Avenir Arnaudov

Life

Born

24 March 1930

Ordained deacon

19 January 1963

Ordained priest

6 April 1965

Monastic tonsure

26 August 1972

Made archimandrite

19 October 1979

Consecrated bishop

14 September 1992

Died

11 June 2001

Sees

1. 14 September 1992 – 1 October 1998

   Bishop of Glavinica

   Alternative Synod (Bulgaria)

2. 1 October 1998 – 11 June 2001

   Bishop of Znepole

   Vicar of Western and Central Europe · Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 14 September 1992 by:

• Pimen Enev Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1906–1999

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 7 generations back to Anthimos IV Vamvakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Avenir Arnaudov Bishop of Znepole consecrated 14 September 1992
2. Pimen Enev Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1906–1999 consecrated 21 December 1947
3. Stephen I Shokov Metropolitan of Sofia, 1878–1957 consecrated 1 April 1921
4. Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927 consecrated 18 July 1899
5. Constantine V Valiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1833–1914 consecrated 30 January 1876
6. Methodios Aronis Metropolitan of Mytilini, d. 1897 consecrated 12 November 1867
7. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
8. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825

Sources

Also in: Wikidata