John Smirnov

Life

Born

29 December 1857

Made archimandrite

15 August 1903

Consecrated bishop

11 May 1908

Made archbishop

21 January 1916

Died

3 December 1918

Sees

1. 11 May 1908 – 1912

   Bishop of Kirensk

   Vicar of Irkutsk · Patriarchate of Moscow

2. 1912 – 21 January 1916

   Bishop of Zabaikal and Nerchinsk

   Patriarchate of Moscow

3. 21 January 1916 – 3 December 1918

   Archbishop of Irkutsk and Verkholensk

   Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 11 May 1908 by:

• Tikhon Troitskii-Donebin Archbishop of Irkutsk and Verkholensk, 1831–1911
• Evfimii Schastnev Bishop of Yeniseisk and Krasnoyarsk, 1839–1913
• Mefodii Gerasimov Metropolitan of Harbin and Manchuria, 1856–1931

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 1 generation back to Tikhon Troitskii-Donebin; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. John Smirnov Archbishop of Irkutsk and Verkholensk consecrated 11 May 1908
2. Tikhon Troitskii-Donebin Archbishop of Irkutsk and Verkholensk, 1831–1911 consecrated 18 July 1882

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 10 August 1914Zosima Sidorovskii Archbishop of Frunze, 1876–1927

Sources

Also in: Wikidata