Ambrose Smirnov/von Sievers

Life

Born

30 April 1967

Consecrated bishop

20 June 1994

Sees

1. 20 June 1994 – present

   Archbishop of Gotiya

   Russian Catacomb Church of True Orthodox Christians

Consecration

Consecrated 20 June 1994 by:

• Amfilokhii Shibanov Bishop of Tomsk, 1897–1994

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 11 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Ambrose Smirnov/von Sievers Archbishop of Gotiya consecrated 20 June 1994
2. Amfilokhii Shibanov Bishop of Tomsk, 1897–1994 consecrated 1928
3. Job Grechishkin Bishop of Ufa, 1895–1936 consecrated ca. 1926
4. Andrew Ukhtomskii Bishop, 1872–1937 consecrated 4 October 1907
5. Dimitrii Sambikin Archbishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsk, 1839–1908 consecrated 4 January 1887
6. Ioannikii Rudnev Metropolitan of Kyiv and Halych, 1826–1900 consecrated 12 June 1861
7. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
8. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
9. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
10. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
11. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
12. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 3

• 21 June 1994Evagrii Drenteln Bishop of Ingermannland, 1961–1997
• 13 June 1995Pankratii Agafonov Bishop of Tyumen, 1909–1997
• 1 June 1996Nektarii von Roit Bishop of Svaneti, b. 1965