Daniel Stoikov

Life

Born

25 September 1956

Monastic tonsure

1998

Consecrated bishop

28 September 1999

Retired

2011

Sees

1. 28 September 1999 – 2004

   Bishop of Stobi

   Alternative Synod (Bulgaria)

2. 2004 – 2008

   Bishop of No See

   Bulgarian True Orthodox Church

3. 2008 – present

   Metropolitan of Philippopolis

   Bulgarian True Orthodox Church

Consecration

Consecrated 28 September 1999 by:

• Innocent Petrov Bishop of Krupnik, b. 1963
• Boris Bogoev Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1911–2006
• Gabriel Galev Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1944–2008
• Yakov Tasev Bishop of Mesembria, b. 1956
• Evlogii Metropolitan of Smolyan
• Constantine Petrov Bishop of Markianopol, 1941–2017
• Nikon Lalkov Bishop of Agathopolis, 1931–2002

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 8 generations back to Anthimos IV Vamvakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Daniel Stoikov Metropolitan of Philippopolis consecrated 28 September 1999
2. Constantine Petrov Bishop of Markianopol, 1941–2017 consecrated 27 August 1997
3. Pimen Enev Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1906–1999 consecrated 21 December 1947
4. Stephen I Shokov Metropolitan of Sofia, 1878–1957 consecrated 1 April 1921
5. Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927 consecrated 18 July 1899
6. Constantine V Valiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1833–1914 consecrated 30 January 1876
7. Methodios Aronis Metropolitan of Mytilini, d. 1897 consecrated 12 November 1867
8. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
9. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825