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List of Patriarchs of Constantinople


Apostolic Times

Andrew the Apostle 
Stachys the Apostle 38-54
Onesimus 54-68
Polycarp I 71-89
Plutarch 89-105
Sedekion 105-114
Diogenes 114-129
Eleutherius 129-136
Felix 136-141
Polycarp II 141-144
Athenodorus 144-148
Efzois 148-154
Laurence 154-166
Alympius (Olympius) 166-169
Pertinax 169-187
Olympian 187-198
Mark I 198-211
Philadelphus 211-217
Cyriacus I 214-230
Castinus 230-237
Eugenius I 240-265
Titus 242-272
Dometius  
Rufinus I 284-293
Probus 303-315
Metrophanes I 306-314




Roman 'Byzantine'

Alexander [30 Aug.] 314-337
Paul I 337-339, 341-342, 346-351
Eusebius of Nicomedia 339-342
Macedonius I 342-346, 351-360
Eudoxius (of Antioch) 360-370
Evagrius 370
Demophilus 370-380
Gregory I of Nazianzen  379-381
(Maximus the Cynic) 380
Nectarius 381-397
John I Chrysostom  398-404
Arsacius 404-405
Atticus  406-425
Sisinius 426-427
Nestorius 428-431
Maximian 431-434
Proclus  434-446
Flavian 446-449
Anatolius  449-458
Gennadios I  458-471
Acacius 472-489
Fravitas 489
Euphemius 489-495
Macedonius II  495-511
Timothy I 511-518
John II  518-520
Epiphanius 520-535
Anthimos I 535-536
Menas 536-552
Eutychius  552-565,577-582
John III the Scholastic 565-577
John IV the Fasting  585-595
Cyriacus (Cyril)  595-606
Thomas I  607-610
Sergius I 610-638
Pyrrhos 638-641, 654
Paul II 641-653
Peter 654-666
Thomas II  667-669
John V 669-675
Constantine I 675-677
Theodore I  677-679, 686-687
George I 679-686
Paul III  687-693
Callinicus I  693-705
Cyrus  706-711
John VI 712-714
Germanos I  715-730
Anastasius 730-754
Constantine II 754-766
Nikitas I 766-780
Paul IV 780-784
Tarasios  784-806
Nikiphoros I 806-815
Theodotos I Kassiteras 815-821
Antonius I Kassimatis 821-836
John VII Grammatikos 836-842
Methodius I  842-846
Ignatius I 846-858, 867-877
Photios I  858-867, 877-886
Stephanos I 886-893
Antonios II Kauleas  893-901
Nicholas Mysticos 901-907,12-25
Euthymios Ι 907-912
Stephanos II 925-928
Tryphon 928-931
Theophylaktos 931-956
Polyeuktos  956-970
Basil I Skamandrinos 970-974
Antonios III the Studite 974-980
Nicholas II Chrysovergis 984-95
Sisinius II 996-999
Sergius II   999-1019
Efstathius 1020-1025
Alexius Stoudite 1025-1043
Michael I Kiroularios 1043-1059
Constantin III Lechudis 1059-63
John VIII Xifilinos 1063-1075
Kosmas I of Jerusalem  1075-81
Efstratius Garidas 1081-1084
Nicholas III Kyrdiniates 1084-1111
John IX Ieromnemon 1111-1134
Leo Styppis 1134-1143
Michael II Kourkouas 1143-1146
Kosmas II the Attic 1146-1147
Nicholas IV Mouzalon 1147-1151
Theodotos I 1151-1153
Neophytos I 1153
Constantin IV Chliarinos 1154-56
Luke Chrysovergis 1156-1169
Michael III 1170-1177
Chariton Eugeniotis 1177-1178
Theodosius II Voradiotis 1178-83
Basil II Camateros 1183-1186
Nikitas II Mountanis 1187-1189
Leontius Theotokitis 1189-1190
Theodosius III/Disitheus 1190-91
George II Xifilinos 1191-1198
John X Camateros 1198-1206
Michael IV Autoreianos 1207-13
Theodore II the Peaceful 1213-15
Maximos II 1215
Manuel I Charitopoulos 1215-22
Germanos II 1222-1240
Methodius II 1240
Manuel II 1240-1255
Arsenios Autoriano 55-60 61-67
Νικηφόρος II 1260-1261
Germanos III 1267
Joseph I  1267-1275, 1282-1283
John XI Vekkos 1275-1282
Gregory II 1283-1289
Athanasius I  1289-1293, 1304-10
John XII 1294-1304
Nifon I 1311-1315
John XIII Sweet 1316-1320
Gerasimos I 1320-1321
Isaias 1323-1334
John XIV Kaletas 1334-1347
Isidore I 1347-1349
Kallistos I  1350-1354, 1355-1363
Philotheos Kokkinos 54-55 64-76
Makarios 1376-1379, 1390-1391
Neilos 1380-1388
Antonius IV 1389-1390, 1391-1397
Kallistos II Xanthopoulos  1397
Matthew I 1397-1410
Euthymios II 1410-1416
Joseph II 1416-1439
Metrophanes II 1440-1443
Gregory III Mammas 1443-1450
Athanasius II 1450-1453

Ottoman Era

Gennadios II the Scholar 1454-56
Isidore II 1456-1462
Gennadios II (2nd time) 1462
Sophronios I 1463-1464
Gennadios II (3rd time) 1464
Joasaph I 1465-1466
Mark II 1466
Symeon I (1st time) 1466
Dionysios I [23 Nov.] 1467-1471
Symeon I (2nd time) 1471-1475
Raphael I 1475-1476
Maximos III [17 Nov.] 1476-1481
Symeon I (3rd time) 1482-1486
Nifon II (1st time) 1486-1488
Dionysios I (2nd time) 1488-1490
Maximos IV 1491-1497
Nifon II (2nd time) 1497-1498
Joachim I (1st time) 1498-1502
Nifon II (3rd time) 1502
Pachomios I (1st time) 1503-1504
Joachim I (2nd time) 1504
Pachomios I (2nd time) 1504-13
Theoliptos I 1513-1522
Jeremias I 1522-1545
Joannicios I 1526
Dionysios II 1546-1556
Joasaph II 1556-1565
Metrophanes III (1st) 1565-72
Jeremias II (1st time) 1572-1579
Metrophanes III (2nd) 1579-80
Jeremias II (2nd time) 1580-1584
Pachomius II 1584-1585
Theoliptos II 1585-1586
Jeremias II (3rd time) 1587-1595
Matthew II (1st time) 1596
Gabriel I 1596
Theopanes I 1597
Meletius Pigas (overseer) 97-98
Matthew II (2nd time) 1598-1602
Neophytos II (1st time) 1602-03
Matthew II (3rd time) 1603 (days)
Raphael II 1603-1607
Neophytos II (2nd time) 1607-12
Cyril I Lucaris (overseer) 1612
Timothy II 1613-1620
Cyril I (2nd time) 1620-1623
Gregorios IV 1623
Anthimos II 1623
Cyril I (3rd time) 1623-1633
Cyril II (1st time) 1633
Cyril I (4th time) 1633-1634
Athanasius III (1st time) 1634
Cyril I (5th time) 1634-1635
Cyril II (2nd time) 1635-1366
Neophytos III 1636-1637
Cyril I (6th time) 1637-1638
Cyril II (3rd time) 1638-1639
Parthenius I 1639-1644
Parthenius II (1st time) 1644-1646
Joannicius II (1st time) 1646-1648
Parthenius II (2nd time) 1648-51
Joannicius II (2nd time) 1651-52
Cyril III (1st time) 1652
Athanasius III (2nd) 1652 (15 days)
Paisios I (1st time) 1652-1653
Joannicius II (3rd time) 1653-1654
Cyril III (2nd time) 1654 (14 days)
Paisios I (2nd time) 1654-1655
Joannicius II (4th time) 1655-1656
Parthenius III 1656-1657
Gabriel II 1657 (8 days)
Parthenius IV (1st time) 1657-1662
Dionysios III 1662-1665
Parthenius IV (2nd time) 1665-67
Clement 1667
Methodius III 1668-1671
Parthenios IV (3rd time) 1671-73
Dionysios IV (1st time) 1671-1673
Gerasimos II 1673-1674
Parthenius IV (4th time) 1675-76
Dionysios IV (2nd time) 1676-1679
Athanasius IV 1679 (12 ἡμέραι)
James (1st time) 1679-1682
Dionysios IV (3rd time) 1682-84
Parthenius IV (5th time) 1684-85
James (2nd time) 1685-1686
Dionysios IV (4th time) 1686-1687
James (3rd time) 1687-1688
Callinicus II (1st time) 1688
Neophytos IV 1688-1689
Callinicus II (2nd time) 1689-1693
Dionysios IV (5th time) 1693-1694
Callinicus II (3rd time) 1694-1702
Gabriel III 1702-1707
Neophytos V 1707
Cyprian I (1st time) 1707-1709
Athanasius V 1709-1711
Cyril IV 1711-1713
Cyprian I (2nd time) 1713-1714
Kosmas III 1714-1716
Jeremias III (1st time) 1716-1726
Paisios II (1st time) 1726-1732
Jeremias III (2nd time) 1732-1733
Seraphim I 1733-1734
Neophytos VI (1st time) 1734-40
Paisios II (2nd time) 1740-1743
Neophytos VI (2nd time) 1743-44
Paisios II (3rd time) 1744-1748
Cyril V (1st time) 1748-1751
Paisios II (4th time) 1751-1752
Cyril V (2nd time) 1752-1757
Callinicus III 1757
Seraphim II 1757-1761
Joannicios III 1761-1763
Samuel I (1st time) 1763-1768
Meletius II 1768-1769
Theodosios II 1769-1773
Samuel I (2nd time) 1773-1774
Sophronios II 1774-1780
Gabriel IV 1780-1785
Prokopios 1785-1789
Neophytos VII (1st time) 1789-94
Gerasimos III 1794-1797
Gregory V (1st time) 1797-1798
Neophytos VII (2nd time) 98-01
Callinicus IV (1st time) 1801-1806
Gregory V (2nd time) 1806-1808
Callinicus IV (2nd time) 1808-09
Jeremias IV 1809-1813
Cyril VI 1813-1818
Gregory V (3rd time) 1818-1821
Eugenius II 1821-1822
Anthimos III 1822-1824
Chrysanthos 1824-1826
Agathangelos 1826-1830
Constantios I 1830-1834
Constantios II 1834-1835
Gregory VI (1st time) 1835-1840
Anthimos IV (1st time) 1840-1841
Anthimos V 1841-1842
Germanos IV (1st time) 1842-1845
Meletius III 1845
Anthimos VI (1st time) 1845-1848
Anthimos IV (2nd time) 1848-52
Germanos IV (2nd time) 1852-53
Anthimos VI (2nd time) 1853-55
Cyril VII 1855-1860
Joachim II (1st time) 1860-1863
Sophronios III 1863-1866
Gregory VI (2nd time) 1867-1871
Anthimos VI (3rd time) 1871-1873
Joachim II (2nd time) 1873-1878
Joachim III (1st time) 1878-1884
Joachim IV 1884-1886
Dionysios V 1887-1891
Neophytos VIII 1891-1894
Anthimos VII 1895-1897
Constantine V 1897-1901
Joachim III (2nd time) 1901-1912
Germanos V 1913-1918

Modern Turkey

Meletius IV 1921-1923
Gregory VII 1923-1924
Constantine VI 1924-1925
Basil III 1925-1929
Photios II 1929-1935
Benjamin 1936-1946
Maximos V 1946-1948
Athenagoras 1948-1972
Dimitrios 1972-1991
Bartholomew I 22.10.1991
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