Hieronymos Nikopoulos

Life

Born

21 April 1971

Monastic tonsure

7 December 1997

Ordained deacon

14 December 1997

Ordained priest

6 December 2000

Made archimandrite

6 December 2000

Elected bishop

5 October 2018

Consecrated bishop

7 October 2018

Made metropolitan

7 October 2018

Sees

1. 7 October 2018 – present

   Metropolitan of Larisa and Tyrnavos

   Church of Greece

Consecration

Consecrated 7 October 2018 by:

• Hieronymos II Liapis Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, b. 1938
• Chrysostom Synetos Metropolitan of Dodoni, b. 1939
• Germanos Paraskevopoulos Metropolitan of Eleia and Oleni, 1932–2023
• Alexander Papadopoulos Metropolitan of Mantineia and Kynouria, b. 1936
• Eusebios Pistoles Metropolitan of Samos and Ikaria, b. 1949
• Nicholas Protopapas Metropolitan of Phthiotis, 1948–2019
• Ignatios Georgakopoulos Metropolitan of Demetrias and Almyros, b. 1956
• Ephrem Stenakis Metropolitan of Ydra, Spetsai, Aigina, Poros, Troizena and Methana, b. 1948
• Serapheim Mentzelopoulos Metropolitan of Peiraeus, b. 1956
• Dorotheos Polykandriotes Metropolitan of Syros, Tinos, Andros, Kea and Milos, b. 1963
• Makarios Philotheou Metropolitan of Siderokastron, b. 1952
• Symeon Koutsas Metropolitan of Nea Smyrni, b. 1945
• Nicholas Chatzenikolaou Metropolitan of Mesogaia and Lavreotika, b. 1954
• Anthimos Koukourides Metropolitan of Alexandroupolis, Traianopolis and Samothrace, b. 1962
• Chrysostom Sklephas Metropolitan of Patrai, b. 1958
• Serapheim Stergioules Metropolitan of Kythira, b. 1950
• Chrysostom Savvatos Metropolitan of Messenia, b. 1961
• George Mantzouranes Metropolitan of Thebes and Levadeia, b. 1952
• Kallinikos Korombokes Metropolitan of Arta, b. 1967
• Athenagoras Dikaiakos Metropolitan of Ilion, Acharnes and Petroupolis, b. 1951
• Cyril Misiakoules Metropolitan of Kephisia, Amarousios and Oropos, b. 1963
• John Tassias Metropolitan of Lagadas, Lete and Rentina, 1958–2020
• Panteleimon Moutaphes Metropolitan of Maroneia and Komotini, b. 1970
• Narkissos Gammoh Metropolitan of Pelusium, b. 1968
• Timothy Anthes Metropolitan of Thessaliotis and Phanariopharsala, b. 1964
• David Tzioumakas Metropolitan of Grevena, b. 1958
• Chrysostom Nases Metropolitan of Trikki, Gardiki and Pyli, b. 1975
• George Rembelos Metropolitan of Karpenision, b. 1963
• Theokletos Lambrinakos Metropolitan of Stagoi and Meteora, b. 1967
• Stephen Tolios Metropolitan of Filippoi, Neapolis and Thasos, b. 1960
• Chrysostom Papathanasiou Metropolitan of Mani, b. 1950
• Anthony Avramiotes Metropolitan of Glyfada, Elliniko, Voula, Vouliagmeni and Vari, b. 1957
• Iakovos Bizaourtis Bishop of Thaumakos, b. 1948
• Clement Koutsomytes Metropolitan of Peristerion, 1954–2021
• Symeon Voliotes Metropolitan of Phthiotis, b. 1977

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 13 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Hieronymos Nikopoulos Metropolitan of Larisa and Tyrnavos consecrated 7 October 2018
2. Makarios Philotheou Metropolitan of Siderokastron, b. 1952 consecrated 16 December 2001
3. Anthimos Roussas Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1934 consecrated 14 July 1974
4. Gabriel Kalokairinos Metropolitan of Thera, Amorgos and Nisoi, 1910–1983 consecrated 17 November 1957
5. Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986 consecrated 16 June 1946
6. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
7. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
8. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
9. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
10. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
11. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
12. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
13. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
14. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 8

• 23 March 2019Athanasios Yannousas Metropolitan of Sisanion and Siatista, b. 1971
• 13 October 2019Hieronymos Karmas Metropolitan of Kalavryta and Aigialeia, b. 1966
• 15 October 2019Philotheos Theochares Metropolitan of Thessaloniki, b. 1977
• 9 October 2022Damaskenos Kiametes Metropolitan of Aitolia and Acarnania, b. 1975
• 3 March 2024Stephen Soulimiotis Bishop of Hippo, b. 1968
• 15 October 2024Stephen Devrelis Bishop of Almopia, b. 1972
• 18 October 2025Barnabas Theoharis Bishop of Christoupolis, b. 1975
• 19 October 2025Nikodemos Farmakis Bishop of Epidauros, b. 1971

Sources

• markmarkou.sites.sch.gr