Joachim Apostolides

Life

Born

1883

Ordained deacon

1906

Consecrated bishop

4 May 1914

Retired

1942

Died

2 April 1962

Sees

1. 4 May 1914 – 1923

   Metropolitan of Metrai and Athyra

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 1923 – 1926

   Metropolitan of Servia and Kozani

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 1926

   Metropolitan of Australia

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

4. 1927 – 1942

   Metropolitan of Servia and Kozani

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

5. 1942 – 2 April 1962

   Former Metropolitan of Servia and Kozani

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 4 May 1914 by:

• Polycarp Psomiades Metropolitan of Xanthi, 1864–1939
• Dorotheos Chrestides Metropolitan of Koloneia, 1841–1924
• Philotheos Michaelides Metropolitan of Myriofytos and Peristasi, d. 1916

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 6 generations back to Paisios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Joachim Apostolides Metropolitan of Servia and Kozani consecrated 4 May 1914
2. Dorotheos Chrestides Metropolitan of Koloneia, 1841–1924 consecrated 7 June 1875
3. Parthenios Papaphotinos/Papaphoteinos Metropolitan of Proikonnisos, 1837–1900 consecrated 22 May 1875
4. Gerasimos Pegas Metropolitan of Poliana and Vardariotai, 1828–1888 consecrated 8 March 1875
5. Kallinikos Metropolitan of Moglen, 1820–1911 consecrated 2 April 1872
6. Paisios Kourentis/Panagiotides Metropolitan of Imbros, 1830–1904 consecrated 22 December 1863
7. Paisios Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1778–1877 consecrated ca. 1819

Bishops he consecrated 3

• 6 March 1922Dionysios Menas Metropolitan of Methymna, 1879–1951
• 30 November 1922Neophytos Apostolides Metropolitan of Siderokastron, d. 1929
• 11 January 1935Iakovos III Vavanatsos Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1895–1984