Alexander Kalpakides

Life

Born

1938

Ordained deacon

1961

Ordained priest

1967

Consecrated bishop

26 July 1996

Made metropolitan

26 July 1996

Died

10 June 2016

Sees

1. 26 July 1996 – 18 July 1998

   Metropolitan of Gjirokastër

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 18 July 1998 – 2000

   Former Metropolitan of Gjirokastër

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 2000 – 2006

   Metropolitan of Stavropegion

   Church of Greece

4. 2006 – 10 June 2016

   Former Metropolitan of Stavropegion

   Church of Greece

Consecration

Consecrated 26 July 1996 by:

• Joachim Nerantzoules Senior Metropolitan of Nicomedia, 1942–2023
• Dionysios Ladopoulos Metropolitan of Neapolis and Stavroupolis, 1929–2008
• Panteleimon Rodopoulos Metropolitan of Tyroloë and Serention, 1929–2019
• Christodoulos Paraskevaides Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1939–2008
• Nikephoros Archangelidis Metropolitan of Didymoteixon and Orestias, 1931–2009
• Meliton Karas Metropolitan of Philadelphia, b. 1951
• Panteleimon Kalpakides Metropolitan of Veroia, Naousa and Kampania, b. 1945
• Panteleimon Kalaphates Metropolitan of Xanthi and Peritheorion, b. 1943
• Basil Kolokas Metropolitan of Elassona, 1953–2014

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 11 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Alexander Kalpakides Metropolitan of Stavropegion consecrated 26 July 1996
2. Joachim Nerantzoules Senior Metropolitan of Nicomedia, 1942–2023 consecrated 23 September 1973
3. Maximos Georgiades Metropolitan of Laodicea, 1908–1979 consecrated 9 June 1946
4. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
5. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
6. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
7. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
8. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
9. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
10. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
11. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
12. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Sources

Also in: Wikidata