Athanasios Sphakianos

Life

Born

5 July 1907

Ordained deacon

29 June 1928

Ordained priest

11 October 1936

Made archimandrite

10 December 1936

Consecrated bishop

21 November 1942

Died

30 June 1953

Sees

1. 21 November 1942 – 30 June 1953

   Bishop of Mareotis

   Patriarchate of Alexandria

Consecration

Consecrated 21 November 1942 by:

• Christopher II Danielides Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, 1876–1967
• Theophanes Moschonas Metropolitan of Tripoli, 1864–1954
• Constantine Katsarakes Metropolitan of Leontopolis, 1887–1980
• Evangelos Psemmas Metropolitan of Hermopolis, 1905–1962
• Anthimos Siskos Metropolitan of Nubia, 1890–1958

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 6 generations back to Paisios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Athanasios Sphakianos Bishop of Mareotis consecrated 21 November 1942
2. Constantine Katsarakes Metropolitan of Leontopolis, 1887–1980 consecrated 20 December 1931
3. Isidore Georgiades Metropolitan of Johannesburg, 1881–1938 consecrated 1 April 1928
4. Keladion Kantopoulos Metropolitan of Ptolemais, 1873–1944 consecrated 15 August 1914
5. Basil III Georgiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1840–1929 consecrated 24 September 1889
6. Paisios Kourentis/Panagiotides Metropolitan of Imbros, 1830–1904 consecrated 22 December 1863
7. Paisios Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1778–1877 consecrated ca. 1819

Sources

Also in: Wikidata