Michael Konstantinides

Life

Born

27 May 1892

Ordained priest

9 June 1919

Made archimandrite

9 June 1919

Consecrated bishop

10 September 1939

Made metropolitan

10 September 1939

Died

13 July 1958

Sees

1. 10 September 1939 – 11 October 1949

   Metropolitan of Corinth

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 11 October 1949 – 13 July 1958

   Archbishop of North and South America

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 10 September 1939 by:

• Chrysanthos Philippides Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1881–1949
• Diodore Karatzes Metropolitan of Sisanion and Siatista, 1880–1944
• Synesios Philippides Metropolitan of Thebes and Levadeia, 1868–1944
• Eireneos Papadopoulos/Papamichael Metropolitan of Samos and Ikaria, 1878–1963
• Constantine Mengrelis/Mingrelis Metropolitan of Serrai and Nigrita, 1886–1963
• Hierotheos Paraskevopoulos Metropolitan of Aitolia and Acarnania, 1877–1961
• Chrysostom Demetriou Metropolitan of Triphylia and Olympia, 1889–1958

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 5 generations back to Paisios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Michael Konstantinides Archbishop of North and South America consecrated 10 September 1939
2. Chrysanthos Philippides Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, 1881–1949 consecrated 26 May 1913
3. Germanos Karavangelis Metropolitan of Amaseia, 1866–1935 consecrated 25 February 1896
4. Stephen Soulides Metropolitan of Methymna, 1847–1915 consecrated 4 October 1887
5. Paisios Kourentis/Panagiotides Metropolitan of Imbros, 1830–1904 consecrated 22 December 1863
6. Paisios Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1778–1877 consecrated ca. 1819

Bishops he consecrated 2

• 14 September 1950Athenagoras Kokkinakis Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, 1912–1979
• 3 November 1955Polyeuktos Finfinis Metropolitan of Aneon, 1912–1988

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr

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