Joannicius III of Constantinople

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Joannicius III
Arsenije IV
SuccessorAtanasije II
Joannicius III of Constantinople
Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch
ChurchEcumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Installed26 March 1761
Term ended21 May 1763
PredecessorSeraphim II
SuccessorSamuel
Personal details
Born
Ioannis Karatzas

c. 1700
Died1793
Monastery of Halki
Previous post(s)Metropolitan of Chalcedon 1747–1761

Joannicius III (

Serbian Patriarch and of Constantinople.[2]

Life

Ioannis Karatzas was born in circa 1700 and belonged to the influential

better source needed] He became a deacon serving Patriarch Paisius II and later he was appointed protosyncellus.[2]

With the 1739

Serbian Patriarch until 1746, when, burdened with debts due to his high-living, he was forced to sell the title to pay his creditors.[2]

After returning to

Metropolitan of Chalcedon. On 26 March 1761 he was elected Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, an office he maintained until 21 May 1763, when he was deposed and exiled to Mount Athos.[6]

Thanks to the support of his family, Joannicius returned from exile and obtained the revenue from the monastery of the island of Halki near Constantinople, where he died in 1793.[2]

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Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
1761–1763
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Gabriel V
Metropolitan of Chalcedon

1747-1761
Succeeded by
Joannicius II
Preceded by
Arsenije IV
Serbian Patriarch

1739–1746
Succeeded by