Polycarp Petrov

Life

Born

21 September 1978

Monastic tonsure

23 November 1996

Ordained deacon

2 March 1997

Ordained priest

27 July 1999

Made archimandrite

21 November 2008

Consecrated bishop

27 July 2014

Sees

1. 27 July 2014 – 2017

   Bishop of Belogradchik

   Vicar of Vidin · Patriarchate of Bulgaria

2. 2017 – 2018

   Bishop of Belogradchik

   Vicar of Philippopolis (Vidin) · Patriarchate of Bulgaria

3. 2018 – present

   Bishop of Belogradchik

   Vicar of Sofia · Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 27 July 2014 by:

• Dometian Topuzliev Metropolitan of Vidin, 1932–2017
• Gregory Stefanov Metropolitan of Veliko Turnovo, b. 1950
• Marko Kimev Metropolitan of Bregalnica, b. 1977
• Teodosii Kupichkov Bishop of Devol, 1934–2017
• Yakov Tasev Bishop of Mesembria, b. 1956
• David Ninov Bishop of Dremvica, b. 1972
• Sionii Radev Bishop of Velika, b. 1969
• Cyprian Kazandzhiev Bishop of Troyan, b. 1976
• Savva Mikheyev Metropolitan of Vologda and Kirillov, b. 1980

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 12 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Polycarp Petrov Bishop of Belogradchik consecrated 27 July 2014
2. Savva Mikheyev Metropolitan of Vologda and Kirillov, b. 1980 consecrated 11 July 2011
3. Manuel Pavlov Metropolitan of Petrozavodsk and Karelia, 1950–2015 consecrated 14 August 1990
4. John Snychyov Metropolitan of Leningrad and Ladoga, 1927–1995 consecrated 12 December 1965
5. Manuel Lemeshevskii Metropolitan of Kuibyshev and Syzran, 1884–1968 consecrated 23 September 1923
6. Tikhon Belavin Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1865–1925 consecrated 19 October 1897
7. Palladii Rayev-Pisarev Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1827–1898 consecrated 18 December 1866
8. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
9. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
10. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
11. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
12. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
13. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 4

• 10 August 2014Hilarion Golubović Bishop of Timok, b. 1974
• 21 February 2021Visarion Grivov Bishop of Smolyan, b. 1971
• 26 June 2022Makarii Chakarov Bishop of Glavinica, b. 1981
• 10 June 2023Isaac Boyadzhiiski Bishop of Velbudzh, b. 1982

Sources

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