List of Patriarchs of Constantinople

Bishops of Byzantium (until 325)

• St. Andrew the Apostle ( founder )
• Stachys the Apostle (38-54)
• Onesimus (54-68)
• Polycarpus I (69-89)
• Plutarch (89-105)
• Sedecion (105-114)
• Diogenes (114-129)
• Eleutherius (129-136)
• Felix (136-141)
• Polycarpus II (141-144)
• Athendodorus (144-148)
• Euzois (148-154)
• Laurence (154-166)
• Alypius (166-169)
• Pertinax (169-187)
• Olympians (187-198)
• Mark I or Marcus I (198-211)
• Philadelphus (211-217)
• Ciriacus I (217-230)
• Castinus (230-237)
• Eugenius I (237-242)
• Titus (242-272)
• Dometius (272-284)
• Rufinus I (284-293)
• Probus (293-306)
• Metrophanes (306-314)
• Alexander (314-337)

Bishops and Archbishops of Constantinople (before 330 inclusive)

• Paul I (337-339)
• Eusebius of Nicomedia (339-341)
• Paul I, restored (341-342)
• Macedonius I (342-346)
• Paul I, restored (346-351)
• Macedonius I, restored (351-360)
• Eudoxius of Antioch (360-370)
• Demophilus (370-379)
• Euagrius (370 or 379)
• Maximus (380)
• Gregory I Nazianzus the Theologian (379-381)
• Nectarius (381-397)
• John I Chrysostom (398-404)
• Arsacius of Tarsus (404-405)
• Atticus (406-425)
• Sisinnius I (426-427)
• Nestorius (428-431)
• Maximianus (431-434)
• Proclus (434-446)
• Phlabianus or Flavian (446-449)
• Anatolius (449-451)

Patriarchs of Constantinople (since 451)

• Anatolius (451-458)
• Gennadius I (458-471)
• Acacius (471-488)
• Fravitta or Phrabitas (488-489)
• Euphemius (489-495)
• Macedonius II (495-511)
• Timothy I or Timotheus I (511-518)
• John II Cappadocia (518-520)
• Epiphanius (520-535)
• Anthimus I (535-536)
• Menas (536-552)
• Eutychius (552-565, 577-582)
• John III Scholasticus (565-577)
• John IV Nesteutes (582-595)
• Cyriacus or Kyriakos (Greek) (596-606)
• Thomas I (607-610)
• Sergius I (610-638)
• Pyrrhus I (638-641)
• Paul II (641-653)
• Peter (654-666)
• Thomas II (667-669)
• John V (669-675)
• Constantine I (675-677)
• Theodore I (677-679)
• George I (679-686)
• Paul III (687-693)
• Callinicus I (693-705)
• Cyrus (705-711)
• John VI (712-715)
• Germanus I of Constantinople (715-730)
• Anastasius (730-754)
• Constantine II (754-766)
• Nicetas (766-780)
• Paul IV (780-784)
• Saint Tarasius (784-806)
• Nicephorus I (806-815)
• Theodotus I of Cassiteras (815-821)
• Antony I of Constantinople (821-836)
• John VII Grammaticus (836-843)
• Methodius I (843-847)
• Ignatius I (847- December 25 858, 867- October 23 877)
• Photius I the Great (December 25 858-867, 877-886)
• Stephan I (886-893)
• Antony II Kauleas (893-901)
• Nicholas I Mysticus (901-907, 912-925)
• Euthymius I Syncellus (907-912)
• Stephan II of Amasea (925-928)
• Tryphon (928-931)
• Theophylactus (933-956)
• Polyeuctus (956-970)
• Basil I Skamandrenus (970-974)
• Antony III Studites (974-980)
• Nicholas II Chrysoberges (984-996)
• Sisinnius II (996-998)
• Sergius II (999-1019)
• Eustathius (1019-1025)
• Alexus I Studites (1025-1043)
• Michael I Cerularius (1043-1058)
• Costantine III Lichoudas (1059-1063)
• John VIII Xiphilinus (1064-1075)
• Cosmas I (1075-1081)
• Eustathius Garidas (1081-1084)
• Nicholas III Grammaticus (1084-1111)
• John IX Agapetus (1111-1134)
• Leon Styppes (1134-1143)
• Michael II Kurkuas (1143-1146)
• Cosmas II Atticus (1146-1147)
• Nicholas IV Muzalon (1147-1151)
• Theodotus II (1151-1153)
• Neophytus I (1153)
• Constantine V Chliarenus (1154-1156)
• Luke Chrysoberges (1156-1169)
• Micheal III of Anchialus (1170-1177)
• Chariton (1177-1178)
• Theodosius I Borradiotes (1179-1183)
• Basil II Carnaterus (1183-1186)
• Nicetas II Muntanes (1186-1189)
• Leon Theotokites (1189-1190)
• Dositheus (1190-1191)
• George II Xiphilinus (1191-1198)
• John X Camaterus (1198-1206)
• Michael IV Autoreianus (1207-1213)
• Theodore II Eirenicus (1213-1215)
• Maximus II (1215)
• Manuel I Charitopoulos (1215-1222)
• Germanus II (1222-1240)
• Methodius II (1240)
• vacancy 1240-1244
• Manuel II (1244-1255)
• Arsenius Autoreianus (1255-1259, 1261-1267)
• Nicephorus II (1260-1261)
• Germanus III (1267)
• Joseph I Galesiotes (1267-1275)
• John XI Bekkos (1275-1282)
• Gregory II Cyprius (1283-1289)
• Athanasius I (1289-1293, 1303-1309)
• John XII (1294-1303)
• Nephon I (1310-1314)
• John XIII Glykys (1315-1320)
• Gerasimus I (1320-1321)
• Jesaias (1323-1334)
• John XIV Kalekas (1334-1347)
• Isidore I (1347-1350)
• Callistus I (1350-1354, 1355-1363)
• Philotheus Kokkinos (1354-1355, 1364-1376)
• Macarius (1376-1379, 1390-1391)
• Neilus Kerameus (1379-1388)
• Antony IV (1389-1390, 1391-1397)
• Callistus II Xanothopoulos (1397)
• Matthew I (1397-1410)
• Euthymius II (1410-1416)
• Joseph II (1416-1439)
• Metrophanes II (1440-1443)
• Gregory III Mammas (1443-1450)
• Athanasius II (1450-1453)
• Gennadius II Scholarius (1453-1456, 1458, 1462-1463)
• Isidore II Xanthopoulos (1456-1457)
• Sophronius I Syropoulos (1463-1464)
• Gennadius (1464)
• Joasaph I (1464, 1464-1466)
• Marcus II (1466)
• Symeon I (1466, 1471-1474, 1481-1486)
• Dionysius I (1466-1471, 1489-1491)
• Raphael I (1475-1476)
• Maximus III (1476-1481)
• Nephon II (1486-1488, 1497-1498, 1502)
• Maximus IV (1491-1497)
• Joachim I (1498-1502, 1504)
• Pachomius I (1503-1504, 1504-1513)
• Theoleptus I (1513-1522)
• Jeremias I (1522-1545)
• Joannicus I (1546)
• Dionysius II (1546-1555)
• Joasaph II (1555-1565)
• Metrophanes III (1565-1572, 1579-1580)
• Jeremias II Tranos (1572-1579, 1580-1584. 1587-1595)
• Pachomius II (1584-1585)
• Theoleptus II (1585-1586)
• Matthew II (1596, 1598-1602, 1603)
• Gabriel I (1596)
• Theophanes I Karykes (1597)
• Meletius I Pegas (coadjutor) (1597-1598, 1601
• Neophytus II (1602-1603, 1607-1612)
• Raphael II (1603-1607)
• Timotheus (1612-1620)
• Cyril I Lucaris (1612, 1620-1623, 1623-1630, 1630-1633, 1633-1634, 1634-1635, 1637-1638)
• Gregory IV (1623)
• Anthimus II (1623)
• Cyril II Kontares (1633, 1635-1636, 1638-1639)
• Athanasius III Patelaros (1634)
• Neophytus III (1636-1637)
• Parthenius I (1639-1644)
• Parthenius II (1644-1646, 1648-1651)
• Joannicus II (1646-1648, 1651-1652, 1653-1654, 1655-1656))
• Cyril III (1652-1654)
• Parthenius III (1656-1657)
• Gabriel II (1657)
• Parthenius IV (1657-1662, 1665-1667, 1671, 1675-1676, 1684, 1685)
• Theophanes II (1659)
• Dionysius III (1662-1665)
• Clement (1667)
• Methodius III (1668-1671)
• Dionysius IV Muselimes (1671-1673, 1676-1679, 1682-1684, 1686, 1687, 1693-1694)
• Gerasimus II (1673-1674)
• Athanasius IV (1679)
• James (1679-1682, 1685-1686, 1687-1688)
• Callinicus II (1688, 1689-1693, 1694-1702)
• Neophytus IV (1688)
• Gabriel III (1702-1707)
• Neophytus V (1707)
• Cyprianus I (1707-1709, 1713-1714)
• Athanasius V (1709-1711)
• Cyril IV (1711-1713)
• Cosmas III (1714-1716)
• Jeremias III (1716-1726. 1732-1733)
• Paisius II (1726-1732, 1740-1743, 1744-1748)
• Serapheim I (1733-1734)
• Neophytus VI (1734-1740, 1743-1744)
• Cyril V (1748-1751, 1752-1757)
• Callinicus III (1757)
• Serapheim II (1757-1761)
• Joannicus III (1761-1763)
• Samuel I Chatzeres (1763-1768, 1773-1774)
• Meletius II (1769-1769)
• Theodosius II (1769-1773)
• Sophoronius II (1774-1780)
• Gabriel IV (1780-1785)
• Procopius I (1785-1789)
• Neophytus VII (1789-1794, 1798-1801)
• Gerasimus III (1794-1797)
• Gregory V (1797-1798, 1806-1808, 1818-1821)
• Callinicus IV (1801-1806. 1808-1809)
• Jeremias IV (1809-1813)
• Cyril VI (1813-1818)
• Eugenius II (1821-1822)
• Anthimus III (1822-1824)
• Chrysanthus I (1824-1826)
• Agathangelus I (1826-1830)
• Constantius I (1830-1834)
• Constantius II (1834-1835)
• Gregory VI (1835-1840, 1867-1871)
• Anthimus IV (1840-1841, 1848-1852)
• Anthimus V (1841-1842)
• Germanus IV (1842-1845, 1852-1853)
• Meletius III (1845)
• Anthimus VI (1845-1848, 1853-1855, 1871-1873)
• Cyril VII (1855-1860)
• Joachim II (1860-1863, 1873-1878)
• Sophoronius III (1863-1866)
• Joachim III (1878-1884, 1901-1912)
• Joachim IV (1884-1887)
• Dionysius V (1887-1891)
• Neophytus VIII (1891-1894)
• Anthimus VII (1895-1897)
• Constantine V (1897-1901)
• Germanus V (1913-1918)
• vacancy 1918-1921
• Meletius IV Metaxakis (1921-1923)
• Gregory VII (1923-1924)
• Constantine VI (1924-1925)
• Basil III (1925-1929)
• Photius II (1929-1935)
• Benjamin I (1936-1946)
• Maximus V (1946-1948)
• Athenagoras (1948-1972)
• Demetrius I (1972-1991)
• Bartholomew I (1991-present)

Note

• different spelling on same names:

left column: names as seen on www.patriarchate.org

• Timotheus = Timothy
• Germanus = Germanius
• Stephanus = Stephan

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See also:
Patriarch of Constantinople - Patriarch - Constantinople - Eastern Orthodoxy - Apostolic succession - Ambrose - Athanasius of Alexandria - Basil of Caesarea - Cyril of Jerusalem - Eusebius of Caesarea - Pope Gregory I - Gregory Nazianzus - Gregory of Nyssa - Hilary of Poitiers - Jerome - John of Damascus - Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos - Socrates Scholasticus - Sozomen - Theodoret - Vincent of Lerins