Ignatios Georgakopoulos

Life

Born

16 August 1956

Monastic tonsure

17 July 1975

Ordained deacon

24 October 1976

Ordained priest

1983

Elected bishop

9 October 1998

Consecrated bishop

10 October 1998

Sees

1. 10 October 1998 – present

   Metropolitan of Demetrias and Almyros

   Church of Greece

Consecration

Consecrated 10 October 1998 by:

• Christodoulos Paraskevaides Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1939–2008
• Serapheim Stephanou Metropolitan of Stagoi and Meteora, 1932–2017
• Dionysios Ladopoulos Metropolitan of Neapolis and Stavroupolis, 1929–2008
• Anthimos Roussas Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1934
• Ambrose Stamenas Metropolitan of Paronaxia, 1922–2008
• Titos Papanakos Metropolitan of Paramythia, Filiates, Giromeri and Parga, b. 1931
• Kallinikos Karousos Metropolitan of Peiraeus, 1926–2020
• Ambrose Lenes Former Metropolitan of Kalavryta and Aigialeia, b. 1938
• Panteleimon Bezenitis Metropolitan of Attica, 1938–2014
• Eustathios Speliotes Metropolitan of Monemvasia and Sparta, b. 1940
• Maximos Xydas Metropolitan of Serrai and Nigrita, 1942–2003
• Alexander Papadopoulos Metropolitan of Mantineia and Kynouria, b. 1936
• Agathonikos Fatouros Former Metropolitan of Kitros and Katerini, b. 1937
• Iakovos Sophroniades Metropolitan of the Princes' Islands, 1947–2018
• Ignatios Alexiou Metropolitan of Arta, b. 1945
• Demetrios Bekiares Metropolitan of Goumenissa, Axiopolis and Polykastron, b. 1948
• Panteleimon Kalpakides Metropolitan of Veroia, Naousa and Kampania, b. 1945
• Panteleimon Kalaphates Metropolitan of Xanthi and Peritheorion, b. 1943
• Alexios Vrionis Metropolitan of Nikaia, b. 1944
• Basil Kolokas Metropolitan of Elassona, 1953–2014
• Eusebios Pistoles Metropolitan of Samos and Ikaria, b. 1949
• Serapheim Papakostas Metropolitan of Kastoria, cons. 1996

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 12 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Ignatios Georgakopoulos Metropolitan of Demetrias and Almyros consecrated 10 October 1998
2. Anthimos Roussas Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1934 consecrated 14 July 1974
3. Gabriel Kalokairinos Metropolitan of Thera, Amorgos and Nisoi, 1910–1983 consecrated 17 November 1957
4. Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986 consecrated 16 June 1946
5. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
6. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
7. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
8. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
9. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
10. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
11. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
12. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
13. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 30

• 15 October 2000Athanasios Hatzopoulos Metropolitan of Achaia, b. 1950
• 14 January 2001Ephrem Stenakis Metropolitan of Ydra, Spetsai, Aigina, Poros, Troizena and Methana, b. 1948
• 16 December 2001Makarios Philotheou Metropolitan of Siderokastron, b. 1952
• 20 January 2008Nektarios Tsilis Metropolitan of Hong Kong, b. 1969
• 24 February 2013Panteleimon Moutaphes Metropolitan of Maroneia and Komotini, b. 1970
• 20 October 2013Nektarios Antonopoulos Metropolitan of Argolis, b. 1952
• 1 March 2014George Chrysostomou Metropolitan of Kitros, Katerini and Platamon, b. 1964
• 27 July 2014Maximos Vyenopoulos Metropolitan of Silybria, b. 1968
• 31 May 2015Gerasimos Phokas Metropolitan of Kefalonia, 1951–2015
• 1 June 2015Justin Bardakas Metropolitan of Nea Krini and Kalamaria, b. 1969
• 10 October 2015Demetrios Argyros Metropolitan of Kefalonia, b. 1958
• 10 February 2018Chrysostom Papathanasiou Metropolitan of Mani, b. 1950
• 11 February 2018Symeon Voliotes Metropolitan of Phthiotis, b. 1977
• 7 October 2018Hieronymos Nikopoulos Metropolitan of Larisa and Tyrnavos, b. 1971
• 23 March 2019Athanasios Yannousas Metropolitan of Sisanion and Siatista, b. 1971
• 13 October 2019Hieronymos Karmas Metropolitan of Kalavryta and Aigialeia, b. 1966
• 15 October 2019Philotheos Theochares Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1977
• 16 October 2021Bartholomew Antoniou-Triantaphyllides Metropolitan of Poliana and Kilkis, b. 1969
• 17 October 2021Gregory Papathomas Metropolitan of Peristerion, b. 1960
• 17 February 2022Nikodemos Totkas Metropolitan of Nigeria, b. 1975
• 20 February 2022Chrysostomos Maidones Bishop of Bukoba, b. 1956
• 9 October 2022Damaskenos Kiametes Metropolitan of Aitolia and Acarnania, b. 1975
• 3 November 2023Ignatios Sotiriades Bishop of Salona, b. 1961
• 5 November 2023Nektarios Milionis Bishop of Photike, b. 1942
• 2 February 2024Iakovos Andriopoulos Metropolitan of Mexico, b. 1992
• 12 January 2025Damaskinos Olkinuora Bishop of Haapsalu, b. 1985
• 27 September 2025Athenagoras Karakonstantakis Bishop of Canberra, b. 1984
• 28 September 2025Christopher Krikelis Bishop of Kerasounta, b. 1981
• 12 October 2025John Karamouzis Bishop of Skiathos, b. 1973
• 19 September 2026Kallinikos Mavroleon Bishop of Medeia, b. 1959

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr

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