 7 generations back to Anthimos IV Vamvakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Gregory Uzunov Metropolitan of Lovech consecrated 11 April 1965
2. Cyril Konstantinov Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia, 1901–1971 consecrated 12 July 1936
3. Neofit Karaabov Metropolitan of Vidin, 1868–1971 consecrated 21 June 1909
4. Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927 consecrated 18 July 1899
5. Constantine V Valiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1833–1914 consecrated 30 January 1876
6. Methodios Aronis Metropolitan of Mytilini, d. 1897 consecrated 12 November 1867
7. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
8. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825

Sources

• wikidata.org

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