Polycarp Synodinos

Life

Born

1864

Ordained deacon

12 July 1892

Consecrated bishop

22 April 1923

Retired

1945

Died

17 September 1947

Sees

1. 22 April 1923 – 21 September 1933

   Metropolitan of Gortyna and Megalopolis

   Church of Greece

2. 21 September 1933 – 9 August 1945

   Metropolitan of Messenia

   Church of Greece

3. 9 August 1945 – 17 September 1947

   Former Metropolitan of Messenia

   Church of Greece

Consecration

Consecrated 22 April 1923 by:

• Chrysostom I Papadopoulos Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1868–1938
• Polycarp Thoma Metropolitan of Trikki and Stagoi, 1876–1945
• Dionysios Daphnos Metropolitan of Monemvasia and Sparta, 1877–1961

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 1 generation back to Polycarp Thoma; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Polycarp Synodinos Former Metropolitan of Messenia consecrated 22 April 1923
2. Polycarp Thoma Metropolitan of Trikki and Stagoi, 1876–1945 consecrated 12 October 1914