Sophronios Chrestides

Life

Born

1820

Consecrated bishop

12 January 1865

Died

8 January 1890

Sees

1. 12 January 1865 – 1 May 1873

   Metropolitan of Iconium

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

2. 1 May 1873 – 23 November 1874

   Metropolitan of Didymoteixon

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

3. 23 November 1874 – 6 June 1877

   Metropolitan of Crete

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

4. 6 June 1877 – 9 June 1877

   Former Metropolitan of Crete

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

5. 9 June 1877 – 12 May 1878

   Metropolitan of Didymoteixon

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

6. 12 May 1878 – November 1880

   Metropolitan of Nicaea

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

7. November 1880 – 23 January 1886

   Former Metropolitan of Nicaea

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

8. 23 January 1886 – 8 January 1890

   Metropolitan of Nicaea

   Patriarchate of Constantinople

Consecration

Consecrated 12 January 1865 by:

• Sophronios IV Meidantzoglou Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, 1798–1899

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 Sophronios IV Meidantzoglou; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Sophronios Chrestides Metropolitan of Nicaea consecrated 12 January 1865
2. Sophronios IV Meidantzoglou Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, 1798–1899 consecrated 29 June 1839

Bishops he consecrated 6

• 24 October 1872Neophytos Kydonieus Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1828–1907
• 30 October 1872Prokopios Metropolitan of Preslav, d. 1874
• 8 March 1875Gerasimos Pegas Metropolitan of Poliana and Vardariotai, 1828–1888
• 12 November 1878Kallinikos Photiades Metropolitan of Ephesus, 1841–1926
• 22 May 1888Philaretos Vapheides Metropolitan of Heraclea, 1850–1933
• 20 November 1888Gregory Metropolitan of Nevrokop, 1821–1909