Pankratii Donchev

Life

Born

14 December 1926

Monastic tonsure

15 February 1949

Ordained deacon

21 September 1949

Ordained priest

18 September 1952

Made archimandrite

14 April 1957

Consecrated bishop

18 December 1966

Made metropolitan

12 July 1967

Died

16 July 1998

Sees

1. 18 December 1966 – 12 July 1967

   Bishop of Velika

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

2. 12 July 1967 – 22 July 1992

   Metropolitan of Stara Zagora

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

3. 22 July 1992 – 12 December 1995

   Metropolitan of Stara Zagora

   Alternative Synod (Bulgaria)

4. 12 December 1995 – 16 July 1998

   Metropolitan of Stara Zagora

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 18 December 1966 by:

• Cyril Konstantinov Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia, 1901–1971

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. Pankratii Donchev Metropolitan of Stara Zagora consecrated 18 December 1966
2. Cyril Konstantinov Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia, 1901–1971 consecrated 12 July 1936
3. Neofit Karaabov Metropolitan of Vidin, 1868–1971 consecrated 21 June 1909
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

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 7 June 1970Makarii Svistun Metropolitan of Vinnytsya and Mohyliv-Podilskyi, 1938–2007

Sources

Also in: Wikidata