Gervasios Soumelides

Life

Born

1820

Consecrated bishop

9 August 1864

Retired

10 May 1905

Died

8 March 1906

Sees

1. 9 August 1864 – 10 May 1905

   Metropolitan of Chaldea and Cheroianon

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 10 May 1905 – 8 March 1906

   Former Metropolitan of Chaldea and Cheroianon

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 9 August 1864 by:

• Dionysios Kotakes Metropolitan of Nicomedia, 1790–1877
• Dionysios Tapeinos Metropolitan of Melenikos, 1799–1881
• Nikephoros I Metropolitan of Kastoria, d. 1874
• Gennadii Dmitrov Metropolitan of Velissa, 1800–1876
• Anthimos Alexiades Metropolitan of Bosnia, 1812–1884
• Hierotheos Phidias Metropolitan of Neocaesarea, 1830–1883

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 Dionysios Kotakes; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Gervasios Soumelides Metropolitan of Chaldea and Cheroianon consecrated 9 August 1864
2. Dionysios Kotakes Metropolitan of Nicomedia, 1790–1877 consecrated October 1821

Bishops he consecrated 15

• 18 June 1877Benedict Adamantides Metropolitan of Proikonnisos, 1830–1906
• 27 July 1877Hieronymos Gorgias/Giourgas Metropolitan of Nicaea, 1837–1910
• 14 August 1877Photios Maniates Metropolitan of Servia and Kozani, 1840–1925
• 29 October 1877Gregory I Drakopoulos Metropolitan of Kastoria, d. 1890
• 13 June 1887Constantine Chatzeapostolou Metropolitan of Anchialos, 1850–1923
• 26 July 1887Constantine Delegiannes/Deligiannes Metropolitan of Chios, 1842–1919
• 4 October 1887Stephen Soulides Metropolitan of Methymna, 1847–1915
• 18 October 1887Gabriel Iatroudakes Metropolitan of Nikopolis and Preveza, 1850–1906
• 21 May 1888Anthimos Peltekes Former Metropolitan of Devra and Velissa, 1840–1909
• 22 May 1888Philaretos Vapheides Metropolitan of Heraclea, 1850–1933
• 30 August 1892Nikephoros Levanterides Metropolitan of Mesembria, 1854–1931
• 14 March 1893Ambrose Stavrinos Metropolitan of Derka, 1854–1931
• 9 May 1893Constantios Karatzopoulos Metropolitan of Trebizond, 1861–1906
• 16 May 1899Polycarp Psomiades Metropolitan of Xanthi, 1864–1939
• 6 February 1900Polycarp Theologides Former Metropolitan of Devra and Velissa, 1868–1919