Chrysostom Zafeires

Life

Born

1935

Ordained deacon

20 July 1960

Ordained priest

1 May 1970

Consecrated bishop

22 February 1976

Made metropolitan

22 February 1976

Retired

5 March 2019

Died

7 November 2019

Sees

1. 22 February 1976 – 1978

   Metropolitan of Gardiki

   Church of Greece

2. 1978 – 5 March 2019

   Metropolitan of Peristerion

   Church of Greece

3. 5 March 2019 – 7 November 2019

   Former Metropolitan of Peristerion

   Church of Greece

Consecration

Consecrated 22 February 1976 by:

• Elias IV Muawad Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, 1912–1979
• Serapheim Tikas Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1913–1998
• Stephen Aphentoulides Former Metropolitan of Trikki and Stagoi, 1923–2003
• Ignatios Tsingres Metropolitan of Arta, 1911–1988
• Stephen Matakoulias Metropolitan of Triphylia and Olympia, 1915–2007
• Paul Sophos Metropolitan of Ierissos, Agion Oros and Ardamerion, 1910–1995
• Dionysios Kyratsos Metropolitan of Drama, 1923–2005
• Chrysostom Voultsos Metropolitan of Nea Smyrni, 1927–1986
• Agathangelos Tampouratzakis Metropolitan of Nea Smyrni, 1929–2001
• Chrysostom Konstantinides Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1921–2006
• Constantine Papastephanou Metropolitan of Baghdad, Kuwait and Dependencies, 1924–2016
• George Khodre Metropolitan of Byblos, Batroun and Dependencies, b. 1923
• Cosmas Papadopoulos Metropolitan of Kampania, 1921–1992

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 8 generations back to Paisios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Chrysostom Zafeires Former Metropolitan of Peristerion consecrated 22 February 1976
2. Stephen Aphentoulides Former Metropolitan of Trikki and Stagoi, 1923–2003 consecrated 16 March 1958
3. Panteleimon Papageorgiou Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, 1902–1979 consecrated 30 September 1936
4. Panteleimon Phostinis Metropolitan of Chios, Psara and Oinoussa, 1888–1962 consecrated 24 December 1922
5. Ambrose Nikolaides Metropolitan of Phthiotis, 1880–1958 consecrated 5 June 1911
6. Apostolos Christodoulou Metropolitan of Serrai, 1856–1917 consecrated 8 July 1901
7. Stephen Soulides Metropolitan of Methymna, 1847–1915 consecrated 4 October 1887
8. Paisios Kourentis/Panagiotides Metropolitan of Imbros, 1830–1904 consecrated 22 December 1863
9. Paisios Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1778–1877 consecrated ca. 1819

Bishops he consecrated 5

• 17 August 1976Ambrose Lenes Former Metropolitan of Kalavryta and Aigialeia, b. 1938
• 15 October 1989Demetrios Bekiares Metropolitan of Goumenissa, Axiopolis and Polykastron, b. 1948
• 27 January 1995Damaskinos Karpathakes Metropolitan of Didymoteixon, Orestias and Soufli, b. 1959
• 15 March 2007Chrysostom Savvatos Metropolitan of Messenia, b. 1961
• 18 October 2009Nephon Tsavaris Metropolitan of Pelusium, b. 1959

Sources

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