Teoctist was appointed Bishop of Arad in 1962, Metropolitan of Oltenia in 1976 and the following year Metropolitan of Moldavia, the normal stepping stone to the patriarchate.
In 1633 he was elected metropolitan of Kiev.
In 1361 Cabasilas was named metropolitan of Thessalonica, but he died before he could assume jurisdiction.
In Moscow in 1589 he consecrated Job, metropolitan of Moscow, as the first Russian patriarch.
But another, Timothy, metropolitan of Vestra, is considered close to Israel.
About 1050 he became metropolitan of Euchaita in Asia Minor; later he became a monk.
Kirill was made archbishop of Smolensk in 1984 and metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad in 1991.
His first piece of academic work was on Anthony Khrapovitsky, the first Metropolitan of St Petersburg.
In 1525 Maximus was arrested on the charge of heresy by Daniel, metropolitan of Moscow and a Possessor.
One bishop notorious for implementing State Security orders — Kalinik, the metropolitan of Vratsa — remains on the church synod today.
He became archbishop of Smolensk and Kaliningrad in 1988 and was elevated to metropolitan of that province in 1991.
