Irkutsk and Chita

Bishops 9

1. 3 June 1948 – 21 February 1949

   Juvenal Kilin 1875–1958

   Archbishop

2. 1949 – 1958

   Palladii Sherstennikov 1896–1976

   Archbishop

3. 12 February 1958 – 21 May 1973

   Benjamin Novitskii 1900–1976

   Archbishop

4. 31 May 1973 – 17 April 1975

   Vladimir Kotlyarov 1929–2022

   Archbishop

5. 1975 – 1980

   Serapion Fadeyev 1933–1999

   Bishop, then Archbishop

6. 27 April 1980 – 1982

   Mefodii Nemtsov b. 1949

   Bishop

7. 16 July 1982 – 26 December 1984

   Juvenal Tarasov 1929–2013

   Archbishop

8. 26 December 1984 – 25 January 1990

   Chrysostom Martishkin 1934–2025

   Archbishop

9. 4 February 1990 – 26 December 2019

   Vadim Lazebnyi b. 1954

   Bishop, then Archbishop, then Metropolitan

In the order of their start dates; bishops whose dates are unknown come last. Gaps are periods the data does not yet cover.