John Kurakin

Life

Born

13 August 1874

Ordained deacon

23 August 1931

Ordained priest

28 August 1931

Monastic tonsure

4 December 1949

Consecrated bishop

9 October 1950

Died

27 October 1950

Sees

1. 9 October 1950 – 27 October 1950

   Bishop of Messenia

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 9 October 1950 by:

• Vladimir Tikhonitskii Metropolitan of Białystok, 1873–1959

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 8 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. John Kurakin Bishop of Messenia consecrated 9 October 1950
2. Vladimir Tikhonitskii Metropolitan of Białystok, 1873–1959 consecrated 3 June 1907
3. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
4. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
5. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
6. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
7. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
8. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
9. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735