Panteleimon Papageorgiou

Life

Born

1902

Consecrated bishop

30 September 1936

Made metropolitan

24 October 1941

Died

14 June 1979

Sees

1. 30 September 1936 – 24 October 1941

   Bishop of Talantion

   Vicar of Athens · Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 24 October 1941 – 1951

   Metropolitan of Edessa and Pella

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 1951 – 14 June 1979

   Metropolitan of Thessaloniki

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 30 September 1936 by:

• Chrysostom I Papadopoulos Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1868–1938
• Joachim Kavyres Metropolitan of Alexandroupolis, 1880–1974
• Panteleimon Phostinis Metropolitan of Chios, Psara and Oinoussa, 1888–1962
• Iakovos III Vavanatsos Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1895–1984
• Andrew Mantoudes Metropolitan of Nikopolis and Preveza, 1891–1952

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 6 generations back to Paisios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

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

Bishops he consecrated 5

• 24 September 1950Damaskinos Chatzopoulos Metropolitan of Demetrias and Almyros, 1913–1977
• 21 November 1957Chrysostom Themelis Metropolitan of Messenia, 1918–2007
• 15 December 1957Titos Matthaiakes Metropolitan of Paramythia, Filiates and Giromeri, 1912–1991
• 16 March 1958Stephen Aphentoulides Former Metropolitan of Trikki and Stagoi, 1923–2003
• 31 January 1960Anatolios Georgiades Archbishop of Tiberias, 1909–1986