Orthodox Hierarchs

Patriarchate of Moscow

Aleksii Gromadskii

Алексий

Metropolitan of Volyn · 1882–1943

Born Aleksandr Yakovlevich Gromadskii (Александр Яковлевич Громадский)

Life

Born
1 November 1882
Ordained priest
1908
Monastic tonsure
11 February 1922
Consecrated bishop
3 September 1922
Made archbishop
3 July 1928
Made metropolitan
25 November 1941
Died
8 May 1943

Sees

  1. 3 September 1922 – 21 April 1923

    Bishop of Lutsk

    Vicar of Volyn · Patriarchate of Moscow

  2. 21 April 1923 – 3 July 1928

    Bishop of Hrodna

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  3. 3 July 1928 – 15 April 1934

    Archbishop of Hrodna

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  4. 15 April 1934 – 1940

    Archbishop of Volyn

    Church of Poland

  5. 1940 – 25 November 1941

    Archbishop of Volyn

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  6. 25 November 1941 – 8 May 1943

    Metropolitan of Volyn

    Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 3 September 1922 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. Aleksii Gromadskii Metropolitan of Volyn consecrated 3 September 1922
  2. George Yaroshevskii Metropolitan of Warsaw and Chełm, 1872–1923 consecrated 1 July 1906
  3. Vladimir Bogoyavlenskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1848–1918 consecrated 13 June 1888
  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 7

Sources

Also in: Wikidata

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