The following is a chronological list of bishops and ecumenical patriarchs of Constantinople. The first 25 bishops are probably not historical figures, and the foundation of the See by Andrew the Apostle is almost certainly a later tradition. The list is mostly based on the compilation made by Demetrius Kiminas,[1] but there is no single "official" numbering of bishops. The official website of the patriarchate has a list of holders but gives them no numeral.[2]
The official title of the bishop became "archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome, and ecumenical patriarch" in the 6th century, but scholars often use the terms "archbishop" and "patriarch" for earlier bishops. The First Council of Constantinople (381) concluded that "the bishop of Constantinople, however, shall have the prerogative of honor after the bishop of Rome", while the Council of Chalcedon (451) concluded that "the bishop of New Rome shall enjoy the same privileges as the bishop of Old Rome". Modern scholars use the term "patriarch" after either 381 or 451. The chronology mostly follows Demetrius Kiminas (2009), who mostly uses the dates established by Venance Grumel (1958).[3] See also the lists in the Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (1991) and the Encyclopedia of the Byzantine Empire (2015).[4]
| 27 | St. Alexander | May 330 – August 337 (7 years and 3 months) | First bishop of Constantinople | |
| 28 | St. Paul I the Confessor | 337–339 (2 years) | Deposed and exiled (see Arian controversy) | |
| 29 | Eusebius of Nicomedia | 339–341 (2 years) | Arian
| |
| (27) | Paul I | 341–342 (1 year) | 1st restoration; deposed by the Arians | |
| 30 | Macedonius I | 342–346 (4 years) | Arian and pneumatomachian. Deposed | |
| (27) | Paul I | 346–351 (5 years) | 2nd restoration; exiled and later killed | |
| (30) | Macedonius I | September 351 – 27 January 360 (8 years, 4 months) | Restored and deposed | |
| 31 | Eudoxius of Antioch (Florentius | 27 January 360 – early 370 (10 years) | Arian | |
| 32 | Demophilus | early 370 – 27 November 380 (10 years) | Arian; deposed | |
| 33 | Evagrius | early 370 (a few months) | In opposition to Demophilus; exiled | |
| 34 | Maximus I the Cynic | January – May 380 (4 months approx.) | In opposition to Gregory; anulled in 381 | |
| 35 | St. Gregory of Nazianzus | May 379 – June 381 (2 years) | Bishop of the Ortodox; confirmed in 381. | |
| 36 | St. Nectarius | June 381 – 27 September 397 (17 years and 3 months) | ||
| 37 | 26 September 398 – 20 June 404 (5 years, 9 months and 6 days) | Exiled; died 14 September 407. | ||
| 38 | St. Arsacius | 27 June 404 – 11 November 405 (1 year, 4 months and 15 days) | ||
| 39 | St. Atticus | March 406 – 10 October 425 (9 years and 7 months) | ||
| 40 | St. Sisinnius I | 28 February 426 – 24 December 427 (1 year, 10 months and 25 days) | ||
| 41 | Nestorius | 10 April 428 – 11 July 431 (3 years, 3 months and 1 day) | Founder of Nestorianism; exiled | |
| 42 | St. Maximianus | 25 October 431 – 12 April 434 (2 years, 5 months and 18 days) | ||
| 43 | St. Proclus | 13 April 434 – 12 July 446 (12 years and 3 months) | ||
| 44 | St. Flavian | July 446 – 11 August 449 (3 years and 1 month) |
During the 16th session of the Council of Chalcedon (October–November 451), also known as the Fourth Ecumenical Council, a resolution was passed elevating the See of Constantinople to a status equal to Rome in ecclesiastical matters, granting it second place after Rome.[5] The resolution was formally rejected by the Pope Leo the Great and the western church; however, was largely accepted in the east, becoming known as Canon 28. This canon would later become the foundation of the Pentarchy of patriarchates.
| Name | Tenure | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | St. Anatolius | November 449 – 3 July 458 (8 years and 8 months) | ||
| 46 | St. Gennadius | August 458 – 20 November 471 (13 years and 3 months) | ||
| 47 | Acacius | February 472 – 26 November 489 (17 years and 9 months) | ||
| 48 | Fravitta | December 488 – March 489 (3 months) | ||
| 49 | Euphemius | April 490 – June 496 (6 years and ~2 months) | Deposed and exiled; died 515 | |
| 50 | St. Macedonius II | July 496 – 11 August 511 (15 years and 1 month) | Deposed and exiled; died 516 | |
| 51 | Timothy I | October 511 – 5 April 518 (6 years and 6 months) | ||
| 52 | St. John of Cappadocia | 17 April 518 – February 520 (1 year and 10 months) | ||
| 53 | Epiphanius | 25 February 520 – 5 June 535 (15 years, 3 months and 10 days) | ||
| 54 | June 535 – March 536 (9 months) | Deposed, died in 548 | ||
| 55 | St. Menas | 13 March 536 – 24 August 552 (16 years, 5 months and 11 days) | ||
| 56 | St. Eutychius | August 552 – 22/31 January 565 (2 years and 5 months) | Deposed | |
| 57 | St. John Scholasticus | 31 January 565 – 31 August 577 (12 years and 7 months) | ||
| (56) | Eutychius | 3 October 577 – 5 April 582 (4 years, 6 months and 2 days) | Restored | |
| 58 | 12 April 582 – 2 September 595 (13 years, 4 months and 10 days) | First to use the title "Ecumenical" | ||
| 59 | St. Cyriacus II | February 596 – 29 October 606 (10 years and 8 months) | ||
| 60 | St. Thomas I | 23 January 607 – 20 March 610 (3 years, 3 months less 3 days) | ||
| 61 | Sergius I | 18 April 610 – 9 December 638 (28 years, 7 months and 21 days) | ||
| 62 | 20 December 638 – 29 September 641 (2 years, 9 months and 9 days) | Monothelite
| ||
| 63 | Paul II | 1 October 641 – 27 December 653 (12 years, 2 months and 26 days) | ||
| (62) | Pyrrhus | 9 January – 1 June 654 (4 months and 23 days) | Second term | |
| 64 | Peter | 9 June 654 – 12 October 666 (12 years, 4 months and 3 days) | ||
| 65 | St. Thomas II | 17 April 667 – 15 November 669 (2 years, 7 months less 2 days) | ||
| 66 | St. John V | November 669 – August 675 (5 years and 9 months) | ||
| 67 | St. Constantine I | 2 September 675 – 9 August 677 (1 year, 11 months and 7 days) | ||
| 68 | St. Theodore I | August 677 – November 679 (2 years and 3 months) | Deposed; died in 687 | |
| 69 | St. George I | November 679 – January 686 (6 years and 2 months) | Perhaps deposed | |
| (68) | Theodore I | January 686 – 28 December 687 (1 year and 10/11 months months) | ||
| 70 | St. Paul III | January 688 – 20 August 693 (5 years and 7 months) | ||
| 71 | St. Callinicus I | August 693 – August 705 (12 years) | Exiled to Rome; died in November 711 | |
| 72 | St. Kyros | September 705 – December 711 (6 years and 3 months) | Deposed | |
| 73 | John VI | December 712 – July 715 (2 years and 7 months) | Monothelite | |
| 74 | St. Germanus I | 11 August 715 – 17 January 730 (2 years, 5 months and 6 days) | Resigned; died in 742 | |
| 75 | Anastasius | 22 January 730 – January 754 (14 years) | Iconoclast (see Byzantine Iconoclasm) | |
| 76 | Constantine II | 8 August 754 – 30 August 766 (12 years and 22 days) | Iconoclast; deposed, died in 7 October 767 | |
| 77 | Nicetas I | 16 November 766 – 6 February 780 (13 years, 3 months and 20 days) | Iconoclast | |
| 78 | St. Paul IV | 20 February 780 – 31 August 784 (4 years, 6 months and 11 days) | ||
| 79 | St. Tarasios | 25 December 784 – 18 February 806 (21 years, 2 months and 24 days) |
| 80 | St. Nicephorus I | 12 April 806 – 13 March 815 (8 years, 11 months and 1 day) | Exiled; died in 828, also an historian | ||
| 81 | Theodotus I Melissenos Kassiteras | 1 April 815 – January 821 (5 years and 9 months) | Iconoclast | ||
| 82 | Antony I Kassymatas | January 821 – January 837 (16 years) | Iconoclast | ||
| 83 | John VII Morocharzanios Grammaticus | 21 January 836 – 4 March 843 (7 years, 1 month, 14 days) | Iconoclast; deposed | ||
| 84 | St. Methodius I | 11 March 843 – 14 June 847 (4 years, 3 months and 3 days) | |||
| 85 | St. Ignatius | 4 July 847 – 23 October 858 (11 years, 3 months and 20 days) | Son of Emperor Michael I Rangabe; deposed | ||
| 86 | St. Photius I the Great | 25 December 858 – 23 September 867 (8 years, 9 months less 2 days) | Deposed | ||
| (85) | Ignatius | 23 November 867 – 23 October 877 (9 years and 11 months) | Restored | ||
| (86) | Photius I | 26 October 877 – 29/30 September 886 (8 years, 11 months and 4 days) | Deposed; died c. 893 | ||
| 87 | St. Stephen I the Macedonian | 18 December 886 – 18 May 893 (7 years and 5 months) | Son of Emperor Basil I; deposed | ||
| 88 | St. Antony II Kauleas | August 893 – 12 February 901 (7 years and 6 months) | |||
| 89 | St. Nicholas I | 1 March 901 – 1 February 907 (5 years and 11 months) | Deposed | ||
| 90 | St. Euthymius I | February 907 – 15 May 912 (5 years and 3 months) | |||
| (89) | Nicholas I | 15 May 912 – 15 May 925 (13 years) | Restored; died at the age of 73 | ||
| 91 | St. Stephen II | 29 June 925 – 18 July 927 (2 years and 19 days) | |||
| 92 | St. Tryphon | 14 December 927 – August 931 (3 years and 8 months) | Deposed | ||
| 93 | Theophylact | 2 February 933 – 27 February 956 (23 years and 25 days) | Son of Emperor Romanos I | ||
| 94 | St. Polyeuctus | 3 April 956 – 5 February 970 (13 years, 10 months and 2 days) | |||
| 95 | Basil I | 13 February 970 – October 973 (3 years and 8 months) | Exiled | ||
| 96 | Antony III | December 973 – June 978 (4 years and 6 months) | Resigned; died in 983 | ||
| 97 | St. Nicholas II | April 980 – 16 December 991 (11 years and 8 months) | |||
| 98 | Sisinnius II | 12 April 996 – 24 August 998 (2 years, 4 months and 12 days) | |||
| 99 | June/July 1001 – July 1019 (18 years) | Elected after a 4-year interregnum | |||
| 100 | St. Eustathius | July 1019 – November 1025 (6 years and 4 months) | |||
| 101 | Alexius | 15 December 1025 – 20 February 1043 (17 years, 2 months and 5 days) | |||
| 102 | Michael I Cerularius | 25 March 1043 – 2 November 1058 (15 years, 7 months and 8 days) | Exiled; died on 21 January 1069 |
In 1054, the Eastern Orthodox Church cut ties to the Roman Catholic Church as a result of the Great East–West Schism.
| Name | Tenure | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103 | St. Constantine III | 2 February 1059 – 9/10 August 1063 (4 years, 6 months and 8 days) | ||
| 104 | St. John VIII | 1 January 1064 – 2 August 1075 (11 years, 7 months and 1 day) | Deposed | |
| 105 | St. Cosmas I | 2 August 1075 – 8 May 1081 (5 years and 9 months) | Resigned, died 1082 | |
| 106 | Eustratius Garidas | 8 May 1081 – July 1084 (3 years and 2 months) | Resigned | |
| 107 | Nicholas III | August 1084 – April 1111 (26 years and 8 months) | ||
| 108 | John IX | 24 May 1111 – late April 1134 (22 years and 11 months) | ||
| 109 | St. Leo | May 1134 – 12 January 1143 (8 years and 8 months) | ||
| 110 | St. Michael II | July 1143 – March 1146 (2 years and 8 months) | Resigned | |
| 111 | Cosmas II | April 1146 – 26 February 1147 (10 months) | Deposed | |
| 112 | December 1147 – March/April 1151 (3 years and 3/4 months) | Resigned, died in 1152 | ||
| 113 | 1151 – 1153 (?) (2 years and 6 months) | Chronology uncertain | ||
| 114 | Neophytus I | 1154 (?) (a few weeks) | Resigned after less than a month | |
| 115 | Constantine IV | November 1154 – May 1157 (2 years and 6 months) | ||
| 116 | Luke | August/October 1157 – late 1169 (12 years) | ||
| 117 | Michael III | January 1170 – March 1178 (8 years and 2 months) | ||
| 118 | Chariton | March/August 1178 – February/July 1179 (11 months) | Died after eleven months | |
| 119 | Theodosius I | February/July 1179 – August 1183 (4 years) | Exiled | |
| 120 | Basil II | August 1183 – February 1186 (2 years and 6 months) | Deposed | |
| 121 | Nicetas II | February 1186 – February 1189 (3 years) | Deposed | |
| 122 | Dositheus | February 1189 (9 days)[6] | Election anulled; 5th shortest patriarchate | |
| 123 | Leontius | March – October 1189 (7 months) | Deposed | |
| (122) | Dositheus | October 1189 – 10 September 1191 (1 year and 11 months) | Restored | |
| 124 | George II | 10 September 1191 – 7 July 1198 (6 years, 10 months less 3 days) | ||
| 125 | John X | 5 August 1198 – 12 April 1204 (5 years, 8 months and 7 days) |
On 12 April 1204, the Fourth Crusade sacked and conquered Constantinople. The Crusaders established their own line of Catholic patriarchs in the city, while the former Orthodox patriarch John X fled in exile to Thrace. John X died in Thrace in the spring of 1206.
After 1204, various Byzantine warlords struggled to establish their legitimacy and sought to reconquer Constantinople. One of the major contenders, Theodore I Laskaris of Nicaea, sought legitimacy through religion. He invited John X to Nicaea, though the deposed patriarch refused the invitation up until his death. After John's death, Laskaris sent letters to Pope Innocent III in hopes of authorizing Orthodox clerics to elect a new Orthodox patriarch and seeking recognition of himself as the supreme head of the Orthodox community, though both requests were ignored by the pope.[7] In 1208, Laskaris nevertheless appointed his own new patriarch, Michael IV Autoreianos, who in turn formally crowned Laskaris as emperor.[8] The appointment of Michael IV was controversial and legally questionable given that only a lawful emperor could appoint a legitimate patriarch and only a legitimate patriarch could crown a lawful emperor. The status of the "Patriarchs of Constantinople" based in Nicaea thus remained disputed outside of the Empire of Nicaea until the reconquest of Constantinople in 1261.
| 126 | Michael IV | 20 April 1208 – 26 August 1214 (6 years, 4 months and 6 days) | ||
| 127 | Theodore II | 28 September 1214 – 31 January 1216 (1 year, 4 months and 3 days) | ||
| 128 | Maximus II | 3 June – December 1216 (6 months) | ||
| 129 | Manuel I | May 1217 – May / June 1222 (5 years) | ||
| 130 | Germanus II | 4 January 1223 – June 1240 (17 years and 5 months) | ||
| 131 | Methodius II | mid/late 1240 (3 months) | ||
| 132 | Manuel II | September 1243 – 3 November 1254 (11 years) | ||
| 133 | St. Arsenius Autoreianus | November 1254 – February/March 1260 (5 years and 3/4 months) | Deposed; died 1273 | |
| 134 | Nicephorus II | March 1260 – February 1261 (11 months approx.) | ||
| (133) | St. Arsenius Autoreianus | March/June – 15 August 1261 (a few months) |
Constantinople was captured by the Empire of Nicaea on 25 July 1261. The Emperor and his court arrived to Constantinople the next month. The Latin (Catholic) Patriarchate of Constantinople continued in exile until 1964.
| Name | Tenure | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (133) | St. Arsenius Autoreianus | 15 August 1261 – May/June 1264 (2 years and 10 months) | Deposed; died on 30 September 1273 | |
| 135 | Germanus III | 28 May 1265 – 14 September 1266 (1 year, 3 months and 17 days) | Resigned | |
| 136 | St. Joseph I | 1 January 1266 – 9 January 1275 (8 years and 8 days) | Deposed; died 1283 | |
| 137 | John XI | 2 June 1275 – 26 December 1282 (8 years and 12 days) | Deposed; died 1297 | |
| (136) | Joseph I | 31 December 1282 – 23 March 1283 (2 months and 23 days) | Restored | |
| 138 | Gregory II | 11 April 1283 – June 1289 (6 years and 2 months) | Resigned; died 1290 | |
| 139 | St. Athanasius I | 14 October 1289 – 16 October 1293 (4 years and 2 days) | ||
| 140 | John XII | 1 January 1294 – 21 June 1303 (9 years, 6 months and 20 days) | Resigned | |
| (139) | Athanasius I | 23 June 1303 – September 1309 (6 years and a few months) | Restored; resigned | |
| 141 | 9 May 1310 – 11 April 1314 (3 years, 11 months and 2 days) | Deposed; died 3 September 1328 | ||
| 142 | John XIII | 12 May 1315 – 11 May 1319 (4 years lacking 1 day) | Resigned | |
| 143 | Gerasimus I | 21 March 1320 – 20 April 1321 (1 year and 30 days) | ||
| 144 | Isaias | 11 November 1323 – December 1327 (4 years and 1 month) 24 May 1328 – 13 May 1332 (4 years lacking 19 days) | Deposed by Emperor Andronikos II; restored by Andronikos III | |
| 145 | John XIV | February 1334 – 2 February 1347 (13 years) | Deposed; died 29 Dec 1347 (aged 64) | |
| 146 | Isidore I | 17 May 1347 – February/March 1350 (2 years and 9 months) | ||
| 147 | St. Callistus I | 10 June 1350 – 15 August 1353 (3 years, 2 months and 5 days) | Deposed | |
| 148 | Philotheus | August 1353 – December 1354 (1 year and 4 months) | ||
| (147) | Callistus I | January 1355 – August 1363 (1 year and 4 months) | Restored; died in August 1363 | |
| (148) | Philotheus | 8 February 1364 – August 1376 (12 years and 6 months, or more) | Deposed after the coup of Andronikos IV Palaiologos; died in 1379 | |
| 149 | Macarius | June 1377 – July 1379 (2 years and 1 month) | Deposed after the restoration of John V Palaiologos | |
| 150 | Nilus | March/April 1380 – 1 February 1388 (7 years and 10/11 months) | ||
| 151 | Antony IV | January 1389 – July 1390 (1 year and 6 months) | Deposed | |
| (149) | Macarius | 30 July – late September 1390 (2 months or less) | Deposed after the fall of John VII Palaiologos | |
| (151) | Antony IV | September 1390 – May 1397 (6 years and 8 months) | Restored | |
| 152 | St. Callistus II | 17 May – August 1397 (3 months) | ||
| 153 | Matthew I | October 1397 – summer 1402 (4 years and a half) June 1403 – 10 August 1410 (7 years and 2 months) | Deposed in the absence of Manuel II Palaiologos; restored on his return | |
| 154 | Euthymius II | 26 October 1410 – 29 March 1416 (5 years, 5 months and 3 days) | ||
| 155 | Joseph II | 21 May 1416 – 10 June 1439 (23 years, 1 month and 20 days) | ||
| 156 | Metrophanes II | 4 May 1440 – 1 August 1443 (3 years, 2 months and 27 days) | ||
| 157 | Gregory III | summer 1445 – summer 1450 (5 years) | Deposed; died in 1459 | |
| 158 | Athanasius II | summer 1450 (?) (a few months?) | Existence contested |
On 29 May 1453 occurred the Fall of Constantinople, thus marking the end of the Byzantine Empire. The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople became subject to the Ottoman Empire.
| Name | Tenure | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159 | Gennadius II Scholarios | 6 January 1454 – 6 January 1456 (2 years) | Resigned; died 1472 | |
| 160 | Isidore II Xanthopoulos | January 1456 – 31 March 1462 (6 years and 2 months) |
According to Kiminas (2009):[1]
According to Laurent (1968):[9]
According to Gemanos of Sardeis (1933–1938):[10]
The chronology up to the year 1595 is somewhat disputed by authors.
| Name | Tenure | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 165 | St. Dionysius I | late 1466 – late 1471 (5 years) | Resigned; died 1492 | |
| (164) | Symeon I (2nd time) | late 1471 – early 1475 (3 years) | Restored; resigned | |
| 166 | Raphael I | early 1475 – early 1476 (17 years and 9 months) | Deposed and imprisoned | |
| 167 | St. Maximus III | 1476 – 3 April 1482 (6 years or less) | ||
| (164) | Symeon I (3rd time) | April 1482 – autumn 1486 (4 years) | ||
| 168 | Nephon II | late 1486 – early 1488 (1 year+) | Deposed | |
| (165) | Dionysius I (2nd time) | July 1488 – late 1490 (2 years+) | Restored; resigned | |
| 169 | Maximus IV | 1491–1497 (6 years) | ||
| (168) | Nephon II (2nd time) | 1497–1498 (1 year) | Resigned | |
| 170 | Joachim I | 1498–1502 (4 years) | Deposed | |
| (168) | Nephon II (3rd time) | 1502 (briefly) | Deposed; died 11 August 1508 | |
| 171 | Pachomius I | 1503–1504 (1 year) | Deposed | |
| (170) | Joachim I (2nd time) | 1504 (briefly) | ||
| (171) | Pachomius I (2nd time) | 1504–1513 (9 years) | ||
| 172 | Theoleptus I | 1513–1522 (9 years) | ||
| 173 | St. Jeremias I | 31 Dec 1522 – April/May 1524 (1 year and 4/5 months) | Deposed | |
| 174 | April/May 1524 – 24 September 1525 (1 year and 4/5 months) | Deposed | ||
| (173) | Jeremias I (2nd time) | 24 September 1525 – 13 January 1546 (20 years, 3 months and 20 days) | ||
| 175 | Dionysius II | 17 April 1546 – July 1556 (10 years and 3 months) | ||
| (???) | Joasaph II | July or August 1556 – 15 January 1565 (8 years and 5 months) | Deposed | |
| 176 | Metrophanes III | January/February 1565 – 4 May 1572 (7 years and 2/3 months) | Resigned | |
| 177 | Jeremias II | 5 May 1572 – 23 November 1579 (7 years, 6 months and 18 days) | Resigned | |
| (176) | Metrophanes III (2nd time) | 25 November 1579 – 9 August 1580 (8 months and 15 days) | ||
| (177) | Jeremias II (2nd time) | August 1580 – 22 February 1584 (7 years and 6 months) | Deposed and exiled | |
| 179 | Pachomius II | 22 February 1584 – February 1585 (1 year lacking a few days) | Deposed | |
| 180 | Theoleptus II | 16 February 1585 – May 1586 (1 year and 3 months) | Deposed | |
| (177) | Jeremias II (3rd time) | April 1587 – September 1595 (8 years and 5 months) | Deposed | |
| 181 | Matthew II | February 1596 (20 days) | Deposed | |
| 182 | Gabriel I | March – August 1596 (5 months) | ||
| 183 | February 1597 – 26 March 1597 (6 months) | |||
| 184 | Meletius I | 30 March 1597 – March 1598 (11 months) | Greek Patriarch of Alexandria
| |
| (181) | Matthew II (2nd time) | April 1598 – January 1602 (about 9 months) | Restored and resigned | |
| 185 | February 1602 – January 1603 (about 11 months) | Deposed and exiled | ||
| (181) | Matthew II (3rd time) | January – early February 1603 (17 days) | Died after 17 days | |
| 186 | Raphael II | February 1603 – October 1607 (4 years and 8 months) | Resigned; died a few months later | |
| (185) | Neophytus II (2nd time) | 15 October 1607 – October 1612 (5 years) | Deposed and exiled | |
| 187 | Cyril I | October 1612 (21 days) | Greek Patriarch of Alexandria
| |
| 188 | Timothy II | November 1612 – 3 September 1620 (7 years and 10 months) | ||
| (187) | Cyril I (2nd time) | 4 November 1620 – 12 April 1623 (2 years, 5 months and 8 days) | Deposed | |
| 189 | Gregory IV | 12 April – 18 June 1623 (2 months and 6 days) | Deposed and exiled | |
| 190 | Anthimus II | 18 June – 22 September 1623 (3 months and 4 days) | Resigned | |
| (187) | Cyril I (3rd time) | 22 September 1623 – 4 Oct 1633 (10 years and 12 days) | Deposed | |
| 191 | Cyril II Kontares | 4 – 11 October 1633 (7 days) | Deposed and exiled after a week; 2nd shortest patriarchate (with Gabriel II) | |
| (187) | Cyril I (4th time) | 11 October 1633 – 25 February 1634 (10 years and 12 days) | Deposed | |
| 192 | Athanasius III Patelaros | 25 February – early April 1634 (1 month and a few days) | Deposed | |
| (187) | Cyril I (5th time) | April 1634 – March 1635 (11 months) | Deposed | |
| (191) | Cyril II (2nd time) | March 1635 – June 1636 (1 year and 3 months) | Deposed and exiled | |
| 193 | Neophytus III | June 1636 – March 1637 (9 months) | Resigned | |
| (187) | Cyril I (6th time) | March 1637 – 20 June 1638 (1 year and 3 months) | Deposed and killed by the Janissaries on 27 June 1638 (aged 66) | |
| (191) | Cyril II (3rd time) | 20 June 1638 – late June 1639 (1 year) | Deposed and exiled; arrested on 24 June 1640 | |
| 194 | Parthenius I | 1 July 1639 – 8 September 1644 (5 years) | Deposed and exiled | |
| 195 | Parthenius II | 8 September 1644 – 16 November 1646 (2 years, 2 months and 8 days) | Deposed and exiled | |
| 196 | Joannicius II | 16 November 1646 – 28 October 1648 (1 year, 11 months and 12 days) | Deposed | |
| (195) | Parthenius II (2nd time) | 29 October 1648 – 16 May 1651 (2 years, 6 months and 18 days) | Killed by the Janissaries | |
| (196) | Joannicius II (2nd time) | June 1651 – June 1652 (1 year) | Deposed | |
| 197 | Cyril III | June 1652 (8 days) | Deposed and exiled; 4th shortest patriarchate | |
| (192) | Athanasius III (2nd time) | June 1652 (15 days) | Resigned; died on 5 April 1654; 6th shortest patriarchate | |
| 198 | July 1652 – April 1653 (9 months) | Resigned | ||
| (196) | Joannicius II (3rd time) | April 1653 – March 1654 (11 months) | Deposed | |
| (197) | Cyril III (2nd time) | March 1654 (14 days) | Deposed and exiled again | |
| (198) | Paisus I (2nd time) | March 1654 – March 1655 (1 year) | Deposed | |
| (196) | Joannicius II (4th time) | March 1655 – July 1656 (1 year and 4 months) | Deposed; died in 1660 | |
| 199 | St. Parthenius III | 26 July 1656 – 24 March 1657 (8 months) | Executed | |
| 200 | Gabriel II | 23 – 30 April 1657 (7 days) | Deposed; killed on 3 December 1659; 2nd shortest patriarchate (with Cyril II) | |
| 201 | Parthenius IV | 1 May 1657 – June 1662 (5 years and 1 month) | Resigned | |
| 202 | Dionysius III (1662–1665) | 29 June 1662 – 21 October 1665 (4 years, 3 months and 22 days) | Deposed, died on 28 August 1696 | |
| (201) | Parthenius IV (2nd time) | 21 October 1665 – 9 September 1667 (1 year, 10 months and 19 days) | Deposed and exiled | |
| 203 | Clement | 9 September 1667 – 5 January 1668 (3 months and 27 days) | Bought the position of patriarch; deposed and exiled | |
| 204 | Methodius III | 5 January 1668 – March 1671 (3 years and 2 months) | Resigned | |
| (201) | Parthenius IV (3rd time) | March – 7 September 1671 (6 months) | Deposed and exiled | |
| 205 | Dionysius IV | 8 November 1671 – 25 July 1673 (1 year, 8 years and 17 days) | Deposed | |
| 206 | Gerasimus II | 25 July 1673 – December 1674 (1 year and 5 months) | Deposed; died 6 February 1689 | |
| (201) | Parthenius IV (4th time) | 1 January 1675 – 29 July 1676 (1 year, 6 months and 28 days) | Deposed | |
| (205) | Dionysius IV (2nd time) | 29 July 1676 – 30 July 1679 (3 years and 1 day) | Deposed | |
| 207 | Athanasius IV | 30 July – 10 August 1679 (11 days) | Deposed and exiled | |
| 208 | James | 10 August 1679 – 30 July 1682 (2 years, 11 months and 20 days) | Resigned | |
| (205) | Dionysius IV (3rd time) | 10 July 1682 – 30 March 1684 (1 year, 8 months and 20 days) | Resigned | |
| (201) | Parthenius IV (5th time) | 10 March 1684 – 20 March 1685 (1 year and 10 days) | Resigned | |
| (208) | James (2nd time) | 20 March 1685 – March 1686 (1 year) | Deposed | |
| (205) | Dionysius IV (4th time) | March 1686 – 17 October 1687 (1 year and 7 months) | Deposed | |
| (208) | James (3rd time) | 12 October 1687 – 3 March 1688 (4 months and 22 days) | Resigned; died March 1690 | |
| 209 | Callinicus II | 3 March – 27 November 1688 (8 months and 24 days) | Deposed | |
| 210 | Neophytus IV | 27 November 1688 – 7 March 1689 (3 months and 10 days) | Deposed | |
| (209) | Callinicus II (2nd time) | 7 March 1689 – July 1693 (4 years and 4 months) | Deposed | |
| (205) | Dionysius IV (5th time) | August 1693 – April 1694 (8 months) | Deposed; died 23 September 1696 | |
| (209) | Callinicus II (3rd time) | April 1694 – 8 August 1702 (8 years and 4 months) | ||
| 211 | Gabriel III | 29 August 1702 – 25 October 1707 (5 years and 2 months) | ||
| 212 | Neophytus V | 20 – 25 October 1707 (5 days) | ... shortest patriarchate; not recognized by the Sultan | |
| 213 | Cyprianus | 25 October 1707 – May 1709 (2 years) | Deposed and exiled | |
| 214 | Athanasius V | May 1709 – 4 December 1711 (2 years and 7 months) | Resigned | |
| 215 | Cyril IV | December 1711 – November 1713 (1 year and 11 months) | Resigned; died 1728 | |
| (213) | Cyprianus (2nd) | November 1713 – 28 February 1714 (3 months) | Resigned | |
| 216 | Cosmas III | 28 February 1714 – 23 March 1716 (2 years and 24 days) | Resigned; died 28 Nov 1736 | |
| 217 | Jeremias III | 23 March 1716 – 19 November 1726 (10 years, 8 months and 27 days) | Deposed and exiled | |
| 218 | Callinicus III | 19 – 20 November 1726 (1 day) | Shortest patriarchate; died the day after his election. Sometimes not counted. | |
| 219 | Paisius II | 20 November 1726 – September 1732 (5 years and 10 months) | Deposed and exiled | |
| (217) | Jeremias III (2nd time) | 15 September 1732 – March 1733 (6 months) | Deposed and exiled; died October 1735 | |
| 220 | Seraphim I | March 1733 – September 1734 (1 year and 6 months) | Deposed and exiled | |
| 221 | Neophytus VI | 27 September 1734 – August 1740 (5 years and 11 months) | Deposed | |
| (219) | Paisius II (2nd time) | August 1740 – May 1743 (2 years and 9 months) | Deposed | |
| (221) | Neophytus VI (2nd time) | May 1743 – March 1744 (11 months) | Deposed and exiled; died February/March 1747 | |
| (219) | Paisius II (3rd time) | March 1744 – 28 September 1748 (4 years and 6 months) | Resigned | |
| 222 | Cyril V | 28 September 1748 – May 1751 (2 years and 8 months) | Deposed | |
| (219) | Paisius II (4th time) | May 1751 – September 1752 (1 year and 4 months) | Deposed; died October/December 1756 | |
| (222) | Cyril V (2nd time) | 7 September 1752 – 16 January 1757 (4 years, 4 months and 9 days) | Deposed and exiled; died 27 July 1775 | |
| 223 | Callinicus IV | 16 January – 22 July 1757 (6 months and 6 days) | Deposed and exiled; died in 1791 (aged 78) | |
| 224 | Seraphim II | 22 July 1757 – 26 March 1761 (3 years, 8 months and 4 days) | Deposed and exiled; died on 7 December 1779 | |
| 225 | Joannicius III | 26 March 1761 – 21 May 1763 (2 years, 4 months and 27 days) | Deposed and exiled | |
| 226 | Samuel | 24 May 1763 – 5 November 1768 (5 years, 5 months and 12 days) | Deposed and exiled | |
| 227 | Meletius II | 5 November 1768 – 11 April 1769 (5 months and 6 days) | Imprisoned, then deposed and exiled | |
| 228 | Theodosius II | 11 April 1769 – 16 November 1773 (4 years, 7 months and 5 days) | Deposed | |
| (226) | Samuel (2nd time) | 17 November 1773 – 24 December 1774 (1 year, 1 month and 7 days) | Deposed; died 10 May 1775 | |
| 229 | Sophronius II | 24 December 1774 – 8 October 1780 (5 years, 9 months and 15 days) | Former Patriarch of Jerusalem | |
| 230 | Gabriel IV | 8 October 1780 – 29 June 1785 (4 years, 8 months and 21 days) | ||
| 231 | Procopius | 29 June 1785 – 30 April 1789 (3 years, 10 months and 1 day) | Deposed and exiled; died 13 March 1812 (aged about 82) | |
| 232 | Neophytus VII | 1 May 1789 – 1 March 1794 (4 years and 10 months) | Deposed and exiled | |
| 233 | Gerasimus III | 3 March 1794 – 19 April 1797 (3 years, 1 month and 16 days) | Resigned | |
| 234 | St. Gregory V | 19 April 1797 – 18 December 1798 (1 year, 7 months and 29 days) | Deposed and exiled | |
| (232) | Neophytus VII (2nd time) | 19 December 1798 – 17 June 1801 (2 years, 5 months and 29 days) | Deposed and exiled | |
| 235 | Callinicus V | 17 June 1801 – 22 September 1806 (5 years, 3 months and 5 days) | Resigned | |
| (234) | Gregory V (2nd time) | 23 September 1806 – 10 September 1808 (2 years lacking 13 days) | Resigned | |
| (235) | Callinicus V (2nd time) | 10 September 1808 – 23 April 1809 (7 months and 13 days) | Deposed | |
| 236 | Jeremias IV | 23 April 1809 – 4 March 1813 (4 years and 11 days) | Resigned; died 5 March 1824 | |
| 237 | Cyril VI | 4 March 1813 – 13 December 1818 (5 years, 9 months and 9 days) | Executed on 18 April 1821, aged 46 (see Greek War of Independence) | |
| (234) | Gregory V (3rd time) | 14 December 1818 – 10 April 1821 (2 years, 2 months and 27 days) | Deposed and executed; killed at the age of 75 | |
| 238 | Eugenius II | 10 April 1821 – 27 July 1822 (1 year, 3 months and 17 days) |
Greece, which was recognized as an independent country in 1830, adopted the modern Gregorian calendar in 1923, followed by Turkey in 1926. The difference between the Gregorian and Julian calendars is of 12 days, meaning that some sources may give a different date depending of the calendar used (see also Old Style and New Style dates). The list follows the Julian dates used at the time in Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
| 239 | Anthimus III Άνθιμος Γ΄ | 28 July 1822 – 9 July 1824 (1 year, 11 months and 11 days) | Deposed and exiled | † 13 August 1842 | ||
| 240 | Chrysanthus Χρύσανθος | 9 July 1824 – 26 September 1826 (6 years, 2 months and 18 days) | Deposed and exiled | 1768 – 10 September 1834 (aged 66) | ||
| 241 | Agathangelus Αγαθάγγελος | 26 September 1826 – 5 July 1830 (3 years, 7 months and 10 days) | Deposed and exiled | † 30 November 1831 | ||
| 242 | Constantius I Κωνστάντιος Α΄ | 6 July 1830 – 18 August 1834 (4 years, 1 month and 12 days) | Resigned | 1770 – 5 January 1859 (aged 89) |
| Portrait | Name | Tenure | Notes | Lifespan | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 243 | – | Constantius II Κωνστάντιος Β΄ | 18 August 1834 – 26 September 1835 | Deposed | 1780 – 17 June 1859 (aged 79) | |
| 244 | Gregory VI Fourtouniadis Γρηγόριος ΣΤ΄ | 27 September 1835 – 20 February 1840 | Deposed | 1798 – 8 June 1881 (aged 83) | ||
| 245 | Anthimus IV Vamvakis Άνθιμος Δ΄ | 20 February 1840 – 6 May 1841 | Deposed | 1788 – 1878 (aged 90) | ||
| 246 | – | Anthimus V Chrysafidis Άνθιμος Ε΄ | 6 May 1841 – 12 June 1842 () | – | † 12 June 1842 | |
| 247 | Germanus IV Γερμανός Δ΄ | 14 June 1842 – 18 April 1845 | Deposed | 1788 – 16 September 1853 (aged 65) | ||
| 248 | – | Meletius III Pangalos Μελέτιος Γ΄ | 18 April – 28 November 1845 (7 months and 10 days) | – | 1772 – 28 November 1845 (aged 73) | |
| 249 | Anthimus VI Ioannides Άνθιμος ΣΤ΄ | 4 December 1845 – 18 October 1848 | Deposed | 1782 – 1878 (aged 96) | ||
| (245) | Anthimus IV (2nd time) | 18 October 1848 – 30 October 1852 | Deposed | 1788 – 1878 (aged 90) | ||
| (247) | Germanus IV (2nd time) | 1 November 1852 – 16 September 1853 | – | 1788 – 16 September 1853 (aged 65) | ||
| (249) | Anthimus VI (2nd time) | 24 September 1853 – 21 September 1855 | Deposed | 1782 – 1878 (aged 96) | ||
| 250 | Cyril VII Κύριλλος Ζ΄ | 21 September 1855 – 1 July 1860 () | Deposed | 1800 – 13 March 1872 (aged 72) | ||
| 251 | Joachim II Kokkodis Ιωακείμ Β΄ | 4 October 1860 – 9 July 1863 | Deposed | 1802 – 4 August 1878 (aged 76) | ||
| 252 | Sophronius III Meidantzoglous Σωφρόνιος Γ΄ | 20 September 1863 – 4 December 1866 | Resigned | 1802 – 22 August 1899 (aged 97) | ||
| (244) | Gregory VI (2nd time) | 10 February 1867 – 10 June 1871 | Resigned | 1798 – 8 June 1881 (aged 83) | ||
| (249) | Anthimus VI (2nd time) | 5 September 1871 – 30 September 1873 | Resigned | 1782 – 7 December 1878 (aged 96) | ||
| (251) | Joachim II (2nd time) | 23 November 1873 – 4 August 1878 | 1802 – 4 August 1878 (aged 76) | |||
| 253 | Joachim III Devetzis Ιωακείμ Γ΄ | 4 October 1878 – 30 March 1884 | Resigned | 30 January 1834 – 13 November 1912 (aged 78) | ||
| 254 | Joachim IV Krousouloudis Ιωακείμ Δ΄ | 1 October 1884 – 14 November 1886 | Resigned | 5 July 1837 – 15 February 1887 (aged 50) | ||
| 255 | Dionysius V Charitonidis Διονύσιος Ε΄ | 4 February 1887 – 25 August 1891 | 22 March 1820 – 25 August 1891 (aged 71) | |||
| 256 | Neophytus VIII Papakonstantinou Νεόφυτος Η΄ | 8 November 1891 – 6 November 1894 | Resigned | 1832 – 18 July 1909 (aged 77) | ||
| 257 | Anthimus VII Tsatsos Άνθιμος Ζ΄ | 1 February 1895 – 29 January 1897 | Resigned | 1827 – 5 December 1913 (aged 86) | ||
| 258 | Constantine V Valiadis Άνθιμος Ζ΄ | 14 April 1897 – 9 April 1901 | Deposed | 11 January 1833 – 27 February 1914 (aged 81) | ||
| (253) | Joachim III (2nd time) | 25 May 1901 – 13 November 1912 | 1834 – 13 November 1912 (aged 78) | |||
| 259 | Germanus V Kavvakopoulos Γερμανός Ε΄ | 10 February 1913 – 25 October 1918 | Resigned | 6 December 1835 – 28 July 1920 (aged 85) | ||
| 260 | Meletius IV Metaxakis Μελέτιος Δ΄ | 8 December 1918 – 20 September 1923 | Resigned, also Archbishop of Athens and Greek Patriarch of Alexandria | 21 September 1871 – 28 July 1935 (aged 64) |
On 24 July 1923, the Ottoman Empire was dissolved and replaced by the Republic of Turkey.
| Picture | Name | Tenure | Notes | Lifespan | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 261 | Gregory VII Zervoudakis Γρηγόριος Ζ΄ | 6 December 1923 – 17 November 1924 | 21 September 1850 – 17 November 1924 (aged 74) | |||
| 262 | Constantine VI Arampoglous Κωνσταντίνος ΣΤ΄ | 17 December 1924 – 22 May 1925 | Resigned after being deported to Greece | 1859 – 28 November 1930 (aged 71) | ||
| 263 | Basil III Georgiadis Βασίλειος Γ' | 13 July 1925 – 29 September 1929 | 1846 – 29 September 1929 (aged 83) | |||
| 264 | – | Photius II Maniatis Φώτιος Β' | 7 October 1929 – 29 December 1935 | 1874 – 29 December 1935 (aged 61) | ||
| 265 | Benjamin I Βενιαμίν | 18 January 1936 – 17 February 1946 () | 1871 – 17 February 1946 (aged 75) | |||
| 266 | – | Maximus V Vaportzis Μάξιμος Ε' | 20 February 1946 – 19 October 1948 () | Resigned | 1897 – 1 January 1972 (aged 74) | |
| 267 | Athenagoras I Spyrou Αθηναγόρας | 1 November 1948 – 7 July 1972 | 6 April 1886 – 7 July 1972 (aged 86) | |||
| 268 | – | Demetrios I Papadopoulos Δημήτριος | 16 July 1972 – 2 October 1991 () | 8 September 1914 – 2 October 1991 (aged 77) | ||
| 269 | Bartholomew I Arhondonis Βαρθολομαίος | Since 2 November 1991 () | Current patriarch | Born on 29 February 1940 (aged 84) |
Longest-reigning patriarchs
Shortest reigning patriarchs