List of bishops of the Diocese of Kazan
The list of the Hierarchs of the Diocese of Kazan begins with the first hierarch to govern the Diocese of Kazan, St. Gury (Rugotin), who was assigned to the new see in the year 1555. The diocese was formed almost immediately after the conquest of Kazan by Tsar Ivan IV (the Terrible) in 1555. During its existence the diocese has had different titles due to changing political and territorial responsibilities.
Contents
- 1 Ruling hierarchs of the Diocese of Kazan
- 1.1 As Archbishops of Kazan
- 1.2 As Metropolitan of Kazan and Astrakhan
- 1.3 As Metropolitans of Kazan and Sviyazhsk
- 1.4 As Metropolitan of Kazan and Bulgaria
- 1.5 As Metropolitan of Kazan
- 1.6 As Archbishops of Kazan and Simbirsk
- 1.7 As Archbishops of Kazan and Sviyazhsk
- 1.8 As Bishops of Kazan and Chistopol
- 1.9 As Bishops of Kazan and Mari
- 1.10 Archbishop of Kazan and Tatarstan
- 2 Source
Ruling hierarchs of the Diocese of Kazan
As Archbishops of Kazan
- Archbishop St. Gury 1555 to 1563 Reposed in office
- Archbishop St. Herman (Sadyrev-Polevoy) 1564 to 1567 to Metropolitan of Moscow
- Archbishop Lavrenty I 1568 to 1574 Reposed in office
- Archbishop Vassian 1575 Reposed in office
- Archbishop Tikhon I (Khvorostinin) 1575 to 1576 Reposed in office
- Archbishop Jeremiah 1576 to 1581 Reposed in office
- Archbishop Cosmos 1581 to 1583 Reposed in office
- Metropolitan Tikhon II 1589 Reposed in office
As Metropolitan of Kazan and Astrakhan
- Metropolitan St. Hermogen 1589 to 1606 to Patriarch of All Russia
As Metropolitans of Kazan and Sviyazhsk
- Metropolitan St. Ephraim 1606 to 1613 Reposed in office
- Metropolitan Matthew 1615 to 1646 Reposed in office
- Metropolitan Simon 1646 to 1649 Reposed in office
- Metropolitan Cornelius I 1650 to 1656 Reposed in office
- Metropolitan Lavrenty II 1657 to 1672 Reposed in office
- Metropolitan Cornelius II 1673 to 1674 Did not reach Kazan, transferred to Novgorod
As Metropolitan of Kazan and Bulgaria
- Metropolitan Ioasaph 1674 to 1686 Reposed in office
As Metropolitan of Kazan
- Metropolitan Adrian 1686 to 1690 to Patriarch of Moscow
- Metropolitan Markell 1690 to 1698 Reposed in office
- Metropolitan Tikhon III (Voinov) 1699 to 1724 Reposed in office
- Metropolitan Sylvester (Holmsky) 1725 to 1731 deposed
- Archbishop Hilarion (Rogalevsky) 1732 to 1735 transferred to Chernigov
- Archbishop Gabriel I (Russkoy) 1735 to 1738 transferred to the Great Ustjug diocese
- Bishop Luke (Konashevich) 1738 to 1755 transferred to Belgorod
- Bishop Gavrill II (Kremenetsky) 1755 to 1762 transferred to Kiev as Metropolitan
- Metropolitan Benjamin (Putsek-Grigotovich) 1762 to 1782
- Archbishop Anthony I (Zybelin) 1782 to 1785
- Archbishop Amvrosy I (Podobedov) 1785 to 1799
As Archbishops of Kazan and Simbirsk
- Archbishop Serapion (Alexandrovsky) 1799 to 1803
- Archbishop Pavel (Zernov) 1803 to 1815
- Archbishop Amvrosy II (Protasov) 1816 to 1826
- Archbishop Jonah (Pavinsky) 1826 to 1828
- Archbishop Philaret (Amphitheaters) 1828 to 1836
As Archbishops of Kazan and Sviyazhsk
- Archbishop Vladimir I (Uzhinsky) 1836 to 1848
- Metropolitan Gregory (Postnikov) 1848 to 1856
- Archbishop Athanasy (Sokolov) 1856 to 1866
- Archbishop Anthony II (Amphitheaters) 1866 to 1879
- Archbishop Sergei (Lyapidevsky) 1880 to 1882
- Archbishop Pallady (Raev-Pisarev) 1882 to 1887
- Archbishop Pavel II (Lebedev) 1887 to 1892
- Archbishop Vladimir II (Petrov) 1892 to 1897
- Archbishop Arseny 1897 to 1903
- Archbishop Dimitri I 1903 to 1905
- Archbishop Dimitri II (Sambikin) 1905 to 1908
- Archbishop Nikanor (Kamensky) 1908 to 1910
- Metropolitan Jacob (Pjatnitsky) 1910 to 1918
- Metropolitan Cyril (Smirnov) 1918 to 1922 Exiled Martyred
- Archbishop Mitrophan (Polikarpov) 1925 Martyred
- Archbishop Ioann (Shirokov) 1925 to 1930 Martyred
- Archbishop Ireney (Shulmin) 1930 Martyred
- Archbishop Athanassy (Malinin) 1930 to 1933
- Metropolitan Seraphim (Alexandrov) 1933 to 1936 Martyred
- Archbishop Benedict (Plotnikov) 1936 to 1937 Martyred
- Archbishop Nikon (Purlevsky) 1937
- Archbishop Andrei (Komarov) 1942 to 1944
As Bishops of Kazan and Chistopol
- Archbishop Hilary (Iliin) 1944 to 1945
- Archbishop Hermogen (Kozhin) 1946 to 1949
- Bishop Justin (Maltsev) 1949 to 1950
- Archbishop Sergius II (Korolev) 1950 to 1952
As Bishops of Kazan and Mari
- Archbishop Job (Kresovich) 1953 to 1960
- Archbishop Mikhail (Voskresensky) 1960 to 1975
- Bishop Panteleimon (Mitryukovsky) 1975 to 1988
Archbishop of Kazan and Tatarstan
- Archbishop Anastassy (Metkin) 1988 to Present
