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) 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)

• 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)
• 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. Gerasimus I (1320-1321)
• 144. Jesaias (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 (1453-1456)
• 160. Isidore II Xanthopoulos (1456-1457)
  • Gennadiis II Scholarios (1458), restored 1st time
  • vacant (1458-1462)
  • Gennadius II Scholarios (1462-1463), restored 2nd time
• 161. Sophronius I Syropoulos (1463-1464)
• 162. Joasaph I (1464)
  • Gennadius II Scholarios (1464), restored 3rd time
  • Joasaph I (1464-1466), restored
• 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
• 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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