Eugenius II of Constantinople explained

Church:Church of Constantinople
Archbishop Of:Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Term:1821 – 1822
Predecessor:Gregory V of Constantinople
Successor:Anthimus III of Constantinople
Birth Date:c. 1780
Death Date:27 July 1822

Eugenius II (Greek: Εὐγένιος; 27 July 1822) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1821 until his death in 1822.[1] [2] Prior to his election as Patriarch, he was Archbishop of Anchialos in Bulgaria.

Eugenius was among the Archbishops held as hostages by Mahmud II along with Patriarch Gregory V when the Greek War of Independence broke out in 1821. On 10 April 1821, Gregory V was deposed and hanged by the Turks in the central gate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Archbishop Eugenius, still a prisoner at the time, was elected as the new Patriarch under the name Eugenius II.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ευγένιος Βʹ . 21 February 2024 . ec-patr.org . Κατάλογος Οικουμενικών Πατριαρχών [List of Ecumenical Patriarchs] . Office of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople . el.
  2. Book: Kiminas, Demetrius . The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs . . 2009 . 9781434458766 . 30–44 . 21 February 2024.