Laurence Papadopoulos

Life

Born

1868

Ordained priest

11 May 1905

Consecrated bishop

22 May 1905

Made metropolitan

22 May 1905

Died

24 July 1928

Sees

1. 22 May 1905 – 25 October 1922

   Metropolitan of Chaldea

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 25 October 1922 – 24 July 1928

   Metropolitan of Drama

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 22 May 1905 by:

• Joachim III Devetzes/Demetriades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1834–1912
• Athanasios Megakles Metropolitan of Cyzicus, 1848–1909
• Philotheos Bryennios Metropolitan of Nicomedia, 1833–1917
• Constantios Karatzopoulos Metropolitan of Trebizond, 1861–1906
• Gerasimos Tantalides Metropolitan of Pisidia, 1854–1928
• Constantine Delegiannes/Deligiannes Metropolitan of Chios, 1842–1919
• John Chatzeapostolou Metropolitan of Kassandreia, 1850–1915
• Dionysios Stavrides Metropolitan of Silybria, 1852–1913
• Luke Petrides Metropolitan of Philadelphia, 1850–1912
• Polycarp Psomiades Metropolitan of Xanthi, 1864–1939
• Constantine VI Arampoglou/Karatzopoulos Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1857–1930

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 4 generations back to Paisios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Laurence Papadopoulos Metropolitan of Drama consecrated 22 May 1905
2. Dionysios Stavrides Metropolitan of Silybria, 1852–1913 consecrated 23 October 1888
3. Kallinikos Metropolitan of Moglen, 1820–1911 consecrated 2 April 1872
4. Paisios Kourentis/Panagiotides Metropolitan of Imbros, 1830–1904 consecrated 22 December 1863
5. Paisios Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1778–1877 consecrated ca. 1819

Bishops he consecrated 8

• 30 January 1912Benjamin I Psomas/Kyriakou Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1871–1946
• 12 June 1912Euthymios Agritellis Metropolitan of Zela, 1876–1921
• 10 March 1913Eireneos Papadopoulos/Papamichael Metropolitan of Samos and Ikaria, 1878–1963
• 11 April 1913Gennadios Arampatzoglou Metropolitan of Heliopolis and Theira, 1883–1956
• 16 June 1913Apostolos Tryphonos Metropolitan of Amaseia, 1878–1957
• 13 October 1913Paisios Papapaisiou Bishop of Nyssa, d. 1924
• 29 December 1913Gervasios Soumelides Metropolitan of Grevena, 1882–1943
• 27 February 1922Cyril Authentoulides/Aphentoulides Metropolitan of Poliana and Kilkis, d. 1942