Orthodox Hierarchs

Patriarchate of Moscow

Nikandr Molchanov

Никандр

Archbishop of Vilnius and Lithuania · 1852–1910

Born Nikolai Dmitrievich Molchanov (Николай Дмитриевич Молчанов)

Life

Born
1 April 1852
Monastic tonsure
18 July 1885
Ordained deacon
20 July 1885
Ordained priest
21 July 1885
Consecrated bishop
10 February 1891
Made archbishop
23 April 1904
Died
5 June 1910

Sees

  1. 10 February 1891 – 1895

    Bishop of Narva

    Vicar of Saint Petersburg · Patriarchate of Moscow

  2. 1895 – 23 April 1904

    Bishop of Simbirsk and Syzran

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  3. 23 April 1904 – 5 June 1910

    Archbishop of Vilnius and Lithuania

    Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 10 February 1891 by:

  • Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892

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 Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

  1. Nikandr Molchanov Archbishop of Vilnius and Lithuania consecrated 10 February 1891
  2. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
  3. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
  4. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
  5. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
  6. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
  7. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 9

Sources

Also in: Wikidata

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