Joseph Morzhakov

Life

Born

11 September 1886

Ordained deacon

1909

Ordained priest

1916

Monastic tonsure

1945

Consecrated bishop

1945

Made archbishop

19 February 1961

Died

3 November 1970

Sees

1. 1945 – 19 February 1961

   Bishop of Chișinău and Odessa

   Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church (Belaya Krinitsa Hierarchy)

2. 19 February 1961 – 3 November 1970

   Archbishop of Moscow and All Rus'

   Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church (Belaya Krinitsa Hierarchy)

Consecration

Consecrated 1945 by:

• Irinarkh Parfenov Archbishop of Moscow and All Rus', 1881–1952
• Gerontii Lakomkin Bishop of Kostroma and Yaroslavl, 1872–1951

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 3 generations back to Arsenii Shvetsov; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Joseph Morzhakov Archbishop of Moscow and All Rus' consecrated 1945
2. Gerontii Lakomkin Bishop of Kostroma and Yaroslavl, 1872–1951 consecrated 11 March 1912
3. John Kartushin Archbishop of Moscow and All Rus', 1837–1915 consecrated 9 August 1898
4. Arsenii Shvetsov Bishop of Orenburg and the Urals, 1840–1908 consecrated 24 October 1897

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 8 October 1961Nikodim Latyshev Archbishop of Moscow and All Rus', 1916–1986