List of Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople

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Contents 1 Bishops of Byzantium (until 330) 2 Archbishops of Constantinople (330-451 inclusive) 3 Patriarchs of Constantinople (since 451) 3.1 since 451-998 3.2 999-1502 3.3 1503-present 4 Notes 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Bishops of Byzantium (until 330)

• 1. St. Andrew the Apostle (founder)
• 2. St. Stachys the Apostle (38-54)
• 3. St. Onesimus (54-68)
• 4. Polycarpus I (69-89)
• 5. Plutarch (89-105)
• 6. Sedecion (105-114)
• 7. Diogenes (114-129)
• 8. Eleutherius (129-136)
• 9. Felix (136-141)
• 10. Polycarpus II (141-144)
• 11. Athenodorus (144-148)
• 12. Euzois (148-154)
• 13. Laurence (154-166)
• 14. Alypius (166-169)
• 15. Pertinax (169-187)
• 16. Olympianus (187-198)
• 17. Mark I or Marcus I (198-211)
• 18. Philadelphus (211-217)
• 19. Cyriacus I (217-230)
• 20. Castinus (230-237)
• 21. Eugenius I (237-242)
• 22. Titus (242-272)
• 23. Dometius (272-284)
• 24. Rufinus I (284-293)
• 25. Probus (293-306)
• 26. St. Metrophanes (306-314)
• 27. St. Alexander (314-337)

[edit] Archbishops of Constantinople (330-451 inclusive)

28. St. Paul I ("the Confessor") (337-339) 29. Eusebius of Nicomedia (339-341) Paul I (341-342), restored 1st time 30. Macedonius I (342-346) Paul I (346-350), restored 2nd time Macedonius I (351-360), restored 31. Eudoxius of Antioch (360-370)

32. Demophilus (370-379) 33. Evagrius (370 or 379) 34. Maximus (380) 35. Gregory I Nazianzus the Theologian (379-381) 36. Nectarius (381-397) 37. St. John Chrysostom (398-404) 38. Arsacius of Tarsus (404-405)

39. Atticus (406-425) 40. Sisinnius I (426-427) 41. Nestorius (428-431) 42. Maximianus (431-434) 43. St. Proclus (434-446) 44. Flavian (446-449) 45. Anatolius (449-458) (Patriarch from 451)

[edit] Patriarchs of Constantinople (since 451)

[edit] since 451-998

46. Gennadius I (458-471) 47. Acacius (471-488) 48. Fravitas (488-489) 49. Euphemius (489-495) 50. Macedonius II (495-511) 51. Timothy I (511-518) 52. John II the Cappadocian (518-520) 53. Epiphanius (520-535) 54. Anthimus I (535-536) 55. Menas (536-552) 56. Eutychius (552-565) 57. John III Scholasticus (565-577) Eutychios (577-582), restored 58. John IV Nesteutes (582-595) 59. Cyriacus (596-606) 60. St. Thomas I (607-610) 61. Sergius I (610-638) 62. Pyrrhus I (638-641) 63. Paul II (641-653)

64. Peter (654-666) 65. Thomas II (667-669) 66. John V (669-675) 67. Constantine I (675-677) 68. Theodore I (677-679) 69. George I (679-686) 70. Paul III (687-693) 71. Callinicus I (693-705) 72. Cyrus (705-711) 73. John VI (712-715) 74. Germanus I (715-730) 75. Anastasius (730-754) 76. Constantine II (754-766) 77. Nicetas I (766-780) 78. Paul IV (780-784) 79. Saint Tarasius (784-806) 80. Nicephorus I (806-815) 81. Theodotus I Kassiteras (815-821) 82. Antony I (821-836)

83. John VII Grammaticus (836-843) 84. Methodius I (843-847) 85. Ignatius I (847-858) 86. Photius I the Great (858-867) Ignatius I (867-877), restored Photius I the Great (877-886), restored 87. Stephen I (886-893) 88. Antony II Kauleas (893-901) 89. Nicholas I Mystikos (901-907) 90. Euthymius I Synkellos (907-912) Nicholas I Mystikos (912-925), restored 91. Stephen II of Amasea (925-928) 92. Tryphon (928-931) 93. Theophylactus (933-956) 94. Polyeuctus (956-970) 95. Basil I Scamandrenus (970-974) 96. Antony III the Studite (974-980) 97. Nicholas II Chrysoberges (984-996) 98. Sisinnius II (996-998)

[edit] 999-1502

99. Sergius II (999-1019) 100. Eustathius (1019-1025) 101. Alexius I the Studite (1025-1043) 102. Michael I Ceroularius (1043-1058) 103. Constantine III Lichoudas (1059-1063) 104. John VIII Xiphilinos (1064-1075) 105. Kosmas I (1075-1081) 106. Eustathius Garidas (1081-1084) 107. Nicholas III Grammaticus (1084-1111) 108. John IX Agapetus (1111-1134) 109. Leo Styppeiotes (1134-1143) 110. Michael II Kourkouas (1143-1146) 111. Cosmas II Atticus (1146-1147) 112. Nicholas IV Muzalon (1147-1151) 113. Theodotus II (1151-1153) 114. Neophytos I (1153) 115. Constantine IV Chliarenus (1154-1156) 116. Luke Chrysoberges (1156-1169) 117. Michael III of Anchialus (1170-1177) 118. Chariton (1177-1178) 119. Theodosius I Boradiotes (1179-1183) 120. Basil II Kamateros (1183-1186) 121. Niketas II Mountanes (1186-1189) 122. Leo Theotokites (1189-1190) 123. Dositheus (1190-1191) 124. George II Xiphilinos (1191-1198) 125. John X Kamateros (1198-1206) 126. Michael IV Autoreianos (1207-1213) 127. Theodore II Eirenikos (1213-1215)

128. Maximos II (1215) 129. Manuel I Charitopoulos (1216-1222) 130. Germanus II (1223-1240) 131. Methodius II (1240) vacant (1240-1244) 132. Manuel II (1244-1255) 133. Arsenius Autoreianus (1255-1259) 134. Nikephorus II (1260-1261) Arsenius Autoreianus (1261-1267), restored 135. Germanus III (1267) 136. Joseph I Galesiotes (1267-1275) 137. John XI Bekkos (1275-1282) 138. Gregory II Cyprius (1283-1289) 139. Athanasius I (1289-1293) 140. John XII (1294-1303) Athanasius I (1303-1310), restored 141. Nephon I (1310-1314) 142. John XIII Glykys (1315-1320) 143. Gerasimos I (1320-1321) 144. Isaias I (1323-1334) 145. John XIV Kalekas (1334-1347) 146. Isidore I (1347-1350) 147. Callistus I (1350-1354) 148. Philotheus Kokkinos (1354-1355) Callistus I (1355-1363), restored Philotheus Kokkinos (1364-1376), restored 149. Macarius (1376-1379) 150. Nilus Kerameus (1379-1388)

151. Antony IV (1389-1390) Macarius (1390-1391), restored Antony IV (1391-1397), restored 152. Callistus II Xanothopoulos (1397) 153. Matthew I (1397-1410) 154. Euthymius II (1410-1416) 155. Joseph II (1416-1439) 156. Metrophanes II (1440-1443) 157. Gregory III Mammas (1443-1450) 158. Athanasius II (1450-1453) 159. Gennadius II Scholarios (1454-1456) 160. Isidore II Xanthopoulos (1456-1462) 161. Sophronius I Syropoulos (1462-1464) 162. Joasaph I (1464-?) 163. Mark II Xylokaraves (1466) 164. Symeon I of Trebizond (1466) 165. Dionysius I (1466-1471) Symeon I of Trebizond (1471-1474), restored 1st time 167. Raphael I (1475-1476) 168. Maximus III Manasses (1476-1481) Symeon I of Trebizond (1481-1486), restored 2nd time 169. St. Nephon II (1486-1488) Dionysius I (1489-1491) 170. Maximus IV (1491-1497) Nephon II (1497-1498), restored 1st time 171. Joachim I (1498-1502) Nephon II (1502), restored 2nd time

[edit] 1503-present

173. Pachomius I (1503-1504) Joachim I (1504), restored Pachomius I (1504-1513), restored 174. Theoleptus I (1513-1522) 175. Jeremias I (1522-1545) 176. Joannicus I (1546) 177. Dionysius II (1546-1555) 178. Joasaph II (1555-1565) 179. Metrophanes III (1565-1572) 180. Jeremias II Tranos (1572-1579) Metrophanes III (1579-1580), restored Jeremias II Tranos (1580-1584), restored 1st time 181. Pachomius II (1584-1585) 182. Theoleptus II (1585-1586) Jeremias II Tranos (1587-1595), restored 2nd time 183. Matthew II (1596) 184. Gabriel I (1596) 185. Theophanes I Karykes (1597) 186. Meletius I Pegas (1597-1598) Matthew II (1598-1602), restored 1st time 187. Neophytus II (1602-1603) Matthew II (1603), restored 2nd time 188. Raphael II (1603-1607) Neophytus II (1607-1612), restored 189. Cyril I Lucaris (1612) 190. Timothy or Timotheus (II) (1612-1620) Cyril I Lucaris (1620-1623), restored 1st time 191. Gregory IV of Amasea (1623) 192. Anthimus II (1623) Cyril I Lucaris (1623-1633), restored 2nd time 193. Cyril II Kontares (1633) Cyril I Lucaris (1633-1634), restored 3rd time 194. Athanasius III Patelaros (1634) Cyril I Lucaris (1634-1635), restored 4th time Cyril II Kontares (1635-1636), restored 1st time 195. Neophytus III of Nicea (1636-1637) Cyril I Lucaris (1637-1638) restored 5th time Cyril II Kontares (1638-1639), restored 2nd time 196. Parthenius I (1639-1644) 197. Parthenius II (1644-1646) 198. Joannicus II (1646-1648) Parthenius II (1648-1651), restored Joannicus II (1651-1652), restored 1st time 199. Cyril III (1652-1654) 200. Paisius I (1654-1655） Joannicus II (1655-1656)), restored 2nd time 201. Parthenius III (1656-1657) 202. Gabriel II (1657) 203. Parthenius IV (1657-1659) 204. Theophanes II (1659) vacant (1659-1662)

205. Dionysius III (1662-1665) Parthenius IV (1665-1667), restored 1st time 206. Clement (1667) 207. Methodius III (1668-1671) Parthenius IV (1671), restored 2nd time 208. Dionysius IV Muselimes (the Muslim) (1671-1673) 209. Gerasimus II (1673-1674) Parthenius IV (1675-1676) restored 3rd time Dionysius IV Muselimes (the Muslim) (1676-1679), restored 1st time 210. Athanasius IV (1679) 211. James (1679-1682) Dionysius IV Muselimes (the Muslim) (1682-1684), restored 2nd time Parthenius IV (1684-1685) restored 4th time James (1685-1686), restored 1st time Dionysius IV Muselimes (the Muslim) (1686-1687), restored 3rd time James (1687-1688), restored 2nd time 212. Callinicus II (1688) 213. Neophytus IV (1688) Callinicus II (1689-1693), restored 1st time Dionysius IV Muselimes (the Muslim) (1693-1694), restored 4th time Callinicus II (1694-1702), restored 2nd time 214. Gabriel III (1702-1707) 215. Neophytus V (1707) 216. Cyprianus I (1707-1709) 217. Athanasius V (1709-1711) 218. Cyril IV (1711-1713) Cyprianus I (1713-1714), restored 219. Cosmas III (1714-1716) 220. Jeremias III (1716-1726) 221. Paisius II (1726-1732) Jeremias III (1732-1733), restored 222. Serapheim I (1733-1734) 223. Neophytus VI (1734-1740) Paisius II (1740-1743), restored 1st time Neophytus VI (1743-1744), restored Paisius II (1744-1748), restored 2nd time 224. Cyril V (1748-1757) 225. Callinicus III (1757) 226. Serapheim II (1757-1761) 227. Joannicus III (1761-1763) 228. Samuel I Chatzeres (1763-1768) 229. Meletius II (1769-1769) 230. Theodosius II (1769-1773) Samuel I Chatzeres (1773-1774), restored 231. Sophronius II (1774-1780) 232. Gabriel IV (1780-1785) 233. Procopius I (1785-1789) 234. Neophytus VII (1789-1794)

235. Gerasimus III (1794-1797) 236. Gregory V (1797-1798) Neophytus VII (1798-1801), restored 237. Callinicus IV (1801-1806) Gregory V (1806-1808), restored 1st time Callinicus IV (1808-1809), restored 238. Jeremias IV (1809-1813) 239. Cyril VI (1813-1818) Gregory V (1818-1821), restored 2nd time 240. Eugenius II (1821-1822) 241. Anthimus III (1822-1824) 242. Chrysanthus I (1824-1826) 243. Agathangelus I (1826-1830) 244. Constantius I (1830-1834) 245. Constantius II (1834-1835) 246. Gregory VI (1835-1840) 247. Anthimus IV (1840-1841) 248. Anthimus V (1841-1842) 249. Germanus IV (1842-1845) 250. Meletius III (1845) 251. Anthimus VI (1845-1848) Anthimus IV (1848-1852), restored Germanus IV (1852-1853), restored Anthimus VI (1853-1855), restored 1st time 252. Cyril VII (1855-1860) 253. Joachim II (1860-1863) 254. Sophronius III (1863-1866) Gregory VI (1867-1871), restored Anthimus VI (1871-1873), restored 2nd time Joachim II (1873-1878), restored 255. Joachim III (1878-1884, 1901-1912) 256. Joachim IV (1884-1887) 257. Dionysius V (1887-1891) 258. Neophytus VIII (1891-1894) 259. Anthimus VII (1895-1896) 260. Constantine V (1897-1901) Joachim III (1901-1912), restored 261. Germanus V (1913-1918) vacant (1918-1921) 262. Meletius IV Metaxakis (1921-1923) 263. Gregory VII (1923-1924) 264. Constantine VI (1924-1925) 265. Basil III (1925-1929) 266. Photius II (1929-1935) 267. Benjamin I (1936-1946) 268. Maximus V (1946-1948) 269. Athenagoras I (1948-1972) 270. Demetrius I (1972-1991) 271. Bartholomew I (1991-Present)

[edit] Notes

• different spelling on same names:

left column: names as seen on www.patriarchate.org

• Timotheus = Timothy
• Germanus = Germanius
• Stephanus = Stephen

[edit] See also

• Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
• Patriarch
• Constantinople
• Eastern Orthodoxy
• Latin Patriarch of Constantinople
• Apostolic succession
• Ambrose
• Athanasius of Alexandria
• Basil of Caesarea
• Cyril of Jerusalem
• Eusebius of Caesarea
• Pope Gregory I
• Gregory Nazianzus
• Gregory of Nyssa
• Hilary of Poitiers
• Jerome
• John of Damascus
• Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos
• Socrates Scholasticus
• Sozomen
• Theodoret
• Vincent of Lerins

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