Stephen I Shokov

Life

Born

19 September 1878

Monastic tonsure

28 October 1910

Ordained deacon

29 October 1910

Ordained priest

31 October 1910

Made archimandrite

20 September 1911

Consecrated bishop

1 April 1921

Made metropolitan

1922

Died

14 May 1957

Sees

1. 1 April 1921 – 26 March 1922

   Bishop of Markianopol

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

2. 26 March 1922 – 14 May 1957

   Metropolitan of Sofia

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

3. 1945

   Exarch of Bulgaria

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 1 April 1921 by:

• Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927

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 Anthimos IV Vamvakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Stephen I Shokov Metropolitan of Sofia consecrated 1 April 1921
2. Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927 consecrated 18 July 1899
3. Constantine V Valiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1833–1914 consecrated 30 January 1876
4. Methodios Aronis Metropolitan of Mytilini, d. 1897 consecrated 12 November 1867
5. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
6. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825

Bishops he consecrated 8

• 1 April 1923Paisii Ankov Metropolitan of Vratsa, 1888–1974
• 28 April 1929Andrew Petkov Metropolitan of New York, 1886–1972
• 19 June 1931Antim Metropolitan of Lovech, 1884–1939
• 27 November 1938Filaret Atanasov Metropolitan of Lovech, 1901–1960
• 29 January 1939Nikodim Piperov Metropolitan of Sliven, 1895–1980
• 30 January 1939Clement Kinov Metropolitan of Stara Zagora, 1897–1967
• 30 June 1940Sofronii Koev Former Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1897–1995
• 21 December 1947Pimen Enev Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1906–1999

Sources

• wikidata.org

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