Joseph Brednev

Life

Consecrated bishop

16 January 1854

Sees

1. 16 January 1854 – date unknown

   Bishop

   Old Believer Church

2. date unknown

   Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'

   Old Believer Church

Consecration

Consecrated 16 January 1854 by:

• Sofronii Zhirov Bishop of Simbirsk, d. 1879

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 4 generations back to Gregory VI Phourtouniades; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Joseph Brednev Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' consecrated 16 January 1854
2. Sofronii Zhirov Bishop of Simbirsk, d. 1879 consecrated 3 January 1849
3. Cyril Timofeyev Archbishop of Belaya Krinitsa and Metropolitan of All Old Orthodox Christians, 1786–1873 consecrated 6 January 1847
4. Ambrose Pappa-Georgopoli Metropolitan of Belaya Krinitsa, 1791–1863 consecrated 1835
5. Gregory VI Phourtouniades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1798–1881 consecrated 24 October 1825