Cyril Konstantinov

Life

Born

16 January 1901

Monastic tonsure

30 December 1923

Ordained deacon

31 December 1923

Ordained priest

22 June 1929

Made archimandrite

9 January 1932

Consecrated bishop

12 July 1936

Made metropolitan

29 May 1938

Became patriarch

10 May 1953

Died

7 March 1971

Sees

1. 12 July 1936 – 29 May 1938

   Bishop of Stobi

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

2. 29 May 1938 – 10 May 1953

   Metropolitan of Plovdiv

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

3. 10 May 1953 – 7 March 1971

   Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia

   Patriarchate of Bulgaria

Consecration

Consecrated 12 July 1936 by:

• Neofit Karaabov Metropolitan of Vidin, 1868–1971

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 6 generations back to Anthimos IV Vamvakis; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Cyril Konstantinov Patriarch of Bulgaria, Metropolitan of Sofia consecrated 12 July 1936
2. Neofit Karaabov Metropolitan of Vidin, 1868–1971 consecrated 21 June 1909
3. Basil Mikhailov Metropolitan of Dorostol and Cherven, 1847–1927 consecrated 18 July 1899
4. Constantine V Valiades Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1833–1914 consecrated 30 January 1876
5. Methodios Aronis Metropolitan of Mytilini, d. 1897 consecrated 12 November 1867
6. Panaret Mishaikov Metropolitan of Plovdiv, 1805–1883 consecrated March 1851
7. Anthimos IV Vamvakis Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch, 1788–1878 consecrated October 1825

Bishops he consecrated 4

• 30 December 1956Maksim Minkov Metropolitan of Sofia, Patriarch of Bulgaria, 1914–2012
• 11 April 1965Gregory Uzunov Metropolitan of Lovech, 1906–2000
• 18 December 1966Pankratii Donchev Metropolitan of Stara Zagora, 1926–1998
• 30 June 1968Filaret Ignatov Metropolitan of Vidin, 1921–1987

Sources

• wikidata.org

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