Yakov Tasev

Life

Born

25 August 1956

Ordained priest

1 April 1984

Monastic tonsure

1992

Made archimandrite

14 August 1997

Consecrated bishop

19 October 1997

Sees

1. 19 October 1997 – 1 October 1998

   Bishop of Samokov

   Alternative Synod (Bulgaria)

2. 1 October 1998 – 2013

   Bishop of Mesembria

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

3. 2013 – present

   Former Bishop of Mesembria

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 19 October 1997 by:

• Pimen Enev Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1906–1999

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 7 generations back to Anthimos IV Vamvakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Yakov Tasev Bishop of Mesembria consecrated 19 October 1997
2. Pimen Enev Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1906–1999 consecrated 21 December 1947
3. Stephen I Shokov Metropolitan of Sofia, 1878–1957 consecrated 1 April 1921
4. Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927 consecrated 18 July 1899
5. Constantine V Valiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1833–1914 consecrated 30 January 1876
6. Methodios Aronis Metropolitan of Mytilini, d. 1897 consecrated 12 November 1867
7. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
8. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825

Bishops he consecrated 4

• 28 September 1999Daniel Stoikov Metropolitan of Philippopolis, b. 1956
• 3 March 2008Cyprian Kazandzhiev Bishop of Troyan, b. 1976
• 6 July 2014Arsenii Lazarov Bishop of Znepole, b. 1986
• 27 July 2014Polycarp Petrov Bishop of Belogradchik, b. 1978

Sources

• wikidata.org

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