Neilos Smyrniotopoulos

Life

Born

1838

Consecrated bishop

28 August 1883

Made metropolitan

23 June 1886

Retired

1889

Died

9 December 1916

Sees

1. 28 August 1883 – 23 June 1886

   Bishop of Erythra

   Vicar of Ephesus · Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 23 June 1886 – 1889

   Metropolitan of Karpathos and Kasos

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 1889 – 9 December 1916

   Former Metropolitan of Karpathos and Kasos

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 28 August 1883 by:

• Theokletos Eleutheriou Metropolitan of Krinis, 1838–1918
• Cyril Bishop of Christoupolis, 1802–1899
• Anthimos Cheimonios Bishop of Aneon, 1852–1917

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 Meletios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Neilos Smyrniotopoulos Metropolitan of Karpathos and Kasos consecrated 28 August 1883
2. Cyril Bishop of Christoupolis, 1802–1899 consecrated 6 November 1877
3. Meletios Metropolitan of Smyrna, 1814–1883 consecrated 17 July 1845