Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga - the title of the ruling bishop of the St. Petersburg diocese and the head of the St. Petersburg metropolis .
Modern full title: Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga and Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Lavra, Sacred Archimandrite [1] .
History
Over the entire period of the existence of the diocese, the title of the diocesan bishop has repeatedly changed, which, most often, was associated with an increase or, conversely, a decrease in the church area under his control. In its current form, the title first appeared in 1892 , with the appointment of Palladium Raev to the department. It should be noted that St. Petersburg hierarchs began to receive the rank of Metropolitan only from the beginning of the 19th century . The church region received the metropolitan status in connection with the inclusion of the ancient Novgorod department in its composition.
Since March 12, 2013, the St. Petersburg Diocese has been limited by the administrative borders of St. Petersburg . However, since the ruling bishop of the diocese is simultaneously the head of the newly formed St. Petersburg Metropolis, his dignity and title are preserved. It is interesting that the second city, which is included in the title of Metropolitan ( Novaya Ladoga ), appeared on the territory of the newly allocated diocese of the Metropolitanate - Tikhvin .
List of ruling bishops of the diocese and their titles
| Number p.p. | Dates | Bishop | Title and period of use | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | September 1 (12), 1742 - February 2 (13), 1745 | Bishop Nicodemus (Skrebnitsky) (end of the 17th century - 1751) | St. Petersburg and Shlisselburg | September 1 (12), 1742 - September 22 ( October 3 ) 1770 | |
| 2 | March 10 (22), 1745 - April 22 ( May 3 ) 1750 | Archbishop Theodosius (Yankovsky) (1696-1750) |  | ||
| 3 | April 25 ( May 6 ) 1750 - April 17 (28), 1761 | bishop (since 1760 - archbishop) Sylvester (Kulyabka) (1701-1761) | |||
| four | September 15 (26), 1761 - July 26 ( August 6 ) 1762 | Archbishop Veniamin (Putsek-Grigorovich) (1706-1785) | |||
| five | July 26 ( August 6 ) 1762 - September 22 ( October 3 ) 1770 | Archbishop Gabriel (Kremenets) (1708-1783) | |||
| 6 | September 22 ( October 3 ) 1770 - October 16 (27), 1799 | Metropolitan (until 1783 - Archbishop) Gabriel (Petrov-Shaposhnikov) (1730-1801) | St. Petersburg and Revel | September 22 ( October 3 ) 1770 - January 1 (12), 1775 | |
| Novgorod and St. Petersburg | January 1 (12), 1775 - October 16 (27), 1799 | ||||
| 7 | October 16 (27), 1799 - March 26 ( April 7 ) 1818 | Metropolitan (until 1801 - Archbishop) Ambrose (Podobedov) (1742-1818) | St. Petersburg, Estland and Vyborg | October 16 (27), 1799 - December 19 (30), 1800 | |
| Novgorod, St. Petersburg, Estland and Vyborg | December 19 (30), 1800 - December 4 (16), 1803 | ||||
| Novgorod, St. Petersburg, Estland and Finland | December 4 (16), 1803 - March 26 ( April 7 ) 1818 | ||||
| eight | March 26 ( April 7 ) 1818 - March 24 ( April 5 ) 1821 | Metropolitan Michael (Desnitsky) (1762-1821) | St. Petersburg, Estland and Finnish | March 26 ( April 7 ) - June 25 ( July 7 ) 1818 | |
| Novgorod, St. Petersburg, Estland and Finland | June 25 ( July 7 ) 1818 - November 4 (16), 1848 | ||||
| 9 | March 26 ( April 7 ) 1821 - January 17 (29), 1843 | Metropolitan Seraphim (Glagolevsky) (1757-1843) | |||
| ten | January 17 (29), 1843 - November 4 (16), 1848 | Metropolitan Anthony (Rafalsky) (1789-1848) | |||
| eleven | November 4 (16), 1848 [2] - September 17 (29), 1856 | Metropolitan Nikanor (Klementyevsky) (1787-1856) | St. Petersburg, Estland and Finnish | November 4 (16) - November 20 ( December 2 ) 1848 | |
| Novgorod, St. Petersburg, Estland and Finland | November 20 ( December 2 ) 1848 - June 24 ( July 6 ) 1865 | ||||
| in | September 17 (29) - October 1 (13), 1856 | Bishop of Revel Plato (Thebes) (1809-1877) | |||
| 12 | October 1 (13), 1856 - June 17 (29), 1860 | Metropolitan Gregory (Postnikov) (1784-1860) | |||
| in | June 17 (29) - July 1 (13), 1860 | Bishop of Revel Leonty (Lebedinsky) (1822-1893) | |||
| 13 | July 1 (13), 1860 - September 7 (19), 1892 | Metropolitan Isidore (Nikolsky) (1799-1892) | |||
| Novgorod, St. Petersburg and Finnish | June 24 ( July 6 ) 1865 - September 7 (19), 1892 | ||||
| in | September 7 (19) - October 18 (30), 1892 | Bishop of Vyborg Anthony (Vadkovsky) (1846-1912) | St. Petersburg and Finland | September 7 (19) - October 18 (30), 1892 | |
| 14 | October 18 (30), 1892 - December 5 (17), 1898 | Metropolitan Palladium (Raev) (1827-1898) | St. Petersburg and Ladoga | October 18 (30), 1892 - August 19 ( September 1 ) 1914 | |
| in | October 1 (13) - December 25, 1898 ( January 6, 1899 ) | Bishop of Narva John (Kratirov) (1839-1909) | |||
| 15 | December 25, 1898 ( January 6, 1899 ) - November 2 (15), 1912 | Metropolitan Anthony (Vadkovsky) (1846-1912) | |||
| in | November 2 (15) - November 23 ( December 6 ) 1912 | Bishop of Narva Nikander (Phenomenon) (1872-1933) | |||
| sixteen | November 23 ( December 6 ) 1912 - November 23 ( December 6 ) 1915 | Metropolitan Vladimir (Epiphany) (1848-1918) | |||
| Petrograd and Ladoga | August 19 ( September 1 ) 1914 - June 17 (30), 1917 | ||||
| 17 | November 23 ( December 6 ) 1915 - March 6 (19), 1917 | Metropolitan Pitirim (Windows) (1858-1920) | |||
| 18 | March 6 (19), 1917 [3] - August 12, 1922 | Metropolitan Benjamin (Kazan) (1873-1922) | |||
| Petrograd and Gdovskiy | June 17 (30), 1917 - 1924 | ||||
| in | August 3 - Autumn 1923 | Bishop of Alatyr Guri (Stepanov) (1880-1938) | |||
| 19 [4] | November 2 - November 8, 1923 | Archbishop Theodore (Pozdeevsky) (1876-1937) | |||
| in | September 23, 1923 - February 15, 1924 | Bishop of Luga Manuel (Lemeshevsky) (1884-1968) | |||
| Leningradsky | 1924 - 1928 | ||||
| in | February 1924 - December 18, 1925 | Bishop of Kronstadt Benedict (Carpenters) (1872-1937) | |||
| in | December 1925 - June 1926 | Bishop of Shlisselburg Grigory (Lebedev) (1878-1937) | |||
| in | summer 1926 - April 19, 1927 | Bishop of Kingisepp Gabriel (Vojvodin) (1869-1937) | |||
| 20 | August 26, 1926 - September 13, 1927 | Metropolitan Joseph (Petrov) (1872-1937) | |||
| in | September 17, 1927 - February 1928 | Bishop of Peterhof Nikolai (Yarushevich) (1892-1961) | |||
| 21 | February 1928 - September 1933 | Metropolitan Seraphim (Chichagov) (1856-1937) | Leningrad and Gdovsky | February 10, 1928 - 1933 | |
| 22 | October 18, 1933 - February 4, 1945 | Metropolitan Alexy (Simansky) (1877-1970) | Leningradsky | October 5, 1933 - December 10, 1943 | |
| Leningrad and Novgorod | December 10, 1943 - January 1, 1957 | ||||
| 23 | February 4, 1945 [5] - November 5, 1955 | Metropolitan Gregory (Chukov) (1870-1955) | |||
| 24 | November 28, 1955 - March 27, 1959 | Metropolitan Eleutherius (Vorontsov) (1892-1959) | |||
| Leningrad and Ladoga | January 1, 1957 - October 7, 1967 | ||||
| 25 | April 21, 1959 - September 19, 1960 | Metropolitan Pitirim (Sviridov) (1888-1963) | |||
| 26 | September 19, 1960 - November 14, 1961 | Metropolitan Gury (Egorov) (1891-1965) | |||
| 27 | September 14, 1961 - October 9, 1963 | Metropolitan Pimen (Izvekov) (1910-1990) | |||
| 28 | October 9, 1963 - September 5, 1978 | Metropolitan Nicodemus (Rotov) (1929-1978) | |||
| Leningrad and Novgorod | October 7, 1967 - July 20, 1990 | ||||
| 29th | October 10, 1978 - May 29, 1986 | Metropolitan Anthony (Melnikov) (1924-1986) | |||
| thirty | July 29, 1986 - July 20, 1990 [6] | Metropolitan Alexy (Ridiger) (1929-2008) | |||
| 31 | July 20, 1990 - November 2, 1995 | Metropolitan John (Snychev) (1927-1995) | Leningrad and Ladoga | July 20, 1990 - September 25, 1991 | |
| St. Petersburg and Ladoga | from September 25, 1991 | ||||
| in | November 3 - December 27, 1995 | Bishop of Tikhvin Simon (Geta) (born 1949) | |||
| 32 | December 27, 1995 - March 19, 2014 | Metropolitan Vladimir (Kotlyarov) (born 1929) | |||
| 33 | from March 19, 2014 | Metropolitan Barsanuphius (Sudakov) (born 1955) | |||
Notes
- β The title is indicated in Church Slavonic form, as it has mainly liturgical use.
- β As archbishop of Warsaw, he temporarily ruled the diocese until November 20 ( December 2 ), 1848 .
- β As bishop of Gdovsk, he temporarily ruled the diocese until May 25 ( June 7 ), 1917 .
- β the appointment was not accepted; I was not at the department.
- β As archbishop of Pskov, he temporarily ruled the diocese until September 7, 1945 .
- β As a patriarch, he temporarily ruled the diocese on June 10, 1990 .