Arsenii Epifanov

Life

Born

3 March 1955

Ordained deacon

28 August 1984

Ordained priest

28 August 1986

Monastic tonsure

30 September 1989

Consecrated bishop

5 October 1989

Made archbishop

25 February 1997

Sees

1. 5 October 1989 – 20 July 1990

   Bishop of Ladoga

   Patriarchate of Moscow

2. 20 July 1990 – 25 February 1997

   Bishop of Istrina

   Vicar of Moscow · Patriarchate of Moscow

3. 25 February 1997 – 1 April 2009

   Archbishop of Istrina

   Vicar of Moscow · Patriarchate of Moscow

4. 1 April 2009 – 1 February 2014

   Archbishop of Istrina

   Vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow · Patriarchate of Moscow

5. 1 February 2014 – 9 July 2019

   Metropolitan of Istrina

   Vicar of the Patriarch of Moscow · Patriarchate of Moscow

6. 9 July 2019 – present

   Metropolitan of Lipetsk and Zadonsk

   Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 5 October 1989 by:

• Aleksii II Ridiger Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1929–2008
• Nicholas Kutepov Metropolitan of Gorky and Arzamas, 1924–2001
• Nikon Fomichyov Archbishop of Perm and Solikamsk, 1910–1995
• Evsevii Savvin Metropolitan of Pskov and Porkhov, b. 1939
• Eugene Zhdan Archbishop of Tambov and Michurinsk, 1942–2002
• Prokl Khazov Metropolitan of Simbirsk and Melekess, 1943–2014
• Leo Tserpitskii Metropolitan of Novgorod and Staraya Russa, b. 1946

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. Arsenii Epifanov Metropolitan of Lipetsk and Zadonsk consecrated 5 October 1989
2. Nicholas Kutepov Metropolitan of Gorky and Arzamas, 1924–2001 consecrated 10 September 1961
3. Panteleimon Rudyk Archbishop of Edmonton and Canada, 1898–1968 consecrated 27 March 1941
4. Sergii Stragorodskii Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus', 1867–1944 consecrated 25 February 1901
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 142

• 14 August 1990Manuel Pavlov Metropolitan of Petrozavodsk and Karelia, 1950–2015
• 19 August 1990Tikhon Emelyanov Metropolitan of Vladimir and Suzdal, b. 1948
• 1 September 1990Peter Păduraru Metropolitan of Bessarabia, b. 1946
• 2 September 1990Vincent Morar Metropolitan of Tashkent and Uzbekistan, b. 1953
• 11 November 1990Evlogii Smirnov Metropolitan of Vladimir and Suzdal, 1937–2020
• 16 June 1991Constantine Goryanov Metropolitan of Petrozavodsk and Karelia, b. 1951
• 29 July 1991Ierofei Sobolev Bishop of Balakhna, 1936–2001
• 26 January 1992Innocent Vasiliev Metropolitan of Vilnius and Lithuania, b. 1947
• 22 March 1992Paul Ponomaryov Metropolitan of Krutitsy and Kolomna, b. 1952
• 21 September 1992Benjamin Pushkar Former Metropolitan of Vladivostok and Primorye, b. 1938
• 25 October 1992Jonah Karpukhin Archbishop of Astrakhan and Kamyzyak, 1941–2020
• 28 March 1993Herman Moralin Metropolitan of Kursk and Rylsk, b. 1956
• 3 April 1993Michael Raskovalov Bishop of Kurgan and Shadrinsk, 1953–2008
• 4 April 1993John Popov Metropolitan of Belgorod and Staryi Oskol, b. 1960
• 10 April 1993Maximilian Lazarenko Archbishop of Pesochenskii and Yukhnov, b. 1950
• 21 July 1993Nikon Mironov Bishop of Kudymkar and Vereshchagino, b. 1960
• 25 July 1993John Timofeyev Metropolitan of Yoshkar-Ola and Mari El, b. 1958
• 3 October 1993Simon Getya Metropolitan of Oryol and Bolkhov, b. 1949
• 6 March 1994Nestor Sapsai Bishop of Petropavl and Kamchatka, 1931–2004
• 26 March 1994Nektarii Korobov Bishop of Saratov and Volsk, 1942–1994
• 16 April 1994Eugene Reshetnikov Archbishop of Vereya, b. 1957
• 19 August 1995Aleksii Frolov Archbishop of Kostroma and Halych, 1947–2013
• 3 September 1995Mark Tuzhikov Metropolitan of Vyatka and Sloboda, b. 1961
• 12 September 1995Savva Volkov Archbishop of Tiraspol and Dubăsari, b. 1958
• 10 December 1995Sergii Sokolov Bishop of Novosibirsk and Berdsk, 1951–2000
• 19 December 1995Pitirim Volochkov Archbishop of Syktyvkar and Komi-Zyryanskii, 1961–2025
• 24 December 1995Zosima Ostapenko Archbishop of Solikamsk and Chusovoi, 1950–2026
• 4 February 1996Tikhon Stepanov Bishop of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogory, 1963–2010
• 31 March 1996Nikon Vasin Metropolitan of Lipetsk and Zadonsk, b. 1942
• 1 August 1997Jonathan Tsvetkov Archbishop of Abakan and Khakassia, b. 1962
• 15 February 1998Anatolii Aksyonov Bishop of Qostanai and Rudnyi, b. 1958
• 15 March 1998Cyril Nakonechnii Metropolitan of Kazan and Tatarstan, b. 1961
• 8 September 1998Joseph Makedonov Metropolitan of Ivanovo-Voznesenskii and Vichuga, b. 1964
• 12 September 1998Anatolii Botnari Archbishop of Cahul and Comrat, b. 1950
• 8 November 1998Dorimedont Cecan Bishop of Edineţ and Briceni, 1961–2006
• 14 January 1999Alexander Ishchein Archbishop of Baku and Azerbaijan, 1952–2021
• 10 August 1999Tikhon Nedosekin Bishop of Vidnoye, b. 1956
• 9 September 1999Peter Arihara Bishop of Yokohama, d. 2000
• 14 November 1999Daniel Nushiro Archbishop of Tokyo, Metropolitan of All Japan, 1938–2023
• 15 January 2000Serapheim Tsujie Archbishop of Tokyo, Metropolitan of All Japan, b. 1951
• 10 August 2000Diomid Dzyuban Bishop of Anadyr and Chukotka, 1961–2021
• 19 May 2001Serapheim Melkonyan Metropolitan of Baltiysk and Svetlogorsk, b. 1961
• 2 September 2001Alexander Agrikov Metropolitan of Bryansk and Sevsk, b. 1953
• 11 November 2001Daniel Dorovskikh Metropolitan of Kurgan and Belozersk, b. 1960
• 14 January 2002Hilarion Alfeyev Metropolitan of Budapest and Hungary, b. 1966
• 20 January 2002Maksim Dmitriev Bishop of Yelets and Lebedyansk, b. 1961
• 31 March 2002Feognost Guzikov Metropolitan of Kashira, b. 1960
• 14 April 2002Irinarkh Grezin Bishop of Ramenskoye, 1951–2024
• 20 April 2002Feofilakt Moiseyev Former Bishop of Mytishchi, 1949–2023
• 21 April 2002Feodosii Vasnev Metropolitan of Tambov and Rasskazovo, b. 1961
• 2 February 2003George Danilov Metropolitan of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas, b. 1964
• 14 August 2003Benjamin Zaritskii Metropolitan of Orenburg and Saraktash, 1953–2023
• 19 August 2003Longin Korchagin Metropolitan of Simbirsk and Novospasskoye, b. 1961
• 14 January 2004Mark Golovkov Metropolitan of Korsun and Western Europe, b. 1964
• 27 September 2004Zosima Davydov Bishop of Yakutsk and Lensk, 1963–2010
• 30 January 2005Savvatii Antonov Metropolitan of Cheboksary and Chuvash, b. 1968
• 26 March 2005Ambrose Ermakov Metropolitan of Tver and Kashin, b. 1970
• 3 April 2005Tikhon Lobkovskii Archbishop of Maikop and Adygea, b. 1968
• 2 June 2005Pankratii Zherdev Archbishop of Troitskii, b. 1955
• 19 August 2006Alexander Matryonin Bishop of Daugavpils and Rēzekne, b. 1973
• 20 August 2006Aristarkh Smirnov Metropolitan of Kemerovo and Prokopievsk, b. 1959
• 24 September 2006Feofilakt Kuryanov Archbishop of Pyatigorsk and Cherkessk, b. 1974
• 26 November 2006Elisei Ganaba Archbishop of the Hague and the Netherlands, b. 1962
• 15 February 2007Sergii Chashin Metropolitan of Singapore and Southeast Asia, b. 1974
• 11 March 2007Marcel Mihăescu Archbishop of Bălţi and Făleşti, b. 1959
• 23 March 2008Nikodim Chibisov Metropolitan of Ryazan and Mikhailovka, b. 1969
• 2 June 2008Ieronim Chernyshov Bishop of Oryol and Livny, b. 1966
• 21 July 2009Lazar Gurkin Bishop of Narva and Prichudye, b. 1969
• 29 November 2009Cyril Pokrovskii Metropolitan of Stavropol and Nevinnomyssk, b. 1963
• 2 December 2009Clement Rodaikin Bishop of Krasnoslobodsk and Temnikov, b. 1971
• 21 March 2010Benjamin Tupeko Bishop of Borisov and Maryina Horka, b. 1968
• 5 September 2010Nestor Sirotenko Metropolitan of Stupino, b. 1974
• 2 January 2011Filaret Kucherov Metropolitan of Lviv and Halych, b. 1972
• 23 January 2011Tikhon Dorovskikh Metropolitan of Oryol and Bolkhov, b. 1959
• 20 February 2011Sebastian Osokin Archbishop of Qarağandy and Şahtinsk, b. 1961
• 10 April 2011Artemii Snigur Metropolitan of Khabarovsk and Priamurskii, b. 1962
• 17 April 2011Nicholas Chashin Archbishop of Salekhard and Novo-Urengoisk, b. 1972
• 1 May 2011Herman Kamalov Bishop of Sochi and Tuapse, b. 1968
• 22 May 2011Serapheim Glushakov Bishop of Anadyr and Chukotka, 1969–2020
• 12 June 2011Paul Fokin Metropolitan of Khanty-Mansiysk and Surgut, b. 1956
• 19 June 2011Roman Lukin Archbishop of Yakutsk and Lensk, b. 1968
• 19 August 2011Innocent Yakovlev Bishop of Alexandrovsk and Yuriev-Polskii, b. 1947
• 21 August 2011Ignatii Deputatov Metropolitan of Saratov and Volsk, b. 1977
• 11 September 2011Cornelius Sinyayev Metropolitan of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogory, b. 1976
• 27 September 2011Nicholas Subbotin Bishop of Salavat and Kumertau, b. 1973
• 16 October 2011Lukian Kutsenko Archbishop of Blagoveshchensk and Tynda, b. 1965
• 30 October 2011Feofan Kim Archbishop of Korea, b. 1976
• 22 November 2011Irinei Tafunya Bishop of Orsk and Gai, b. 1971
• 2 December 2011Vladimir Samokhin Metropolitan of Donetsk and Mariupol, b. 1979
• 18 December 2011Maximilian Klyuyev Metropolitan of Irkutsk and Angarsk, b. 1971
• 1 January 2012Nicholas Pogrebnyak Bishop of Balashikha and Orekhovo-Zuevo, b. 1950
• 28 January 2012Ephrem Prosyanok Archbishop of Birobidzhan and Kuldur, b. 1977
• 25 February 2012Iakov Tislenko Bishop of Naryan-Mar and Mezen, b. 1960
• 4 March 2012Ambrose Munteanu Bishop of Bogorodsk, b. 1973
• 17 March 2012Feodosii Chashchin Metropolitan of Samara and Novokuibyshevsk, b. 1973
• 24 March 2012Filaret Gusev Bishop of Dalneye Konstantinovo, b. 1975
• 25 March 2012Aleksii Antipov Bishop of Buzuluk and Sorochinsk, b. 1956
• 1 April 2012Nikifor Khoteyev Bishop of Otradny and Pokhvistnevo, b. 1975
• 22 April 2012Barnabas Baranov Bishop of Karasuk and Ordynskoye, b. 1965
• 27 May 2012Nikita Ananiev Metropolitan of Krasnoyarsk and Achinsk, b. 1969
• 21 July 2012Savvatii Zagrebelnyi Bishop of Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan, b. 1967
• 2 December 2012Theodore Belkov Bishop of Pokrovsk and Novouzensk, b. 1960
• 17 March 2013Isidore Tupikin Metropolitan of Smolensk and Dorogobuzh, b. 1974
• 23 March 2013Mitrofan Osyak Bishop of Gatchina and Luga, b. 1972
• 14 April 2013Feognost Dmitriev Bishop of Serov and Krasnoturinsk, b. 1965
• 28 April 2013Ferapont Kashin Metropolitan of Kostroma and Nerekhta, b. 1969
• 13 June 2013Sergii Bulatnikov Bishop of Velikie Luki and Nevel, b. 1950
• 17 June 2013Leonid Gorbachev Archbishop of Vladikavkaz and the Alans, b. 1968
• 27 September 2013Hermogen Seryi Bishop of Michurinsk and Morshansk, b. 1973
• 10 November 2013Kallistrat Romanenko Archbishop of Bezhetsk and Udomlya, b. 1974
• 2 December 2013Aleksii Mulyar Bishop of Sayansk and Nizhneudinsk, b. 1976
• 25 February 2014Stephen Kavtarashvili Bishop of Tikhoretsk and Korenovsk, b. 1971
• 16 March 2014Gregory Petrov Metropolitan of Voskresensk, b. 1974
• 13 April 2014Ignatii Buzin Bishop of Armavir and Labinsk, b. 1973
• 2 December 2014Paul Timofeyenkov Bishop of Molodechno and Stolbtsy, b. 1963
• 3 January 2015Anthony Doronin Archbishop of Hrodna and Vaŭkavysk, b. 1980
• 22 February 2015Dimitrii Eliseyev Metropolitan of Chita and Petrovsk-Zabaikal, b. 1961
• 8 March 2015John Moșneguțu Archbishop of Soroca and Drochia, b. 1979
• 5 April 2015Porfirii Prednyuk Bishop of Lida and Smarhoń, b. 1970
• 28 June 2015Serapion Dunai Bishop of Yalutorovsk, b. 1967
• 26 October 2015Anthony Sevryuk Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, b. 1984
• 2 December 2015Paramon Golubka Bishop of Gorodets and Vetluga, b. 1977
• 3 January 2016Matthew Kopylov Metropolitan of Pskov and Porkhov, b. 1979
• 8 January 2016Paul Grigoriev Metropolitan of Vladivostok and Primorye, b. 1974
• 24 April 2016John Rudenko Bishop of Shuya and Teikovo, b. 1966
• 3 May 2016Arsenii Perevalov Metropolitan of Zvenigorod, b. 1979
• 2 December 2016Matthew Samknulov Bishop of Akhtubinsk and Yenotayevka, b. 1971
• 25 December 2016Evfimii Maksimenko Bishop of Usman, b. 1975
• 3 January 2017Vincent Bryleyev Bishop of Tara and Tyukalinsk, b. 1979
• 9 April 2017Aleksii Zanochkin Bishop of Vienna and Austria, b. 1975
• 2 May 2017Tarasii Perov Bishop of Severomorsk and Umba, b. 1976
• 18 June 2017Aksii Lobov Archbishop of Podilsk and Lyubertsy, b. 1980
• 18 November 2017Theophan Danchenkov Bishop of Volzhsk and Sernur, b. 1975
• 20 November 2017Ignatii Suranov Bishop of Cherepovets and Belozersk, b. 1978
• 8 January 2018Mark Davletov Archbishop of Vorkuta and Usinsk, b. 1966
• 18 November 2018Basil Danilov Bishop of Kasimov and Sasovo, b. 1978
• 2 December 2018Spyridon Morozov Bishop of Birsk and Beloretsk, b. 1987
• 8 January 2019Zosima Balin Bishop of Magnitogorsk and Verkhneuralsk, b. 1975
• 3 March 2019Savva Tutunov Archbishop of Zelenograd, b. 1978
• 21 April 2019Stephen Privalov Bishop of Alexandrovsk and Yuriev-Polskii, b. 1961
• 18 July 2019Siluan Nikitin Bishop of Petergof, b. 1986
• 6 October 2019Ambrose Shevtsov Bishop of Borisov and Maryina Horka, b. 1975

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