Sergach Vicarism - Vicarism of the Nizhny Novgorod (then Gorky) diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church .
| Sergach Vicariate | |
|---|---|
| Russian Orthodox Church | |
 Cathedral of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God | |
| General information | |
| A country | the USSR |
| Diocesan Center | Sergach |
| Founded by | 1922 |
| Abolished | 1937 |
Vicariate was founded in March 1922, when Patriarch Tikhon and the Provisional Holy Synod under him approved the candidacy of the priest of the church of the village of Veldemanovo, Apollo Kazan, to the post of Bishop of Sergachensky, with the subsequent tonsure as a monk and elevation to the rank of archimandrite [1] .
Vicariate was not titular: it is known that Bishop Peter (Saveliev) lived in Sergach [2] . After 1937, it was stopped.
Bishops
- Alexander (Kazan) (April 17 - June 1922) declined to update
- Ambrose (Kazan) (July 8, 1924 - March 1925)
- Peter (Savelyev) (April 6, 1927 - November 10, 1932)
- Pavel (Chistyakov) (April 17, 1933 - December 11, 1933)
- Vladimir (Yudenich) (December 11, 1933 - December 5, 1934)
- Irakli (Popov) (December 5, 1934 - September 30, 1935)
- Andrey (Solntsev) (September 30 - December 13, 1935)
- Photius (Purlevsky) (October 1936 - July 1937)
Notes
- ↑ Lyskovo diocese »Alexander (Kazan), bishop of the Sergach vicar of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese
- ↑ The sermon of victorious Christianity. One day on the Sergach land Photius (Purlevsky) // Nizhny Novgorod diocesan sheets, No. 10 (103) for 2007.