Polyeuktos Finfinis

Life

Born

1912

Ordained deacon

March 1934

Ordained priest

20 March 1938

Consecrated bishop

3 November 1955

Made metropolitan

6 September 1960

Died

1 February 1988

Sees

1. 3 November 1955 – 6 September 1960

   Bishop of Tropaion

   Vicar of America · Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 6 September 1960 – 5 February 1963

   Metropolitan of Tropaion

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 5 February 1963 – 25 June 1968

   Metropolitan of Germany

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

4. 25 June 1968 – 12 August 1969

   Metropolitan of Heliopolis and Theira

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

5. 12 August 1969 – 30 April 1974

   Metropolitan of Sweden

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

6. 30 April 1974 – 1 February 1988

   Metropolitan of Aneon

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 3 November 1955 by:

• Michael Konstantinides Archbishop of North and South America, 1892–1958
• Bogdan Shpylka Metropolitan of Evkarpia, 1892–1965
• Athenagoras Kokkinakis Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, 1912–1979
• Ezekiel Tsoukalas Metropolitan of Kos, 1913–1987

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 6 generations back to Paisios; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Polyeuktos Finfinis Metropolitan of Aneon consecrated 3 November 1955
2. Athenagoras Kokkinakis Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, 1912–1979 consecrated 14 September 1950
3. Orestes Chornock Metropolitan of Agathonica, 1883–1977 consecrated 18 September 1938
4. Germanos Athanasiades Metropolitan of Sardis, 1885–1945 consecrated 16 March 1924
5. Basil III Georgiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1840–1929 consecrated 24 September 1889
6. Paisios Kourentis/Panagiotides Metropolitan of Imbros, 1830–1904 consecrated 22 December 1863
7. Paisios Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1778–1877 consecrated ca. 1819

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 30 October 1960Meletios Tripodakis Bishop of Christianoupolis, 1911–1983

Sources

Also in: Wikidata