Orthodox Hierarchs

Patriarchate of Moscow

Rostov and Novocherkassk

Bishops 16

  1. 24 February 1948 – 19 October 1949

    Sergii Larin 1908–1967

    Bishop

  2. 19 October 1949 – 27 March 1951

    Nicholas Chufarovskii 1884–1967

    Bishop

  3. 1951 – 1955

    Benjamin Fedchenkov 1880–1961

    Metropolitan

  4. 1957 – 7 October 1958

    Flavian Ivanov 1889–1958

    Archbishop

  5. 1958

    Anthony Krotevich 1889–1973

    Locum tenens

  6. 9 December 1958 – 16 March 1961

    Innocent Zelnitskii 1886–1968

    Archbishop

  7. 16 March 1961 – 16 August 1961

    Nikandr Viktorov 1891–1961

    Archbishop

  8. 12 January 1962 – 14 December 1966

    Ieronim Zakharov 1897–1966

    Archbishop

  9. 7 October 1967 – 16 December 1969

    Hilarion Prokhorov 1889–1973

    Archbishop

  10. 1969 – 1 December 1970

    Nicholas Kutepov 1924–2001

    Bishop

  11. 1 December 1970 – 31 May 1973

    Vladimir Kotlyarov 1929–2022

    Archbishop

  12. 31 May 1973 – 2 April 1984

    Joasaph Ovsyannikov 1904–1984

    Bishop, then Archbishop

  13. 16 July 1982 – 27 May 1992

    Vladimir Sabodan 1935–2014

    Metropolitan

  14. 22 February 1993 – 27 December 1995

    Vladimir Kotlyarov 1929–2022

    Metropolitan

  15. 7 October 1995 – 27 July 2011

    Panteleimon Dolganov b. 1941

    Bishop, then Archbishop

  16. 27 July 2011 – present

    Merkurii Ivanov b. 1964

    Bishop, 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.