| Jurisdiction: | Metropolis |
| Thessaloniki | |
| Local: | Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ιερά Μητρόπολις Θεσσαλονίκης |
| Province: | Thessaloniki |
| Parishes: | 43 |
| Cathedral: | Saint Gregory Palamas Metropolitan Cathedral |
| Website: | https://www.imth.gr |
The Metropolis of Thessaloniki (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ιερά Μητρόπολις Θεσσαλονίκης) is a Greek Orthodox metropolitan see based in the city of Thessaloniki in Central Macedonia, Greece. It is part of the so-called "New Lands", belonging to the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople but being administered by the Church of Greece. The see traces its history to its foundation by the Apostle Paul in the 1st century. Since 2023, the incumbent metropolitan is .
In its early centuries, the see of Thessaloniki became the metropolitan diocese of the Roman province of Macedonia. After the creation of major ecclesiastical jurisdictions, the see of Thessalonica was subordinated to the Patriarch of Rome, rising to become the archbishopric of the Eastern Illyricum. Roman control—and the use of Latin as a liturgical language—continued until, when the see was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Constantinople. Under Constantinople, it was reduced in status to a "simple" metropolitan see, with 5 to 12 suffragan sees, although the metropolitans continued to use the title of "archbishop" as well.
| Name | Name in Greek | Tenure | Notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaius | Γάιος | Saint | ||
| Nicholas I | Νικόλαος Α΄ | 160 | Saint | |
| Artemius | Ἀρτέμιος | Saint | ||
| Alexander I | Ἀλέξανδρος Α΄ | 305–335 | Saint | |
| John I | Ἰωάννης Α΄ | |||
| Aetius | Ἀέτιος | 342–347 | ||
| Irenius | Εἰρήνιος | 355 | ||
| Paulinus | Παυλῖνος | |||
| Ἀχόλιος, Ἀσχόλιος | 379–384 | Saint | ||
| Anysius | Ἀνύσιος | 384–407 | Saint; Division of the Roman Empire in 395 | |
| Rufus | Ῥοῦφος | 407–434 | Saint | |
| Anastasius I | Ἀναστάσιος Α΄ | 434–451 | Saint | |
| Auxitheus, Eudoxius | Αὐξίθεος, Εὐδόξιος | 451–458 | Saint | |
| Andrew | Ἀνδρέας | 481–494 | Saint | |
| Dorotheus I | Δωρόθεος Α΄ | 494–520 | Saint | |
| Aristides | Ἀριστείδης | 520–535 | ||
| Elias | Ἠλίας | 553 | ||
| Thalaleus | Θαλαλεὺς | |||
| Theodosius I | Θεοδόσιος Α΄ | 585 | ||
| Εὐσέβιος | 585–603 | |||
| John II | Ἰωάννης Β΄ | 603–610 | Saint, author of Book I of the Miracles of Saint Demetrius | |
| Plotinus | Πλωτῖνος | 616 | ||
| John II | Ἰωάννης Β΄ | 617–626 | Saint | |
| Paul I | Παῦλος Α΄ | 649 | ||
| John III | Ἰωάννης Γ΄ | 680 | ||
| Sergius | Σέργιος | 690 | ||
| Constantine I | Κωνσταντῖνος Α΄ | |||
| Peter | Πέτρος | before 754 | ||
| Anastasius | Ἀναστάσιος | after 754 | ||
| Basil I | Βασίλειος Α΄ | 772 | ||
| Theophilus | Θεόφιλος | 787 | ||
| Thomas | Θωμᾶς | Saint | ||
| Ἰωσὴφ Α΄, ὁ στουδίτης | 807–809 | |||
| Unknown | 809–811 | |||
| Ἰωσὴφ Α΄, ὁ στουδίτης | 811–821 | |||
| Λέων, ὁ φιλόσοφος | 839/840–843 | |||
| Ἀντώνιος, ὁ ὁμολογητὴς | 843 | Saint | ||
| Basil II | Βασίλειος Β΄ | 843–865 | ||
| Theodore | Θεόδωρος | 866–869 | ||
| Paul II | Παῦλος Β΄ | 880–882 | ||
| Gregory I | Γρηγόριος Α΄ | 882 | ||
| Methodius | Μεθόδιος | 889 | ||
| John IV the Thessalian | Ἰωάννης Δ΄, ὁ Θεσσαλὸς | 892–904 | ||
| Βασίλειος Γ΄, ὁ ὁμολογητὴς | 904–? | Saint | ||
| Anatolius | Ἀνατόλιος | |||
| Isidore I | Ἰσίδωρος Α΄ | 1016 | ||
| Nicetas I | Νικήτας Α΄ | |||
| Theophanes I | Θεοφάνης Α΄ | 1031–1038 | ||
| Prometheus | Προμηθεὺς | 1038 | ||
| Unknown | 1063 | |||
| Theodulus | Θεόδουλος | 1086–1107 | ||
| Constantine II | Κωνσταντῖνος Β΄ | 1110 | ||
| Μιχαὴλ Α΄ | 1122 | |||
| Nicetas II | Νικήτας Β΄ | 1133 | ||
| Constantine | Κωνσταντῖνος | after 1133 | ||
| Leo | Λέων | |||
| Romanus | Ρωμανός | |||
| Basil IV of Ohrid | Βασίλειος Δ΄, ὁ Ἀχρίδος | 1145–1168 | ||
| Εὐστάθιος, ὁ Κατάφλωρος | 1175–1197 ή 1198 | Saint | ||
| Κωνσταντῖνος Γ΄, ὁ Μεσοποταμίτης | 1198–1199 | |||
| Chrysanthus | Χρύσανθος | 1199–1202 | ||
| Κωνσταντῖνος Γ΄,ὁ Μεσοποταμίτης | 1204–1224 | |||
| Νικήτας Γ΄ | ||||
| Joseph II | Ἰωσὴφ Β΄ | 1232–1235 | ||
| Michael II Palatanos | Μιχαὴλ Β΄, ὁ Παλατάνος | 1235 | ||
| Μανουὴλ | 1258–1261 | |||
| Ἰωαννίκιος, ὁ Κυδώνης | 1261 | |||
| Demetrius | Δημήτριος | 1282–1285 | ||
| Ignatius I | Ἰγνάτιος Α΄ | 1285–? | ||
| James I | Ἰάκωβος Α΄ | 1299 | ||
| Jeremy | Ἱερεμίας | 1315–1322 | ||
| Euphemianus | Εὐφημιανὸς | 1322 | ||
| Ἰωάννης Ε΄, ὁ Καλέκας | 1322–1334 | |||
| Gregory II | Γρηγόριος Β’ | 1334 | ||
| Γλαβᾶς | 1336–1341 | |||
| Macarius I | Μακάριος Α΄ | 1342–1346 | ||
| Gregory III Palamas | Γρηγόριος Γ΄, ὁ Παλαμᾶς | 1347–1359 | Saint | |
| Νεῖλος, ὁ Καβάσιλας | 1360–1361 | Saint | ||
| Nicholas II Kabasilas | Νικόλαος Β΄, ὁ Καβάσιλας | 1361–1363 | Saint | |
| Unknown | 1363–1371 | |||
| Dorotheus II | Δωρόθεος Β΄ | 1371–1379 | ||
| Ἰσίδωρος Β΄, ὁ Γλαβᾶς | 1379–1393 | Saint; Thessaloniki under Ottoman control | ||
| Gabriel I | Γαβριὴλ Α΄ | 1393–1410 | Saint; Thessaloniki returns to Byzantine control | |
| Συμεών, ὁ μυσταγωγός | 1410–1429 | Saint | ||
| Gregory III | Γρηγόριος Γ΄ | 1430 | Thessaloniki finally under Ottoman control | |
| Νήφων | 1450–1484 | |||
| Macarius II | Μακάριος Β΄ | 1517–1536 | ||
| Θεωνᾶς, ὁ ἀπὸ Ἡγουμένων | 1539 | Saint | ||
| Theophanes II | Θεοφάνης Β΄ | 1544 | ||
| Gregory-David | Γρηγόριος–Δαβὶδ | |||
| Joasaph I | Ἰωάσαφ Α΄ | 1560–1578 | ||
| Metrophanes | Μητροφάνης | 1585 | ||
| Γαβριὴλ Β΄ | 1594 | |||
| Matthew I | Ματθαῖος Α΄ | 1596 | ||
| Joasaph II Argyropoulos | Ἰωάσαφ Β΄, ὁ Ἀργυρόπουλος | 1596 | ||
| Sophronius I | Σωφρόνιος Α΄ | 1606 | ||
| Zosimas | Ζωσιμᾶς | 1607 | ||
| Parthenius | Παρθένιος | 1611 | ||
| Ἀθανάσιος Α΄ | 1622–1634 | |||
| Damascenus I | Δαμασκηνὸς Α΄ | 1634–1636 | ||
| Callinicus I | Καλλίνικος Α΄ | 1636–1639 | ||
| Theocletus | Θεόκλητος | 1645–1651 | ||
| Joachim I | Ἰωακεὶμ Α΄ | 1651–1666 | ||
| Διονύσιος | 1666–1671 | |||
| Anastasius II | Ἀναστάσιος Β | 1671 | ||
| Meletius I | Μελέτιος Α΄ | 1672–1684 | ||
| Methodius | Μεθόδιος | 1687–1696 | ||
| Ignatius II | Ἰγνάτιος Β΄ | 1698–1712 | ||
| James II | Ἰάκωβος Β΄ | 1712 | ||
| Ignatius II | Ἰγνάτιος Β΄ | 1723 | ||
| Ananias | Ἀνανίας | 1728 | ||
| Joachim II | Ἰωακεὶμ Β΄ | 1734–1744 | ||
| Gabriel III | Γαβριὴλ Γ΄ | 1745–1752 | ||
| Spyridon | Σπυρίδων | 1760–1761 | ||
| Neophytus I | Νεόφυτος Α΄ | 1767 | ||
| Θεοδόσιος Β΄ | 1767–1769 | |||
| Damascenus II | Δαμασκηνὸς Β΄ | 1769–1780 | ||
| James III | Ἰάκωβος Γ΄ | 1780 | ||
| Gerasimus | Γεράσιμος | 1788–1815 | ||
| Ἰωσὴφ Γ΄, ὁ Ἱερομάρτυς | 1815–1821 | Saint | ||
| Matthew II | Ματθαῖος Β΄ | 1821–1824 | ||
| Macarius III | Μακάριος Γ΄ | 1824–1830 | ||
| Μελέτιος Β΄ | 1830–1841 | |||
| Hieronymus | Ἱερώνυμος | 1841–1853 | ||
| Καλλίνικος Β΄ | 1853–1861 | |||
| Neophytus II | Νεόφυτος Β΄ | 1861–1874 | ||
| Ἰωακεὶμ Γ΄ | 1874–1878 | |||
| Καλλίνικος Γ΄, ὁ Φωτιάδης | 1878–1884 | |||
| Γρηγόριος Δ΄, ὁ Καλλίδης | 1885–1889 | Saint | ||
| Sophronius II | Σωφρόνιος Β΄ | 1889–1893 | ||
| Ἀθανάσιος Β΄, ὁ Μεγακλῆς | 1893–1903 | |||
| Ἀλέξανδρος Β΄, ὁ Ῥηγόπουλος | 1903–1910 | |||
| Ἰωακεὶμ Δ΄, ὁ Σγουρὸς | 1910–1912 | |||
| Γεννάδιος, ὁ Ἀλεξιάδης | 1912–1951 | |||
| Παντελεήμων Α΄, ὁ Παπαγεωργίου | 1951–1968 | |||
| Λεωνίδας, ὁ Παρασκευόπουλος | 1968–1974 | |||
| Panteleimon II Chrysofakis | Παντελεήμων Β΄, ὁ Χρυσοφάκης | 1974–2003 | ||
| Ἄνθιμος, ὁ Ῥούσας | 2004–2023 | |||
| Φιλόθεος, ὁ Θεοχάρης | 2023 - | |||