Benjamin Taušanović

Life

Born

23 January 1884

Monastic tonsure

11 May 1913

Ordained deacon

14 May 1913

Ordained priest

21 May 1913

Made archimandrite

15 December 1920

Consecrated bishop

23 May 1926

Died

28 May 1952

Sees

1. 23 May 1926 – November 1929

   Bishop of Bihać

   Patriarchate of Serbia

2. November 1929 – 19 June 1934

   Bishop of Zletovo and Strumica

   Patriarchate of Serbia

3. 19 June 1934 – 28 May 1952

   Bishop of Braničevo

   Patriarchate of Serbia

Consecration

Consecrated 23 May 1926 by:

• Dimtrije Pavlović Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1846–1930
• Basil Popović Metropolitan of Banja Luka, 1860–1938
• Michael Šiljak Bishop of Raška and Prizren, 1873–1928

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 7 generations back to Anthimos IV Vamvakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Benjamin Taušanović Bishop of Braničevo consecrated 23 May 1926
2. Basil Popović Metropolitan of Banja Luka, 1860–1938 consecrated 28 September 1908
3. Eugene Letica Metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia, 1858–1933 consecrated 5 November 1900
4. Nicholas Mandić Metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia, 1840–1907 consecrated 24 July 1892
5. George Nikolajević Metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia, 1807–1896 consecrated 2 February 1886
6. Ignatios Economides Metropolitan of Ersekë, 1832–1913 consecrated 27 January 1868
7. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
8. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 1 July 1951Longin Tomić Bishop of Tuzla and Zvornik, 1893–1977

Sources

Also in: Wikidata