Teodosii Kupichkov

Life

Born

9 November 1934

Monastic tonsure

3 December 1955

Ordained deacon

8 January 1956

Ordained priest

21 September 1962

Made archimandrite

27 July 1967

Consecrated bishop

19 February 1997

Died

3 January 2017

Sees

1. 19 February 1997 – 1 October 1998

   Bishop of Devol

   Alternative Synod (Bulgaria)

2. 1 October 1998 – 1 February 2011

   Bishop of Devol

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

3. 1 February 2011 – 3 January 2017

   Former Bishop of Devol

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 19 February 1997 by:

• Pimen Enev Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1906–1999

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 7 generations back to Anthimos IV Vamvakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Teodosii Kupichkov Bishop of Devol consecrated 19 February 1997
2. Pimen Enev Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1906–1999 consecrated 21 December 1947
3. Stephen I Shokov Metropolitan of Sofia, 1878–1957 consecrated 1 April 1921
4. Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927 consecrated 18 July 1899
5. Constantine V Valiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1833–1914 consecrated 30 January 1876
6. Methodios Aronis Metropolitan of Mytilini, d. 1897 consecrated 12 November 1867
7. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
8. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825

Bishops he consecrated 9

• 6 July 2003Tikhon Ivanov Bishop of Tiberiopolis (Strumica), b. 1945
• 17 March 2007Naum Dimitrov Metropolitan of Ruse (Cherven), b. 1968
• 18 March 2007John Ivanov Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, b. 1969
• 24 March 2007Sionii Radev Bishop of Velika, b. 1969
• 3 March 2008Cyprian Kazandzhiev Bishop of Troyan, b. 1976
• 29 October 2010Gregory Tsvetkov Metropolitan of Vratsa, b. 1970
• 18 December 2011Serapheim Dinkov Metropolitan of Nevrokop, b. 1974
• 29 May 2014Ieronim Crețu Bishop of Dacia Felix, b. 1959
• 27 July 2014Polycarp Petrov Bishop of Belogradchik, b. 1978

Sources

• wikidata.org

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