Bishop Rafail Popov †

Deceased

Bishop of Bulgarian United Church (Constantinople) (Bulgarian)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Nov 1830		Born
30 Dec 1860	30.1	Converted
15 Aug 1861	30.7	Ordained Priest	Priest
28 Mar 1865	34.3	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Bulgarian United Church (Constantinople) (Bulgarian)
4 Aug 1865	34.7	Appointed	Bishop of Bulgarian United Church (Constantinople) (Bulgarian)
19 Nov 1865	35.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bulgarian United Church (Constantinople) (Bulgarian)
6 Mar 1876	45.3	Died	Bishop of Bulgarian United Church (Constantinople) (Bulgarian)

MicroData Summary
Rafail Popov
Bishop Rafail Popov
(born 15 Nov 1830, died 6 Mar 1876)
Bishop of Bulgarian United Church (Constantinople)

First Vatican Council: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Strelcha
Ordained Bishop S. Chrysostome, Constantinople

a priest for 14.5 years
a bishop for 10.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Paolo Brunoni †
Titular Archbishop of Ausuccura
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Josyf Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) †
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Emmanuele Staravero †
Titular Archbishop of Dramas
Bishop Benjamin Dimitrios Eusevides †
Titular Bishop of Nauplia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Josyf Sembratowicz (Sembratovyc) † (1865)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Archbishop Spyrydon Lytvynovyč (Litwinowicz) † (1857)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Bishop Ioan Lemeni † (1833)
Bishop Emeritus of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop Samuel Vulcan † (1807)
Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian)
Bishop Ioan (Janos) Bob (Babb) † (1784)
Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop Grigore Maior, O.S.B.M. † (1773)
Bishop Emeritus of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop Vasilije Božičković (Bosicskovich), O.S.B.M. † (1759)
Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palaestina
Bishop Mihály Emánuel Olsavszky, O.S.B.M. † (1743)
Titular Bishop of Rhosus
Bishop Ioan Inocențiu Klein (Micu), O.S.B.M. † (1730)
Bishop of Făgăraş (Romanian)
Bishop György (Hennadiy) Bizánczy (Bizantsiy) † (1716)
Titular Bishop of Sebastopolis in Armenia
Archbishop Lev (Luka) Kiszka (Kyška), O.S.B.M. † (1711)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Jurij Havryjil (Jerzy) Vynnyc’kyj (Winnicki), O.S.B.M. † (1700)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Lew Ślubičz Załęnski, O.S.B.M. † (1678)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Kyprian Żochowski (Zhokhovskyj), O.S.B.M. † (1671)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Gabriel (Havrylo) Kolenda, O.S.B.M. † (1652)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Anastazy Antoni Seljava (Sielawa), O.S.B.M. † (1624)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Yosyf Ivan Veliamyn-Rutskyi, O.S.B.M. † (1613)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Hipacy (Ipatij) Pociej (Potij) † (1593)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Mychajlo Rohoza † (1589)
Archbishop
[Greek Orthodox Patriarch Jeremias II Tranos] †
Patriarch

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q7294004

Source(s):

b/c1+: CB, 16 Aug 2016
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1865, Number 45

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