Nephon Kapogiannis

Life

Born

2 December 1971

Ordained deacon

18 July 1999

Ordained priest

25 June 2000

Made archimandrite

25 June 2000

Monastic tonsure

25 September 2024

Consecrated bishop

5 October 2024

Sees

1. 5 October 2024 – present

   Bishop of Achelos

   Vicar of Piraeus · Church of Greece

Consecration

Consecrated 5 October 2024 by:

• Joseph Harkiolakis Metropolitan of Proikonnisos, b. 1955
• Serapheim Mentzelopoulos Metropolitan of Peiraeus, b. 1956
• Alexios Vrionis Metropolitan of Nikaia, b. 1944
• Ephrem Stenakis Metropolitan of Ydra, Spetsai, Aigina, Poros, Troizena and Methana, b. 1948
• Dorotheos Polykandriotes Metropolitan of Syros, Tinos, Andros, Kea and Milos, b. 1963
• Chrysostom Triantaphyllou Metropolitan of Chalkis, Istiaia and Voreion Sporadon, b. 1957
• Chrysostom Savvatos Metropolitan of Messenia, b. 1961
• Mark Vasilakes Metropolitan of Chios, b. 1965
• Chrysostom Nases Metropolitan of Trikki, Gardiki and Pyli, b. 1975
• Anthony Avramiotes Metropolitan of Glyfada, Elliniko, Voula, Vouliagmeni and Vari, b. 1957

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. Nephon Kapogiannis Bishop of Achelos consecrated 5 October 2024
2. Chrysostom Nases Metropolitan of Trikki, Gardiki and Pyli, b. 1975 consecrated 11 October 2015
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 1

• 15 October 2024Stephen Devrelis Bishop of Almopia, b. 1972

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr

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