Hierotheos Kosakov

Life

Born

1 February 1977

Monastic tonsure

22 December 2003

Ordained deacon

11 May 2004

Ordained priest

16 May 2004

Made archimandrite

6 May 2008

Consecrated bishop

1 October 2014

Sees

1. 1 October 2014 – present

   Bishop of Agathopolis

   Vicar of Sliven · Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 1 October 2014 by:

• Yoanikii Nedelchev Metropolitan of Sliven, b. 1939
• Gregory Stefanov Metropolitan of Veliko Turnovo, b. 1950
• Galaktion Tabakov Metropolitan of Stara Zagora, b. 1946
• Nicholas Sevastiyanov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, b. 1969
• Ambrose Parashkevov Metropolitan of Dorostol, 1942–2020
• Serapheim Dinkov Metropolitan of Nevrokop, b. 1974
• Cyprian Kazandzhiev Bishop of Troyan, b. 1976
• Arsenii Lazarov Bishop of Znepole, b. 1986

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 Anthimos IV Vamvakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Hierotheos Kosakov Bishop of Agathopolis consecrated 1 October 2014
2. Ambrose Parashkevov Metropolitan of Dorostol, 1942–2020 consecrated 3 April 1994
3. Pimen Enev Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1906–1999 consecrated 21 December 1947
4. Stephen I Shokov Metropolitan of Sofia, 1878–1957 consecrated 1 April 1921
5. Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927 consecrated 18 July 1899
6. Constantine V Valiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1833–1914 consecrated 30 January 1876
7. Methodios Aronis Metropolitan of Mytilini, d. 1897 consecrated 12 November 1867
8. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
9. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825

Bishops he consecrated 3

• 20 December 2016Iakov Donchev Bishop of Constantia, b. 1971
• 26 September 2021Mikhail Dilovski Bishop of Constantia, b. 1981
• 19 October 2021Pakhomii Lozanov Bishop of Braničevo, b. 1978

Sources

Also in: Wikidata