Orthodox Hierarchs

Patriarchate of Moscow

Nikon Purlevskii

Никон

Archbishop of Kazan · 1886–1938

Born Nikolai Aleksandrovich Purlevskii (Николай Александрович Пурлевский)

Life

Born
5 February 1886
Monastic tonsure
18 October 1907
Ordained priest
25 May 1910
Consecrated bishop
14 April 1920
Died
9 January 1938

Sees

  1. 14 April 1920 – 1920

    Bishop of Rylsk

    Vicar of Kursk · Patriarchate of Moscow

  2. 1920 – 1923

    Bishop of Belgorod

    Vicar of Kursk · Patriarchate of Moscow

  3. 1923 – 1924

    Bishop of No See

    Renovationist Schism (Russia)

  4. 1924 – 6 November 1930

    Bishop of No See

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  5. 6 November 1930 – 21 March 1933

    Bishop of Baku and the Caspian

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  6. 21 March 1933 – 24 August 1933

    Bishop of Vyazma

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  7. 24 August 1933 – 3 January 1934

    Bishop of Arkhangelsk

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  8. 3 January 1934 – 5 June 1937

    Archbishop of Arkhangelsk

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  9. 5 June 1937 – 27 December 1937

    Archbishop of Kazan

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  10. 27 December 1937 – 9 January 1938

    Archbishop of No See

    Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 14 April 1920 by:

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 Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

  1. Nikon Purlevskii Archbishop of Kazan consecrated 14 April 1920
  2. Tikhon Belavin Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1865–1925 consecrated 19 October 1897
  3. Palladii Rayev-Pisarev Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1827–1898 consecrated 18 December 1866
  4. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
  5. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
  6. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
  7. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
  8. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
  9. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 1

  • 19 February 1922Paul Kratirov Bishop of Starobilsk, 1871–1932

Sources

Also in: Wikidata

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