Polycarp Varvakes/Vardakis

Life

Born

27 July 1862

Consecrated bishop

6 June 1894

Made metropolitan

21 October 1900

Retired

28 November 1933

Died

5 February 1945

Sees

1. 6 June 1894 – 21 October 1900

   Bishop of Levkada

   Vicar of Constantinople · Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 21 October 1900 – 12 August 1910

   Metropolitan of Elassona

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 12 August 1910 – 1924

   Metropolitan of Adrianopolis

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

4. 1924 – 12 February 1931

   Metropolitan of Adrianopolis and Moschonision

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

5. 12 February 1931 – 28 November 1933

   Metropolitan of Chios

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

6. 28 November 1933 – 5 February 1945

   Former Metropolitan of Chios

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 6 June 1894 by:

• Hieronymos Gorgias/Giourgas Metropolitan of Nicaea, 1837–1910
• Chrysanthos Metropolitan of Korçë, 1840–1911
• Dionysios Stavrides Metropolitan of Silybria, 1852–1913

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 4 generations back to Paisios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Polycarp Varvakes/Vardakis Former Metropolitan of Chios consecrated 6 June 1894
2. Dionysios Stavrides Metropolitan of Silybria, 1852–1913 consecrated 23 October 1888
3. Kallinikos Metropolitan of Moglen, 1820–1911 consecrated 2 April 1872
4. Paisios Kourentis/Panagiotides Metropolitan of Imbros, 1830–1904 consecrated 22 December 1863
5. Paisios Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1778–1877 consecrated ca. 1819

Bishops he consecrated 5

• 27 February 1900Smaragd Chatzeeustathiou Former Metropolitan of Giannitsa and Goumenissa, 1871–1928
• 17 May 1909Athanasios Piperas Metropolitan of Serrai, d. 1909
• 13 September 1909Kallinikos Delikanes Metropolitan of Caesarea, 1855–1934
• 10 April 1910Barnabas Rosić Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1880–1937
• 24 April 1911Polycarp Sakellaropoulos Metropolitan of Veroia and Naousa, 1878–1943

Sources

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