Cyril Papanthimou

Life

Born

1980

Ordained deacon

8 December 2004

Ordained priest

1 August 2009

Consecrated bishop

30 September 2017

Sees

1. 30 September 2017 – present

   Bishop of Olympos

   Vicar of Rhodes · Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 30 September 2017 by:

• Cyril Kogerakis Metropolitan of Rhodes, b. 1964
• Paisios Aravantinos Metropolitan of Leros, Kalymnos and Astypalea, b. 1944
• Nathaniel Diakopanagiotes Metropolitan of Kos and Nisyros, b. 1960
• Elpidophoros Lambriniadis Archbishop of America, b. 1967
• Demetrios Zacharengas Metropolitan of Irinoupolis, b. 1965
• Savvas Cheimonetos Metropolitan of Nubia, b. 1971
• Andrew Nanankes Metropolitan of Arkalochorion, Kastelion and Viannos, b. 1957
• Eugene Antonopoulos Archbishop of Crete, b. 1968
• Gerasimos Marmatakes Metropolitan of Petras and Cheronissos, b. 1969
• Cyril Diamantakes Metropolitan of Ierapytna and Sitia, b. 1971
• Chrysostom Papathomas/Kykkotis Metropolitan of Kyrenia, b. 1970
• Stephen Kates Bishop of Stratonikeia, b. 1969
• Cyril Katerelos Metropolitan of Krinis, b. 1956
• Nikephoros Psychloudis Bishop of Amorion, b. 1958

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. Cyril Papanthimou Bishop of Olympos consecrated 30 September 2017
2. Nathaniel Diakopanagiotes Metropolitan of Kos and Nisyros, b. 1960 consecrated 8 March 2009
3. Bartholomew I Archondonis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, b. 1940 consecrated 25 December 1973
4. Chrysostom Koronaios Metropolitan of Neocaesarea, 1894–1976 consecrated 7 May 1944
5. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
6. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
7. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
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 3

• 16 December 2018Silvester Kisitu Bishop of Jinja and Eastern Uganda, b. 1982
• 14 June 2025Phanourios Tholiotis Bishop of Tyana, b. 1981
• 30 November 2025Anthony Patros Bishop of Rodostolon, b. 1964