List of ecumenical patriarchs of Constantinople

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This is a list of the Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople.

Bishops of Byzantium (until 330 AD)

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

Archbishops of Constantinople (330–451 AD)

• 28. St. Paul I ("the Confessor") (337–339 AD)
• 29. Eusebius of Nicomedia (339–341 AD)
  • Paul I (341–342 AD), restored 1st time
• 30. Macedonius I (342–346 AD)
  • Paul I (346–350 AD), restored 2nd time
  • Macedonius I (351–360 AD), restored
• 31. Eudoxius of Antioch (360–370 AD)
  • Florentius (c. 363 AD)
• 32. Demophilus (370–380 AD)
• 33. Evagrius (370 or 379 AD)
• 34. Maximus I (380 AD)
• 35. St. Gregory I of Nazianzus the Theologian (380–381 AD)
• 36. St. Nectarius (381–397 AD)
• 37. St. John Chrysostom (398–404 AD)
• 38. St. Arsacius (404–405 AD)
• 39. St. Atticus (406–425 AD)
• 40. St. Sisinnius I (426–427 AD)
• 41. Nestorius (428–431 AD)
• 42. St. Maximianus (431–434 AD)
• 43. St. Proclus (434–446 AD)
• 44. St. Flavian or Flavianus (446–449 AD), also Flavian I
• 45. St. Anatolius (449–458 AD) (Patriarch from 451 AD)

Patriarchs of Constantinople (since 451 AD)

451–998 AD

• 46.
  St. Gennadius I
  (458–471 AD)
• 47. Acacius (471–488 AD)
• 48. Fravitta (488–489 AD), also Flavian II
• 49. Euphemius (489–495 AD)
• 50. St. Macedonius II (495–511 AD)
• 51. Timothy I (511–518 AD)
• 52.
  St. John II the Cappadocian
  (518–520 AD)
• 53. St. Epiphanius (520–535 AD)
• 54. Anthimus I (535–536 AD)
• 55.
  St. Menas
  (536–552 AD)
• 56. St. Eutychius (552–565 AD)
• 57.
  St. John III Scholasticus
  (565–577 AD)
  • Eutychius (577–582 AD), restored
• 58.
  St. John IV Nesteutes
  (582–595 AD)
• 59.
  St. Cyriacus II
  (596–606 AD)
• 60. St. Thomas I (607–610 AD)
• 61. Sergius I (610–638 AD)
• 62. Pyrrhus I (638–641 AD)
• 63. Paul II (641–653 AD)
  • Pyrrhus I (653–654 AD), restored
• 64. Peter (654–666 AD)
• 65. St. Thomas II (667–669 AD)
• 66. St. John V (669–675 AD)
• 67. St. Constantine I (675–677 AD)
• 68. St. Theodore I (677–679 AD)
• 69. St. George I (679–686 AD)
• 70. St. Paul III (687–693 AD)
• 71. St. Callinicus I (693–705 AD)
• 72.
  St. Cyrus
  (705–711 AD)
• 73. John VI (712–715 AD)
• 74. St. Germanus I (715–730 AD)
• 75. Anastasius (730–754 AD)
• 76. Constantine II (754–766 AD)
• 77. Nicetas I (766–780 AD)
• 78. St. Paul IV (780–784 AD)
• 79.
  St. Tarasius
  (784–806 AD)
• 80.
  St. Nicephorus I
  (806–815 AD)
• 81. Theodotus I Kassiteras (815–821 AD)
• 82. Antony I (821–836 AD)

• 83. John VII Grammaticus (836–843 AD)
• 84.
  St. Methodius I
  (843–847 AD)
• 85.
  St. Ignatius I
  (847–858 AD)
• 86. St. Photios I the Great (858–867 AD)
  • St. Ignatius I (867–877 AD), restored
  • St. Photios I the Great (877–886 AD), restored
• 87. St. Stephen I (886–893 AD)
• 88. St. Antony II Kauleas (893–901 AD)
• 89.
  St. Nicholas I Mystikos
  (901–907 AD)
• 90. St. Euthymius I Synkellos (907–912 AD)
  • St. Nicholas I Mystikos (912–925 AD), restored
• 91. St. Stephen II of Amasea (925–928 AD)
• 92. St. Tryphon, also Tryphonius (928–931 AD)
• 93.
  Theophylactus
  (933–956 AD)
• 94. St. Polyeuctus (956–970 AD)
• 95. Basil I Scamandrenus (970–974 AD)
• 96. Antony III the Studite (974–980 AD)
• 97. St. Nicholas II Chrysoberges (984–991 AD)
• 98. Sisinnius II (996–999 AD)

999–1453

• 99. St. Sergius II (1001–1019)
• 100. St. Eustathius (1019–1025)
• 101.
  Alexius I the Studite
  (1025–1043)
• 102. Michael I Cerularius (1043–1058)
• 103. St. Constantine III Leichoudes (1058–1063)
• 104. St. John VIII Xiphilinos (1063–1075)
• 105. St. Kosmas I (1075–1081)
• 106. Eustratius Garidas (1081–1084)
• 107. Nicholas III Grammaticus (1084–1111)
• 108. John IX Agapetus (1111–1134)
• 109. St. Leo Styppeiotes (1134–1143)
• 110.
  St. 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
  (1153–1154)
• 115. Constantine IV Chliarenus (1154–1156)
• 116.
  Luke Chrysoberges
  (1156–1169)
• 117. Michael III of Anchialus (1169–1177)
• 118. Chariton (1177–1178)
• 119. Theodosius I Boradiotes (1178–1183)
• 120. Basil II Kamateros (1183–1186)
• 121. Niketas II Mountanes (1186–1189)
• 122. Dositheus (1189) (9 days)^[1]
• 123. Leontius Theotokites (1189)
  • Dositheus (1189–1191), restored
• 124. George II Xiphilinos (1191–1198)
• 125. John X Kamateros (1198–1206)
• 126. Michael IV Autoreianos (1206–1212, patriarch-in-exile at Nicaea)
• 127. Theodore II Eirenikos (1214–1216, Nicaean)
• 128. Maximos II (1216, Nicaean)
• 129. Manuel I Karantenos Charitopoulos (1216–1222, Nicaean)
• 130. Germanus II (1223–1240, Nicaean)
• 131. Methodius II (1240, Nicaean)
  • vacant (1240–1244, Nicaean)
• 132. Manuel II (1244–1255, Nicaean)
• 133. St. Arsenius Autoreianus (1255–1259, Nicaean)
• 134. Nicephorus II (1260–1261, last Nicaean patriarch-in-exile)
  • Arsenius Autoreianus (1261–1265), restored
• 135. Germanus III (1266)
• 136. St. Joseph I Galesiotes (1266–1275)
• 137. John XI Bekkos (1275–1282)
  • Joseph I Galesiotes (1282–1283), restored
• 138. Gregory II Cyprius (1283–1289)
• 139. St. Athanasius I (1289–1293)
• 140. John XII (1293–1303)
  • Athanasius I (1303–1310), restored
• 141. Nephon I (1310–1314)
• 142. John XIII Glykys (1314–1320)
• 143. Gerasimos I (1320–1321)
• 144. Isaias (1321–1334)
• 145. John XIV Kalekas (1334–1347)
• 146. Isidore I (1347–1350)
• 147. St. Callistus I (1350–1354)
• 148. Philotheus Kokkinos (1354–1355)
  • Callistus I (1355–1363), restored
  • Philotheus Kokkinos (1363–1376), restored
• 149. Macarius (1376–1379)
• 150. Nilus Kerameus (1379–1388)
• 151. Antony IV (1388–1390)
  • Macarius (1390–1391), restored
  • Antony IV (1391–1397), restored
• 152. St. Callistus II Xanthopoulos (1397)
• 153. Matthew I (1397–1410)
• 154. Euthymius II (1410–1416)
• 155. Joseph II (1416–1439)
• 156. Metrophanes II (1439–1443)
• 157. Gregory III Mammas (1443–1450)
• 158. Athanasius II (1450–1453)

On May 29, 1453 occurred the

• 159.
  Gennadius II Scholarios
  (1454–1456)
• 160. Isidore II Xanthopoulos (1456–1462)

There are different suggestions by scholars for the succession of the Patriarchs from 1462 to 1466. The main positions are the following:

1466–1833

• 165. St. Dionysius I (end 1466–1471)
  • Symeon I of Trebizond (1471–1475), restored 1st time
• 166. Raphael I (1475–1476)
• 167. St. Maximus III (1476–1482)
  • Symeon I of Trebizond (1482–1486), restored 2nd time
• 168. Nephon II (1486–1488)
  • Dionysius I (1488–1490), restored
• 169. Maximus IV (1491–1497)
  • Nephon II (1497–1498), restored 1st time
• 170. Joachim I (1498–1502)
  • Nephon II (1502), restored 2nd time
• 171. Pachomius I (1503–1504)
  • Joachim I (1504), restored
  • Pachomius I (1504–1513), restored
• 172. Theoleptus I (1513–1522)
• 173. Jeremias I (1522–1524)
• 174. Joannicius I (1524–1525)
  • Jeremias I (1525–1546), restored
• 175. Dionysius II (1546–1556)
• 176. Joasaph II (1556–1565)
• 177. Metrophanes III (1565–1572)
• 178. Jeremias II Tranos (1572–1579)
  • Metrophanes III (1579–1580), restored
  • Jeremias II Tranos (1580–1584), restored 1st time
• 179. Pachomius II (1584–1585)
• 180. Theoleptus II (1585–1586)
  • Jeremias II Tranos (1587–1595), restored 2nd time
• 181. Matthew II (1596)
• 182. Gabriel I (1596)
  • Theophanes I Karykes (locum tenens, 1596)
  • Meletius I Pegas (locum tenens, 1597)
• 183. Theophanes I Karykes (1597)
• 184.
  Meletius I Pegas
  (locum tenens, 1597–1598)
  • Matthew II (1598–1602), restored 1st time
• 185. Neophytus II (1602–1603)
  • Matthew II (1603), restored 2nd time
• 186. Raphael II (1603–1607)
  • Neophytus II (1607–1612), restored
• 187.
  Cyril I Lucaris
  (locum tenens, 1612)
• 188. Timothy II (1612–1620)
  • Cyril I Lucaris (1620–1623), restored 1st time
• 189. Gregory IV (1623)
• 190. Anthimus II (1623)
  • Cyril I Lucaris (1623–1633), restored 2nd time
• 191. Cyril II Kontares (1633)
  • Cyril I Lucaris (1633–1634), restored 3rd time
• 192. Athanasius III Patelaros (1634)
  • Cyril I Lucaris (1634–1635), restored 4th time
  • Cyril II Kontares (1635–1636), restored 1st time
• 193. Neophytus III of Nicaea (1636–1637)
  • Cyril I Lucaris (1637–1638) restored 5th time
  • Cyril II Kontares (1638–1639), restored 2nd time
• 194. Parthenius I (1639–1644)
• 195. Parthenius II (1644–1646)
• 196. Joannicius II (1646–1648)
  • Parthenius II (1648–1651), restored
  • Joannicius II (1651–1652), restored 1st time
• 197. Cyril III (1652–1652)
  • Athanasius III (1652), restored
• 198. Paisius I (1652–1653)
  • Joannicius II (1653–1654), restored 2nd time
  • Cyril III (1654), restored
  • Paisius I (1654-1655), restored
  • Joannicius II (1655–1656), restored 3rd time
• 199. St. Parthenius III (1656–1657)
• 200. Gabriel II (1657)
• 201. Parthenius IV (1657–1659)
• 202. Martiros of Crimea (1659–60)^[5]
• 203. Dionysius III (1662–1665)
  • Parthenius IV (1665–1667), restored 1st time
• 204. Clement (1667)
• 205. Methodius III (1668–1671)
  • Parthenius IV (1671), restored 2nd time
• 206. Dionysius IV Muselimes (1671–1673)
• 207. Gerasimus II (1673–1674)
  • Parthenius IV (1675–1676) restored 3rd time
  • Dionysius IV Muselimes (1676–1679), restored 1st time
• 208. Athanasius IV (1679)
• 209. James (1679–1682)
  • Dionysius IV Muselimes (1682–1684), restored 2nd time
  • Parthenius IV (1684–1685) restored 4th time
  • James (1685–1686), restored 1st time
  • Dionysius IV Muselimes (1686–1687), restored 3rd time
  • James (1687–1688), restored 2nd time
• 210. Callinicus II (1688)
• 211. Neophytus IV (1688)
  • Callinicus II (1689–1693), restored 1st time
  • Dionysius IV Muselimes (1693–1694), restored 4th time
  • Callinicus II (1694–1702), restored 2nd time
• 212. Gabriel III (1702–1707)
• 213. Neophytus V (1707)
• 214. Cyprianus (1707–1709)
• 215. Athanasius V (1709–1711)
• 216. Cyril IV (1711–1713)
  • Cyprianus (1713–1714), restored
• 217. Cosmas III (1714–1716)
• 218. Jeremias III (1716–1726)
• 219. Callinicus III (1726)^[6]
• 220. Paisius II (1726–1732)
  • Jeremias III (1732–1733), restored
• 221.
  Serapheim I
  (1733–1734)
• 222. Neophytus VI (1734–1740)
  • Paisius II (1740–1743), restored 1st time
  • Neophytus VI (1743–1744), restored
  • Paisius II (1744–1748), restored 2nd time
• 223. Cyril V (1748–1751)
  • Paisius II (1751–1752), restored 2nd time
  • Cyril V (1752–1757), restored 1st time
• 224. Callinicus IV (1757)
• 225. Serapheim II (1757–1761)
• 226. Joannicius III (1761–1763)
• 227.
  Samuel I Chatzeres
  (1763–1768)
• 228. Meletius II (1769–1769)
• 229. Theodosius II (1769–1773)
  • Samuel I Chatzeres (1773–1774), restored
• 230. Sophronius II (1774–1780)
• 231. Gabriel IV (1780–1785)
• 232. Procopius (1785–1789)
• 233. Neophytus VII (1789–1794)
• 234. Gerasimus III (1794–1797)
• 235. St. Gregory V (1797–1798)
  • Neophytus VII (1798–1801), restored
• 236. Callinicus V (1801–1806)
  • St. Gregory V (1806–1808), restored 1st time
  • Callinicus V (1808–1809), restored
• 237. Jeremias IV (1809–1813)
• 238. Cyril VI (1813–1818)
  • St. Gregory V (1818–1821), restored 2nd time
• 239. Eugenius II (1821–1822)
• 240. Anthimus III (1822–1824)
• 241.
  Chrysanthus I
  (1824–1826)
• 242.
  Agathangelus I
  (1826–1830)
• 243. Constantius I (1830–1834)

On July 23, 1833, the

1834–1923

• 244. Constantius II (1834–1835)
• 245. Gregory VI (1835–1840)
• 246. Anthimus IV (1840–1841)
• 247. Anthimus V (1841–1842)
• 248. Germanus IV (1842–1845)
• 249. Meletius III (1845)
• 250. Anthimus VI (1845–1848)
  • Anthimus IV (1848–1852), restored
  • Germanus IV (1852–1853), restored
  • Anthimus VI (1853–1855), restored 1st time
• 251. Cyril VII (1855–1860)
• 252. Joachim II (1860–1863)
• 253.
  Sophronius III
  (1863–1866)
  • Gregory VI (1867–1871), restored
  • Anthimus VI (1871–1873), restored 2nd time
  • Joachim II (1873–1878), restored
• 254. Joachim III (1878–1884)
• 255. Joachim IV (1884–1887)
• 256. Dionysius V (1887–1891)
• 257. Neophytus VIII (1891–1894)
• 258. Anthimus VII (1895–1896)
• 259. Constantine V (1897–1901)
  • Joachim III (1901–1912), restored
• 260. Germanus V (1913–1918)
  • vacant (1918–1921)
• 261.
  Meletius IV
  (1921–1923)

On July 24, 1923, the Ottoman Empire dissolved, replaced by the Republic of Turkey.

1923–present

• 262. Gregory VII (1923–1924)
• 263. Constantine VI (1924–1925)
• 264. Basil III (1925–1929)
• 265.
  Photios II
  (1929–1935)
• 266. Benjamin I (1936–1946)
• 267. Maximus V (1946–1948)
• 268. Athenagoras I (1948–1972)
• 269. Demetrios I (1972–1991)
• 270.
  Bartholomew I
  (1991–present)

Ecclesiastical Names of the Bishops of Byzantium/Archbishops of Constantinople/Patriarchs of Constantinople

The most frequently used ecclesiastical name is John, with 1 Archbishop and 13 Patriarchs taking this name. There have also been 72 ecclesiastical names that have only been used once. The number of all patriarchs to the present is 270.

See also

• Apostolic succession
• Cyril of Jerusalem
• Latin Patriarch of Constantinople
• List of Armenian Patriarchs of Constantinople

Notes

A selection of different spellings of certain names as seen on Patriarchate.org:

• Dimitrios = Demetrios
• Germanos = Germanus
• Stephanos = Stephen

Citations

External links

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