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Patriarchs of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople The Patriarch of Constantinople is the spiritual leader and highest-ranking bishop of the Eastern Orthodox Church, and is elected by the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate. Although he is considered 'first among equals' within the Eastern Orthodox hierarchy, it is a position of honour without overarching authority over other Orthodox Churches. His role includes overseeing the spiritual and administrative affairs of the Church, promoting Orthodox unity, and representing the Orthodox Church to the wider world.
The Patriarchs
Name		Tenure
Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople
Bishops of Byzantium
►Founded by St Andrew
1	St Andrew	AD 38; †60	••••
2	Stachys	38–54	••••
3	Onesimos	54–68	••••
4	Polykarpos I	69–89	••••
5	Ploutarchos	89–105	••••
6	Sedekion	105–14	••••
7	Diogenes	114–29	••••
8	Eleutherios	129–36	••••
9	Phelix	136–41	••••
10	Polykarpos II	141–44	••••
11	Athendodoros	144–48	••••
12	Euzoios	148–54	••••
13	Laurentios	154–66	••••
14	Alypios	166–69	••••
15	Pertinax	169–87	••••
16	Olympianos	187–98	••••
17	Markos I	198–211	••••
18	Philadelphos	211–17	••••
19	Kyriakos I	217–30	••••
20	Kastinos	230–37	••••
21	Eugenios I	237–42	••••
22	Titos	242–72	••••
23	Dometios	272–84	••••
24	Rhouphinos	284–93	••••
25	Probos	293–306	••••
26	Metrophanes I	306–14	••••
Archbishops of Constantinople 324
►Renamed Constantinople and New Rome >AD 330 by Constantine the Great
27	Alexandros	314–37	••••
28	Paulos I (1)	337–39	••••
29	Eusebios	339–41	••••
(28)	Paulos I (2)	341–42	••••
30	Makedonios I (1)	342–46	••••
(28)	Paulos I (3)	346–51	••••
(30)	Makedonios I (2)	351–60	••••
31	Eudoxios, Patr of Antioch	360–70	••••
32	Demophilos (1)	370–79	••••
–	Demophilos (2)	379–86	••••
33	Euagrios	379	••••
34	Maximos I	380	••••
35	Gregorios I	379–81	••••
Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome
►Ecumenical Council of Constantinople recognises bishop's status as identical to the Bishop of Rome 381
36	Nektarios	381–97	••••
–	Marinos	386–	••••
37	Ioannes I	398–404; †407	••••
►Official title changed to Archbishop of Constantinople and New Rome, and Ecumenical Patriarch 6th C.
Archbishops of Constantinople, New Rome, and Ecumenical Patriarch
38	Arsakios	404–05	••••
39	Attikos	406–25	••••
–	Dorotheos	–407	••••
–	Bardas	407–	••••
40	Sisinnios I	426–27	••••
41	Nestoros	428–31 dep; †c. 451	••••
42	Maximianos	431–34	••••
43	Proclos	434–46	••••
44	Phlabianos	446–49	••••
45	Anatolios	449–58	••••
46	Gennadios I	458–71	••••
47	Akakios	471–89	••••
48	Phrabitas	489–90	••••
49	Euphemios	490–96	••••
50	Makedonios II	496–511	••••
51	Timotheos I	511–18	••••
52	Ioannes II	518–20	••••
53	Epiphanios	520–35	••••
54	Anthimos I	535–36	••••
55	Menas	536–52	••••
56	Eutychios (1)	552–65	••••
57	Ioannes III	565–77	••••
(56)	Eutychios (2)	577–82	••••
58	Ioannes IV	582–95	••••
59	Kyriakos II	596–606	••••
60	Thomas I	607–10	••••
61	Sergios I	610–38	••••
62	Pyrrhos (1)	638–41	••••
63	Paulos II	641–53	••••
(62)	Pyrrhos (2)	654	••••
64	Petros	654–66	••••
65	Thomas II	667–69	••••
66	Ioannes V	669–75	••••
67	Konstantinos I	675–77	••••
68	Theodoros I (1)	677–79	••••
69	Georgios I	679–86	••••
(68)	Theodoros I (2)	686–87	••••
70	Paulos III	688–94	••••
71	Kallinikos I	694–706	••••
72	Kyros	706–12	••••
73	Ioannes VI	712–15	••••
74	Germanos I	715–30	••••
75	Anastasios	730–54	••••
76	Konstantinos II	754–66	••••
77	Niketas I	766–80	••••
78	Paulos IV	780–84	••••
79	Tarasios	784–806	••••
80	Nikephoros I	806–15	••••
81	Theodotos I	815–21	••••
82	Antonios I	821–36	••••
83	Ioannes VII	836–43	••••
84	Methodios I	843–47	••••
85	St Ignatios (1)	847–58	Nikephorians (492)
86	St Photios (1)	858–67; †893	••••
(85)	St Ignatios (2)	867–77	Nikephorians (492)
(86)	St Photios (2)	877–86; †893	••••
87	Stephanos I	886–93	Macedonians (189)
88	Antonios II	893–901	••••
89	Nikolaos I (1)	901–07	••••
90	St Euthymios I	907–912	••••
(89)	Nikolaos I (2)	912–25	••••
91	Stephanos II	925–28	••••
92	Tryphon	928–31	••••
93	Theophylaktos	933–56	Lecapenus (752)
94	Polyeuktos	956–70	••••
95	Basileios I	970–74	••••
96	Antonios III	974–>78	••••
97	Nikolaos II	980–96	••••
98	Sisinnios II	996–98	••••
99	Sergios II	999–1019	••••
100	Eustathios	1019–25	••••
101	Alexios I	1025–43	••••
102	Michael I	1043–58	Keroularis
103	Konstantinos III	1059–63	Leichoudes
104	Ioannes VIII	1064–75	Xiphilinos
105	Kosmas I	1075–81	••••
106	Eustratios	1081–84	Gardidas
107	Nikolaos III	1084–1111	Grammatikos
108	Ioannes IX	1111–34	Agapetos
109	Leon	1134–43	Styppes
110	Michael II	1143–46	Kourkouas
111	Kosmas II	1146–47	Attikos
112	Nikolaos IV, AB of Cyprus	1147–51	Mouzalon
113	Theodotos II	1152–54	••••
114	Neophytos I	1154	Enkleistos
115	Konstantinos IV	1154–67	Chilarenos
116	Loukas	1167–70	Chrysoberges
117	Michael III	1170–78	Anchialou
118	Chariton	1178–79	Eugeneiotes
119	Theodosios I	1179–83	Borhadiotes
120	Basileios II	1183–86	Kamateros
121	Niketas II	1186–89	Mountanes
122	Dositheos, Patr of Constantinople (1)	1189	Hierosolymites
123	Leontios	1189–90	Theotokites
(122)	Dositheos, Patr of Constantinople (2)	1190–91	Hierosolymites
124	Georgios II	1191–98	Xiphilinos
125	Ioannes X	1198–1206	Kamateros
126	Michael IV	1208–14	Autoreianos
127	Theodoros II	1214–16	Eirenikos
128	Maximos II	1216	••••
129	Manouel I	1217–22	Sarantenos
130	Germanos II	1222–40	••••
131	Methodios II	1240	••••
132	Manouel II	1244–55	••••
133	Arsenios (1)	1255–59	Autoreianos
134	Nikephoros II	1260–61	••••
(133)	Arsenios (2)	1261–65	Autoreianos
135	Germanos III	1265–67	••••
136	Ioseph I (1)	1267–75	Galesiotes
137	Ioannes XI	1275–82	Bekkos
(136)	Ioseph I (2)	1282–83	Galesiotes
138	Gregorios II	1283–89	••••
139	Athanasios I (1)	1289–93	••••
140	Ioannes XII	1294–1303	Kosmas
(139)	Athanasios I (2)	1303–09	••••
141	Nephon I	1310–14	••••
142	Ioannes XIII	1315–20	Glykys
143	Gerasimos I	1320–21	••••
144	Hesaias	1323–34	••••
145	Ioannes XIV	1334–47	••••
146	Isidoros I	1347–50	Boucheiras
147	Kallistos I (1)	1350–54	••••
148	Philotheos (1)	1354–55	••••
(147)	Kallistos I (2)	1355–63	••••
(148)	Philotheos (2)	1364–76	••••
149	Makarios (1)	1376–79	••••
150	Neilos	1380–88	Kerameus
151	Antonios IV (1)	1389–90	••••
(149)	Makarios (2)	1390–91	••••
(151)	Antonios IV (2)	1391–97	••••
152	Kallistos II	1397	Xanthopoulos
153	Matthaios I	1397–1410	••••
154	Euthymios II	1410–16	••••
155	Ioseph II	1416–39	••••
156	Metrophanes	1440–43	••••
157	Gregorios III	1443–51	Mammas
158	Athanasios II	1451–53	••••
159	Gennadios II (1)	1454–56	Scholarios
160	Isidoros II	1456–<62	Xanthopoulos
(159)	Gennadios II (2)	1462–63	Scholarios
161	Sophronios I	1463–64	Syropoulos
(159)	Gennadios II (3)	1464	Scholarios
162	Ioasaph I	1464–66	Kokkas
163	Marcos II, Patr of Bugaria	1466	Xylokarabes
164	Symeon (1)	1466?–67	Trapezountios
165	Dionysios I (1)	1467–71	Symeones
(164)	Symeon (2)	1471–75	Trapezountios
166	Raphael I	1475–76	Serbos
167	Maximos III	1476–82	Manasses
(164)	Symeon (3)	1482–86	Trapezountios
168	Nephon II, Patr of Romania (1)	1486–88	••••
(165)	Dionysios I (2)	1489–91	Symeones
169	Maximos IV	1491–97	••••
(168)	Nephon II, Patr of Romania (2)	1497–98	••••
170	Ioakeim I (1)	1498–1502	••••
(168)	Nephon II, Patr of Romania (3)	1502	••••
171	Pachomios I (1)	1503–04	••••
(170)	Ioakeim I (2)	1504	••••
(171)	Pachomios I (2)	1504–13	••••
172	Theoleptus I	1513–22	••••
173	Hieremias I	1522–45	••••
173	Ioannikios I	1546	••••
174	Dionysios II	1546–55	••••
175	Ioasaph II	1555–65	••••
176	Metrophanes III (1)	1565–72	••••
177	Hieremias II (1)	1572–79	Tranos
(176)	Metrophanes III (2)	1579–80	••••
(177)	Hieremias II (2)	1580–84	Tranos
178	Pachomios II	1584–85	••••
179	Theoleptus II	1585–86	••••
Locum tenens: Nikephoros Hierodiakonos (1)		1586	Hierodiakonos
Locum tenens: Dionysios		1586	••••
Locum tenens: Nikephoros Hierodiakonos (2)		1586	Hierodiakonos
(177)	Hieremias II (3)	1587–95	Tranos
180	Matthaios II (1)	1595	••••
181	Gabriel I	1595	••••
182	Theophanes I, AB of Greece	1596–97	Karykes
Locum tenens: Meletios I, Patr of Alexandria		1597–98	Pegas
(180)	Matthaios II (2)	1598–1602	••••
183	Neophytos II (1), AB of Greece	1602–03	Karykes
(180)	Matthaios II (3)	1603	••••
184	Raphael II	1603–07	••••
(183)	Neophytos II (2), AB of Greece	1617–12	Karykes
Locum tenens: Kyrillos I, Patr of Alexandria		1612	Lascaris (172)
185	Timotheos II	1612–20	••••
186	Kyrillos I, Patr of Alexandria (1)	1620–23	Lascaris (172)
187	Gregorios IV	1623	Straboamaseias
188	Anthimos II	1623	••••
(186)	Kyrillos I, Patr of Alexandria (2)	1623–33	Lascaris (172)
189	Kyrillos II (1)	1633	Kontares
(186)	Kyrillos I, Patr of Alexandria (3)	1633–34	Lascaris (172)
190	Athanasios III	1634	Patellarios
(186)	Kyrillos I, Patr of Alexandria (4)	1634–35	Lascaris (172)
(189)	Kyrillos II (2)	1635–36	Kontares
191	Neophytos III	1636–37	••••
(186)	Kyrillos I, Patr of Alexandria (5)	1637–38	Lascaris (172)
(189)	Kyrillos II (3)	1638–39	Kontares
192	Parthenios I	1639–44	Geron
193	Parthenios II (1)	1644–46	Oxys Keskines
194	Ioannikios II (1)	1646–48	Lindios
(193)	Parthenios II (2)	1648–51	Oxys Keskines
(194)	Ioannikios II (2)	1651–52	Lindios
195	Kyrillos III (1)	1652	Spanos
196	Paisios I (1)	1652–53	••••
(194)	Ioannikios II (3)	1653–54	Lindios
(195)	Kyrillos III (2)	1654	Spanos
(196)	Paisios I (2)	1654–55	••••
197	Parthenios III	1656–57	Parthenakes
198	Gabriel II	1657	••••
199	Theophanes II	1657	••••
200	Parthenios IV (1)	1657–62	Mogilalos
201	Dionysios III	1662–65	Badalis Spanos
(200)	Parthenios IV (2)	1665–67	Mogilalos
202	Klemes	1667	••••
203	Methodios III	1668–71	Morones
(200)	Parthenios IV (3)	1671	Mogilalos
204	Dionysios IV (1)	1671–73	Mouselimes
205	Gerasmios II	1673–74	••••
(200)	Parthenios IV (4)	1675–76	Mogilalos
(204)	Dionysios IV (2)	1676–79	Mouselimes
206	Athanasios IV	1679	••••
207	Iakobos (1)	1679–82	••••
(204)	Dionysios IV (3)	1682–84	Mouselimes
(200)	Parthenios IV (5)	1684–85	Mogilalos
(207)	Iakobos (2)	1685–86	••••
(204)	Dionysios IV (4)	1686–87	Mouselimes
207	Iakobos (3)	1687–88	••••
208	Kallinikos II (1)	1688	Akarnan
209	Neophytos IV	1688–89	••••
(208)	Kallinikos II (2)	1689–93	Akarnan
(204)	Dionysios IV (5)	1693–94	Mouselimes
(208)	Kallinikos II (3)	1694–1702	Akarnan
210	Gabriel III	1702–07	Smymaios
211	Neophytos V	1707	••••
212	Kyprianos I (1)	1707–09	••••
213	Athanasios V	1709–11	Kres
214	Kyrillos IV	1711–13	••••
(212)	Kyprianos I (2)	1713–14	••••
215	Kosmas III, Patr of Alexandria	1714–16	Chalkédonios
216	Hieremias III (1)	1716–26	••••
–	Kyrillos IV	1720	••••
217	Kallinikos III	1726	••••
218	Paisios II (1)	1726–32	Kiomourtzoglous
(216)	Hieremias III (2)	1732–33	••••
219	Serapheim I	1733–34	••••
220	Neophytos VI (1)	1734–40	••••
(218)	Paisios II (2)	1740–43	Kiomourtzoglous
(220)	Neophytos VI (2)	1743–44	••••
(218)	Paisios II (3)	1744–48	Kiomourtzoglous
221	Kyrillos V (1)	1748–51	Karakalas
(218)	Paisios II (4)	1751–52	Kiomourtzoglous
(221)	Kyrillos V (2)	1752–57	Karakalas
222	Kallinikos IV	1757	••••
223	Serapheim II	1757–61	••••
224	Ioannikios III	1761–63	Karatzas
225	Samouel I (1)	1763–68	Chantzeres
226	Meletios II	1768–69	••••
227	Theodosios II	1769–73	Maridakes
(225)	Samouel I (2)	1773–74	Chantzeres
228	Sophronios II, Patr of Jerusalem	1774–80	••••
229	Gabriel IV	1780-85	••••
230	Prokopios I	1785–89	••••
231	Neophytos VII (1)	1789–94	••••
232	Gerasimos III	1794–97	••••
233	Gregorios V (1)	1797–98	Angelopoulos
(231)	Neophytos VII (2)	1798–1801	••••
234	Kallinikos V (1)	1801–06	••••
(233)	Gregorios V (2)	1806–08	Angelopoulos
234	Kallinikos V (2)	1808–09	••••
235	Hieremias IV	1809–13	••••
236	Kyrillos VI	1813–18	Serbetsoglous
(233)	Gregorios V (3)	1818–21†	Angelopoulos
237	Eugenios II	1821–22	••••
238	Anthimos III	1822–24	••••
239	Chrysanthos I	1824–26	••••
240	Agathangelos I	1826–30	••••
241	Konstanttios I	1830–34	••••
242	Konstanttios II	1834–35
243	Gregorios VI (1)	1835–40	Phourtouniados
244	Anthimos IV (1)	1840–41	Bambakes
245	Anthimos V	1841–42	••••
246	Germanos IV (1)	1842–45	••••
247	Meletios III	1845	Pankalos
248	Anthimos VI (1)	1845–48	Ioannides
(244)	Anthimos IV (2)	1848–52	Bambakes
(246)	Germanos IV (2)	1852–53	••••
(248)	Anthimos VI (2)	1853–55	Ioannides
249	Kyrillos VII	1855–60
250	Ioakeim II (1)	1860–63	Kokkodes
251	Sophronios III, Patr of Alexandria	1863–66	••••
(243)	Gregorios VI (2)	1867–71	Phourtouniados
(248)	Anthimos VI (3)	1871–73	Ioannides
(250)	Ioakeim II (2)	1873–78	Kokkodes
252	Ioakeim III (1)	1878–84	••••
253	Ioakeim IV	1884–87	••••
254	Dionysios V	1887–91	••••
255	Neophytos VIII	1891–94	••••
256	Anthimos VII	1895–97	••••
257	Konstantinos V	1897–1901	••••
(252)	Ioakeim III (2)	1901–12	••••
258	Germanos V	1913–18	••••
Locum tenens: Dorotheos		1918–21	••••
259	Meletios IV, Patr of Alexandria	1921–23	Metaxakes
260	Gergorios VII	1923–24	Serbydakes
261	Konstantinos VI	1924–25	Araboglou
262	Basileios III	1925–29	Georgiades
263	Photios II	1929–35	Maniates
264	Beniaminos	1936–46	Christodoulos
265	Maximos V	1946–48	Baportzes
266	Athenagoras	1948–72	Spyrou
267	Demetrios	1972–91	Papadopoulos
269	Bartholomew I	1991–	Archondones

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