Hilarion Tsonev

Life

Born

12 January 1913

Monastic tonsure

4 September 1938

Ordained deacon

October 1938

Ordained priest

4 November 1941

Made archimandrite

5 December 1947

Consecrated bishop

21 January 1981

Made metropolitan

12 October 2003

Died

28 October 2009

Sees

1. 21 January 1981 – 12 October 2003

   Bishop of Troyan

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

2. 12 October 2003 – 28 October 2009

   Metropolitan of Dorostol

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 21 January 1981. His consecrators are not yet in the data.

Bishops he consecrated 4

• 6 July 2003Tikhon Ivanov Bishop of Tiberiopolis (Strumica), b. 1945
• 17 March 2007Naum Dimitrov Metropolitan of Ruse (Cherven), b. 1968
• 18 March 2007John Ivanov Metropolitan of Varna and Veliki Preslav, b. 1969
• 24 March 2007Sionii Radev Bishop of Velika, b. 1969