Archbishop Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev, A.A. †

Deceased

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Jan 1916		Born	Srem-Jambol
26 Jul 1942	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Augustinians of the Assumption
28 Apr 1963	47.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Apostolic Exarch of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
28 Apr 1963	47.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Thracia
5 Sep 1965	49.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Thracia
9 Mar 1971	55.2	Succeeded	Apostolic Exarch of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
18 Dec 1993	77.9	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Diocletianopolis in Thracia
5 Sep 1995	79.7	Retired	Apostolic Exarch of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
12 May 2006	90.3	Died	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria

Source(s):

d: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 187, Necrology (back)

a priest for 63.8 years a bishop for 40.7 years	Principal Consecrator: Bishop Kyril Stefan Kurteff † Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap. †
Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession: Archbishop Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev, A.A. † (1965) Bishop Kyril Stefan Kurteff † (1926) Bishop Atanasio Khoriaty, B.S. †	Principal Co-Consecrator of: Bishop Vasco Séirécov † Bishop Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev Archbishop Mario Rizzi †