Antipa Sukhuliya

Life

Born

10 August 1959

Ordained deacon

2001

Ordained priest

2001

Monastic tonsure

9 November 2005

Made archimandrite

12 November 2005

Consecrated bishop

13 November 2005

Retired

2015

Sees

1. 13 November 2005 – 2012

   Bishop of Zugdidi and Kolkhida

   Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church in Romania

2. 2012 – 2015

   Bishop of All Iberia

   Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church in Romania

3. 2015 – present

   Former Bishop of All Iberia

   Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church in Romania

Consecration

Consecrated 13 November 2005 by:

• Leontii Izot/Izotov Metropolitan of Belaya Krinitsa, b. 1966
• Sofronii Lipalit Archbishop of America, Canada and Australia, cons. 1996
• Nathaniel Ichim/Ikim Archbishop of Bukovina and Moldova, b. 1938
• Ambrose Herzog Former Bishop of Augsburg and All Germany, b. 1949

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 2 generations back to Alimpii Gusev; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Antipa Sukhuliya Former Bishop of All Iberia consecrated 13 November 2005
2. Ambrose Herzog Former Bishop of Augsburg and All Germany, b. 1949 consecrated 2000
3. Alimpii Gusev Metropolitan of Moscow and All Rus', 1929–2003 consecrated 5 January 1986