Melissenos Christodoulou

Life

Born

21 March 1855

Ordained deacon

1893

Ordained priest

1893

Consecrated bishop

9 November 1897

Made metropolitan

13 February 1914

Died

2 October 1920

Sees

1. 9 November 1897 – 13 February 1914

   Bishop of Pamphilos

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 13 February 1914 – 2 October 1920

   Metropolitan of Maroneia

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 9 November 1897 by:

• Basil Asteriou Metropolitan of Smyrna, 1834–1910
• Benedict Adamantides Metropolitan of Proikonnisos, 1830–1906
• John Chatzeapostolou Metropolitan of Kassandreia, 1850–1915

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 3 generations back to Dionysios Kotakes; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Melissenos Christodoulou Metropolitan of Maroneia consecrated 9 November 1897
2. Benedict Adamantides Metropolitan of Proikonnisos, 1830–1906 consecrated 18 June 1877
3. Gervasios Soumelides Metropolitan of Chaldea and Cheroianon, 1820–1906 consecrated 9 August 1864
4. Dionysios Kotakes Metropolitan of Nicomedia, 1790–1877 consecrated October 1821