Dosifei Stepanov

Life

Consecrated bishop

1926

Made archbishop

1931

Died

31 August 1937

Sees

1. 1926 – 1928

   Bishop of Kozlovka

   Vicar of Tambov · Renovationist Schism (Russia)

2. 1928 – 1929

   Bishop of Tikhvin

   Vicar of Novgorod · Renovationist Schism (Russia)

3. 1929 – 1931

   Bishop of Homieĺ and Rechytsa

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

4. 1931 – 1933

   Archbishop of Homieĺ and Rechytsa

   Renovationist Schism (Russia)

5. 1933 – 31 August 1937

   Archimandrite

   Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 1926 by:

• Benjamin Muratovskii Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1855–1930
• Serapheim Ruzhentsev Metropolitan of Leningrad, 1876–1935
• Gerontii Shevlyagin Metropolitan of Borovichi, b. 1893

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. Dosifei Stepanov Archbishop of Homieĺ and Rechytsa consecrated 1926
2. Benjamin Muratovskii Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1855–1930 consecrated 1897
3. Palladii Rayev-Pisarev Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1827–1898 consecrated 18 December 1866
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