Orthodox Hierarchs

Genuine Orthodox Christians of the Church of Greece (Matthewite/Gregorian Episcopate)

Iakovos Kitsantas

Ἰάκωβος

Metropolitan of Messenia · b. 1967

Born Ioannes Kitsantas (Ἰωάννης Κιτσαντάς)

Life

Born
1967
Monastic tonsure
1992
Ordained deacon
1993
Ordained priest
1993
Consecrated bishop
2009
Made metropolitan
2009

Sees

  1. 2009 – present

    Metropolitan of Messenia

    Genuine Orthodox Christians of the Church of Greece (Matthewite/Gregorian Episcopate)

Consecration

Consecrated 2009 by:

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 1 generation back to Chrysostom Tzanis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

  1. Iakovos Kitsantas Metropolitan of Messenia consecrated 2009
  2. Chrysostom Tzanis Metropolitan of Thebes and Levadeia, 1941–2023 consecrated 24 February 2005

Bishops he consecrated 1

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