Bartholomew I Archondonis

Life

Born

29 February 1940

Ordained deacon

13 August 1961

Ordained priest

19 October 1969

Consecrated bishop

25 December 1973

Became patriarch

2 November 1991

Sees

1. 25 December 1973 – 9 January 1990

   Metropolitan of Philadelphia

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 9 January 1990 – 2 November 1991

   Metropolitan of Chalcedon

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 2 November 1991 – present

   Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 25 December 1973 by:

• Demetrios I Papadopoulos Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1914–1991
• Chrysostom Koronaios Metropolitan of Neocaesarea, 1894–1976
• Maximos Georgiades Metropolitan of Laodicea, 1908–1979
• Maximos Tsaouses Metropolitan of Sardis, 1914–1986
• Meliton Hatzis Senior Metropolitan of Chalcedon, 1913–1989
• Hieronymos Constantinidis Metropolitan of Rodopolis, 1912–2005
• Maximos Repanelles Metropolitan of Stavroupolis, 1919–1991
• Chrysostom Konstantinides Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1921–2006
• Symeon Amaryllios Senior Metropolitan of Nicomedia, 1920–2003
• Gabriel Premetidis Metropolitan of Koloneia, d. 2003

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 10 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Bartholomew I Archondonis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch consecrated 25 December 1973
2. Chrysostom Koronaios Metropolitan of Neocaesarea, 1894–1976 consecrated 7 May 1944
3. Polycarp Demetriades Metropolitan of Prousa, 1892–1953 consecrated 25 December 1927
4. Alexander Nemolovsky Metropolitan of Brussels and Belgium, 1876–1960 consecrated 28 November 1909
5. Anthony Vadkovskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1846–1912 consecrated 3 May 1887
6. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
7. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
8. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
9. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
10. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
11. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735

Bishops he consecrated 41

• 23 February 1975George Orphanides Metropolitan of Karpathos and Kasos, 1918–1991
• 22 May 1977Theokletos Rokas Metropolitan of Metrai and Athyra, 1939–2004
• 22 April 1978Chrysostom Anagnostopoulos Bishop of Rodostolon, b. 1933
• 25 December 1987Iakovos Sophroniades Metropolitan of the Princes' Islands, 1947–2018
• 28 October 1990Meliton Karas Metropolitan of Philadelphia, b. 1951
• 4 November 1990Demetrios Kommatas Metropolitan of the Princes' Islands, b. 1952
• 10 September 2000Theoleptos Phenerles Metropolitan of Iconium, 1957–2026
• 3 June 2001Tarasios Anton Metropolitan of Rodopolis, b. 1956
• 25 April 2004Cyril Kogerakis Metropolitan of Rhodes, b. 1964
• 29 January 2005Hilarion Rudnyk Metropolitan of Winnipeg, b. 1972
• 8 March 2009Nathaniel Diakopanagiotes Metropolitan of Kos and Nisyros, b. 1960
• 13 March 2011Stephen Dinides Metropolitan of Kallioupolis and Madytos, b. 1968
• 20 March 2011Elpidophoros Lambriniadis Archbishop of America, b. 1967
• 30 November 2011Arsenios Kardamakis Metropolitan of Austria, b. 1973
• 18 November 2012Athenagoras Chrysanes Metropolitan of Kydonia, b. 1967
• 24 March 2013Nektarios Selalmatzides Archbishop of Anthidona, b. 1962
• 30 November 2013Job Getcha Metropolitan of Pisidia, b. 1974
• 21 May 2014Cleopas Strongylis Metropolitan of Sweden and All Scandinavia, b. 1966
• 27 July 2014Maximos Vyenopoulos Metropolitan of Silybria, b. 1968
• 18 October 2014Amphilochios Stergiou Metropolitan of Adrianopolis, b. 1961
• 26 July 2015Adrian Sergakes Bishop of Alikarnassos, b. 1952
• 25 September 2016Cyril Sykes Metropolitan of Imbros and Tenedos, b. 1963
• 5 March 2017Hierotheos Zacharis Bishop of Evkarpia, cons. 2017
• 7 February 2018Chrysostom Pitsis Metropolitan of Symi, b. 1967
• 11 July 2018Myron Ktistakes Metropolitan of New Zealand, b. 1969
• 22 July 2018Maximos Pothos Metropolitan of Switzerland, b. 1966
• 21 July 2019Ambrose Chorozides Bishop of Evdokia, b. 1969
• 3 November 2019Benjamin Demopoulos Bishop of Tralles, b. 1971
• 8 December 2019Eireneos Verykakes Bishop of Evmenia, b. 1973
• 15 December 2019Damaskinos Lionakes Bishop of Dorylaion, b. 1979
• 8 November 2020Michael Anishchenko Komanon of Komanon, b. 1976
• 25 January 2021Vissarion Komzias Metropolitan of Spain and Portugal, b. 1975
• 21 March 2021Andrew Sophianopoulos Metropolitan of Saranta Ecclesies, b. 1975
• 25 March 2021Joachim Billes Metropolitan of Prousa, b. 1972
• 25 July 2021Demetrios Ploumes Metropolitan of France, b. 1979
• 3 July 2022Paisios Kokkinakes Bishop of Xanthoupolis, b. 1981
• 25 December 2023Theodore Meimaris Metropolitan of Seleucia, b. 1979
• 2 February 2024Iakovos Andriopoulos Metropolitan of Mexico, b. 1992
• 14 December 2025Gregory Fragakis Metropolitan of Ancyra, b. 1986
• 31 May 2026Panaretos Psaraftis Bishop of Tamisos, b. 1980
• 11 July 2026Isidore Katsos Bishop of Andidon, b. 1975

Sources

Also in: Wikidata