Orthodox Hierarchs

Patriarchate of Alexandria

Saint Nektarios Kephalas

Νεκτάριος

Metropolitan of Pentapolis · 1846–1920

Born Anastasios Kephalas (Ἀναστάσιος Κεφαλάς)

Life

Born
1 October 1846
Monastic tonsure
7 November 1876
Ordained deacon
15 January 1877
Ordained priest
23 March 1886
Made archimandrite
6 August 1886
Consecrated bishop
15 January 1889
Died
9 November 1920
Canonized
date unknown

Sees

  1. 15 January 1889 – 9 November 1920

    Metropolitan of Pentapolis

    Patriarchate of Alexandria

Consecration

Consecrated 15 January 1889 by:

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 Sophronios IV Meidantzoglou; earlier links are not yet in the data.

  1. Nektarios Kephalas Metropolitan of Pentapolis consecrated 15 January 1889
  2. Sophronios IV Meidantzoglou Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, 1798–1899 consecrated 29 June 1839

Sources

Also in: Wikidata

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