Filaret Atanasov

Life

Born

26 October 1901

Monastic tonsure

30 January 1932

Ordained deacon

31 January 1932

Ordained priest

22 June 1933

Made archimandrite

8 April 1934

Consecrated bishop

27 November 1938

Made metropolitan

4 June 1939

Died

28 June 1960

Sees

1. 27 November 1938 – 4 June 1939

   Bishop of Znepole

   Vicar of Sofia · Patriarchate of Bulgaria

2. 4 June 1939 – 28 June 1960

   Metropolitan of Lovech

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 27 November 1938 by:

• Stephen I Shokov Metropolitan of Sofia, 1878–1957

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

1. Filaret Atanasov Metropolitan of Lovech consecrated 27 November 1938
2. Stephen I Shokov Metropolitan of Sofia, 1878–1957 consecrated 1 April 1921
3. Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927 consecrated 18 July 1899
4. Constantine V Valiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1833–1914 consecrated 30 January 1876
5. Methodios Aronis Metropolitan of Mytilini, d. 1897 consecrated 12 November 1867
6. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
7. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825

Sources

• wikidata.org

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