Alexander Toropov

Life

Born

1 October 1861

Ordained deacon

9 July 1929

Ordained priest

11 July 1929

Monastic tonsure

12 September 1929

Made archimandrite

12 September 1929

Consecrated bishop

21 September 1932

Died

15 October 1937

Sees

1. 21 September 1932 – 26 August 1935

   Bishop of Kineshma

   Vicar of Kostroma · Patriarchate of Moscow

2. 26 August 1935 – 8 September 1935

   Bishop of Lipetsk

   Patriarchate of Moscow

3. 8 September 1935 – 7 October 1935

   Bishop of Skopin

   Vicar of Ryazan · Patriarchate of Moscow

4. 7 October 1935 – 5 March 1936

   Bishop of Lipetsk

   Vicar of Oryol · Patriarchate of Moscow

5. 5 March 1936 – 2 January 1937

   Bishop of Rybinsk

   Vicar of Yaroslavl · Patriarchate of Moscow

6. 2 January 1937 – 15 October 1937

   Former Bishop of Rybinsk

   Vicar of Yaroslavl · Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 21 September 1932 by:

• Sergii Stragorodskii Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1867–1944
• Aleksii I Simanskii Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1877–1970
• Pitirim Krylov Archbishop of Velikii Ustyug, 1895–1937

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

1. Alexander Toropov Bishop of Rybinsk consecrated 21 September 1932
2. Sergii Stragorodskii Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1867–1944 consecrated 25 February 1901
3. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
4. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
5. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
6. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
7. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
8. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
9. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735