Basil Blatsos
Βασίλειος
Metropolitan of Caesarea · 1923–2012
Born Christos Blatsos (Χρήστος Βλαστός)
Life
- Born
- 1923
- Ordained deacon
- 11 July 1946
- Made archimandrite
- 1954
- Ordained priest
- 23 January 1954
- Consecrated bishop
- 26 August 1962
- Made archbishop
- 26 August 1962
- Made metropolitan
- 20 August 1975
- Died
- 3 October 2012
Sees
Consecration
Consecrated 26 August 1962 by:
- Benedict I Papadopoulos Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine, 1892–1980
- Vissarion Bekiares Archbishop of Thabor, 1884–1974
- Epiphanios Papavasileiou Archbishop of Philadelphia, 1885–1972
- Stephen Balaskas Archbishop of Gaza, 1905–1982
- Philip Tsorvas Metropolitan of Drama, 1913–1997
Line of succession
Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 3 generations back to Damian Kasiotes; earlier links are not yet in the data.
- Basil Blatsos Metropolitan of Caesarea consecrated 26 August 1962
- Vissarion Bekiares Archbishop of Thabor, 1884–1974 consecrated 7 February 1943
- Timothy I Themeles Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine, 1878–1955 consecrated 27 August 1921
- Damian Kasiotes Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine, 1848–1931 consecrated 28 February 1893
Sources
Also in: Wikidata
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