Meletios Karabinis

Life

Born

1914

Ordained deacon

1938

Ordained priest

1940

Consecrated bishop

28 June 1953

Made metropolitan

22 October 1963

Retired

9 June 1988

Died

19 April 1993

Sees

1. 28 June 1953 – 22 October 1963

   Bishop of Rhegion

   Vicar of Thyateira and Great Britain · Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 22 October 1963 – 9 June 1988

   Metropolitan of France

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 9 June 1988 – 19 April 1993

   Former Metropolitan of France

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 28 June 1953 by:

• Athenagoras Cavadas Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, 1885–1962
• Constantine Alatopoulos Metropolitan of Irinoupolis, 1892–1961
• Iakovos III Vavanatsos Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1895–1984
• Chrysostom Daskalakes Metropolitan of Messenia, 1906–1961
• Cyril Axiotis Metropolitan of Chaldea, 1908–1991

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 5 generations back to Paisios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Meletios Karabinis Metropolitan of France consecrated 28 June 1953
2. Cyril Axiotis Metropolitan of Chaldea, 1908–1991 consecrated 10 October 1943
3. Leontios Liverios Metropolitan of Theodoroupolis, 1872–1964 consecrated 6 November 1906
4. Stephen Soulides Metropolitan of Methymna, 1847–1915 consecrated 4 October 1887
5. Paisios Kourentis/Panagiotides Metropolitan of Imbros, 1830–1904 consecrated 22 December 1863
6. Paisios Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1778–1877 consecrated ca. 1819

Bishops he consecrated 6

• 4 October 1953George Tarassoff Archbishop of Syracuse, 1893–1981
• 6 November 1955Chrysostom Tsiter Metropolitan of Austria, 1903–1995
• 13 May 1956Iakovos Virvos Metropolitan of Christoupolis, 1901–1976
• 6 December 1959Dionysios Psiachas Metropolitan of Prousa, 1916–2008
• 25 September 1960Emilianos Timiadis Metropolitan of Silybria, 1916–2008
• 3 October 1971George Wagner Archbishop of Evdokia, 1930–1993

Sources

Also in: Wikidata