Meletii Smotrinskii/Smotritskii

Life

Born

1578

Monastic tonsure

1619

Consecrated bishop

1620

Made archbishop

1620

Died

August 10, 1628/1633

Sees

1. 1620 – 1628

   Archbishop of Polatsk and Vitebsk

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 1628 – August 10, 1628/1633

   Archbishop

   Greek Catholic Church (Uniate)

Consecration

Consecrated 1620 by:

• Cyril I Lukaris Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1572–1638

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 1 generation back to Cyril I Lukaris; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Meletii Smotrinskii/Smotritskii Archbishop of Polatsk and Vitebsk consecrated 1620
2. Cyril I Lukaris Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1572–1638