Orthodox Hierarchs

Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Gregory Nemtsov

Григорий

Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven · 1828–1898

Born Georgi Nemtsov (Георги Немцов)

Life

Born
1828
Monastic tonsure
15 July 1847
Ordained deacon
21 May 1851
Ordained priest
4 August 1866
Made archimandrite
6 August 1866
Consecrated bishop
1 July 1872
Died
16 December 1898

Sees

  1. 1 July 1872 – 16 December 1898

    Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven

    Patriarchate of Bulgaria

  2. 1875 – 1878

    Locum tenens of Turnovo

    Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 1 July 1872 by:

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 2 generations back to Joachim II Kokkodes; earlier links are not yet in the data.

  1. Gregory Nemtsov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven consecrated 1 July 1872
  2. Antim I Chalakov Former Exarch of Exarchate of Bulgaria, 1816–1888
  3. Joachim II Kokkodes Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1802–1878 consecrated December 1827

Bishops he consecrated 3

Sources

Also in: Wikidata

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