Meletios Tripodakis

Life

Born

2 February 1911

Ordained deacon

2 February 1935

Ordained priest

29 June 1941

Consecrated bishop

30 October 1960

Retired

1979

Died

7 August 1983

Sees

1. 30 October 1960 – 1979

   Bishop of Christianoupolis

   Vicar of America · Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 1979 – 7 August 1983

   Former Bishop of Christianoupolis

   Vicar of America · Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 30 October 1960 by:

• Iakovos Coucouzes Former Archbishop of North and South America, 1911–2005
• Athenagoras Kokkinakis Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, 1912–1979
• Polyeuktos Finfinis Metropolitan of Aneon, 1912–1988
• Demetrios Makres Bishop of Olympos, d. 1992

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 11 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Meletios Tripodakis Bishop of Christianoupolis consecrated 30 October 1960
2. Iakovos Coucouzes Former Archbishop of North and South America, 1911–2005 consecrated 6 February 1955
3. Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986 consecrated 16 June 1946
4. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
5. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
6. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
7. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
8. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
9. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
10. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
11. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
12. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Sources

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