John Ivanov

Life

Born

13 February 1969

Monastic tonsure

6 November 1998

Ordained deacon

24 April 1999

Ordained priest

26 April 1999

Made archimandrite

28 April 2002

Consecrated bishop

18 March 2007

Made metropolitan

22 December 2013

Sees

1. 18 March 2007 – 22 December 2013

   Bishop of Znepole

   Vicar of Sofia · Patriarchate of Bulgaria

2. 22 December 2013 – present

   Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 18 March 2007 by:

• Maksim Minkov Metropolitan of Sofia, Patriarch of Bulgaria, 1914–2012
• Kalinik Aleksandrov Metropolitan of Vratsa, 1931–2016
• Yoanikii Nedelchev Metropolitan of Sliven, b. 1939
• Dometian Topuzliev Metropolitan of Vidin, 1932–2017
• Cyril Kovachev Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, 1954–2013
• Gregory Stefanov Metropolitan of Veliko Turnovo, b. 1950
• Neofit Dimitrov Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia, b. 1945
• Nathaniel Kalaidzhiev Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1952–2013
• Ignatii Dimov Metropolitan of Pleven, b. 1938
• Gabriel Dinev Metropolitan of Lovech, b. 1950
• Hilarion Tsonev Metropolitan of Dorostol, 1913–2009
• Nicholas Sevastiyanov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, b. 1969
• Evlogii Stamboldzhiev Bishop of Adrianopolis, b. 1954
• Teodosii Kupichkov Bishop of Devol, 1934–2017
• Constantine Petrov Bishop of Markianopol, 1941–2017
• Naum Dimitrov Metropolitan of Ruse (Cherven), b. 1968

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

1. John Ivanov Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav consecrated 18 March 2007
2. Maksim Minkov Metropolitan of Sofia, Patriarch of Bulgaria, 1914–2012 consecrated 30 December 1956
3. Cyril Konstantinov Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia, 1901–1971 consecrated 12 July 1936
4. Neofit Karaabov Metropolitan of Vidin, 1868–1971 consecrated 21 June 1909
5. Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927 consecrated 18 July 1899
6. Constantine V Valiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1833–1914 consecrated 30 January 1876
7. Methodios Aronis Metropolitan of Mytilini, d. 1897 consecrated 12 November 1867
8. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
9. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825

Bishops he consecrated 9

• 24 March 2007Sionii Radev Bishop of Velika, b. 1969
• 6 April 2008Ignat Karagyozov Bishop of Provat, b. 1972
• 29 October 2010Gregory Tsvetkov Metropolitan of Vratsa, b. 1970
• 30 November 2010John Stoikov Bishop of Glavinica, 1949–2019
• 18 December 2011Serapheim Dinkov Metropolitan of Nevrokop, b. 1974
• 18 December 2016Gerasim Georgiev Bishop of Melnik, b. 1979
• 20 December 2016Iakov Donchev Bishop of Constantia, b. 1971
• 21 February 2021Visarion Grivov Bishop of Smolyan, b. 1971
• 19 October 2021Pakhomii Lozanov Bishop of Braničevo, b. 1978

Sources

Also in: Wikidata