Christopher Angelopoulos

Life

Born

1974

Ordained deacon

2000

Ordained priest

2000

Elected bishop

9 October 2023

Consecrated bishop

30 October 2023

Sees

1. 30 October 2023 – present

   Bishop of Amphipolis

   Vicar of Servia · Church of Greece

Consecration

Consecrated 30 October 2023 by:

• Paul Papalexiou Metropolitan of Servia and Kozani, b. 1942
• Panteleimon Kalaphates Metropolitan of Xanthi and Peritheorion, b. 1943
• Alexios Vrionis Metropolitan of Nikaia, b. 1944
• Chrysostom Savvatos Metropolitan of Messenia, b. 1961
• Panteleimon Moutaphes Metropolitan of Maroneia and Komotini, b. 1970
• Chariton Toumbas Metropolitan of Elassona and Deskate, b. 1975
• Constantine Giakoumakes Metropolitan of Megara and Salamina, b. 1960
• David Tzioumakas Metropolitan of Grevena, b. 1958
• Bartholomew Antoniou-Triantaphyllides Metropolitan of Poliana and Kilkis, b. 1969

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 13 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Christopher Angelopoulos Bishop of Amphipolis consecrated 30 October 2023
2. David Tzioumakas Metropolitan of Grevena, b. 1958 consecrated 12 October 2014
3. Anthimos Roussas Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1934 consecrated 14 July 1974
4. Gabriel Kalokairinos Metropolitan of Thera, Amorgos and Nisoi, 1910–1983 consecrated 17 November 1957
5. Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986 consecrated 16 June 1946
6. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
7. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
8. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
9. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
10. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
11. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
12. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
13. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
14. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 3

• 13 April 2024Nektarios Papazafeiropoulos Bishop of Diokleia, b. 1985
• 19 October 2024Sophronios Gutzinis Bishop of Polystylon, b. 1967
• 1 February 2026Ambrose Stambliakas Bishop of Sinope, b. 1978

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr