Orthodox Hierarchs

Patriarchate of Moscow

Varlaam Denisov

Варлаам

Archbishop of Chernihiv and Nizhyn · 1804–1873

Born Vasilii Porfirievich Denisov (Василий Порфирьевич Денисов)

Life

Born
3 April 1804
Monastic tonsure
21 November 1826
Ordained priest
1 July 1829
Made archimandrite
15 July 1834
Consecrated bishop
21 August 1860
Made archbishop
31 March 1868
Retired
16 August 1871
Died
18 January 1873

Sees

  1. 21 August 1860 – 1862

    Bishop of Ekaterinburg

    Vicar of Perm · Patriarchate of Moscow

  2. 1862 – 1866

    Bishop of Orenburg and the Urals

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  3. 1866

    Former Bishop of Orenburg and the Urals

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  4. 1866 – 31 March 1868

    Bishop of Chernihiv and Nizhyn

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  5. 31 March 1868 – 16 August 1871

    Archbishop of Chernihiv and Nizhyn

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  6. 16 August 1871 – 18 January 1873

    Former Archbishop of Chernihiv and Nizhyn

    Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 21 August 1860 by:

  • Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892

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 Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

  1. Varlaam Denisov Archbishop of Chernihiv and Nizhyn consecrated 21 August 1860
  2. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
  3. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
  4. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
  5. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
  6. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
  7. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Sources

Also in: Wikidata

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