Vincent Malamatenios

Life

Born

27 February 1954

Monastic tonsure

1971

Consecrated bishop

1985 · Church of True Orthodox Christians of Greece

Ordained deacon

4 April 1998 · Patriarchate of Constantinople

Ordained priest

5 April 1998 · Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecrated bishop

11 April 1998 · Patriarchate of Constantinople

Defrocked

28 March 2012

Died

17 May 2022

Sees

1. 1985 – 1993

   Metropolitan of Avlona

   Church of True Orthodox Christians of Greece

2. 1993 – 1994

   Metropolitan of No See

   Church of True Orthodox Christians of Greece

3. 1994 – 1995

   Metropolitan of Avlona

   Church of True Orthodox Christians of Greece

4. 1995

   Metropolitan of Peiraeus

   Church of True Orthodox Christians of Greece

5. 1995 – 1997

   Metropolitan of No See

   Church of True Orthodox Christians of Greece

6. 1997 – 11 April 1998

   Monk

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

7. 11 April 1998 – 28 March 2012

   Bishop of Apamea

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

8. 28 March 2012 – 17 May 2022

   Monk

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 1985 by:

• Athanasios Papas Senior Metropolitan of Chalcedon, b. 1936
• Germanos Chabiaropoulos Metropolitan of Traianopolis, 1931–2022
• Iakovos Sophroniades Metropolitan of the Princes' Islands, 1947–2018

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. Vincent Malamatenios Bishop of Apamea consecrated 1985
2. Athanasios Papas Senior Metropolitan of Chalcedon, b. 1936 consecrated 24 September 1972
3. Meliton Hatzis Senior Metropolitan of Chalcedon, 1913–1989 consecrated 30 November 1950
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 2

• 31 May 1998Dimitrios Couchell Metropolitan of Xanthi, b. 1938
• 23 June 1998Demetrios Koutsogeorgas Metropolitan of Xanthos, 1938–2026