# List of archbishops of Athens

This is a list of Bishops, Metropolitans, and Archbishops of Athens. The Church of Athens was created by Paul the Apostle during his second missionary journey, when he preached at the Areopagus, probably in 51 AD. According to the Acts of the Apostles (17:16–34), after the sermon, many became followers of Paul, thus forming the kernel of the Church in Athens. The see of Athens has been unilaterally declared autocephalous on 4 August 1833 (officially recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on 11 July 1850) and was elevated to an archbishopric on 31 December 1923. As the head of the Church of Greece, the holder has styled Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Αθηνών και πάσης Ελλάδος).

## Bishops of Athens

| No. | Incumbent | From | Until |
| Roman period (1st century – 395 AD) ||||
| 1 | Hierotheus (uncertain) | ? | 52 |
| 2 | Dionysius I (first bishop according to some sources) | 52 | 96 |
| Vacant | Vacant | 96 | 117 |
| 3 | Narcissus | 117 | c. 120 |
| 4 | Publius | c. 120 | 125 |
| 5 | Quadratus | 125 | 129 |
| Vacant | Vacant | 129 | ? |
| 6 | Leonidas [el] | ? | 250 |
| 7 | Olympius | ? | ? |
| 8 | Pistus | ? | c. 325 |
| 9 | Clematius | c. 325 | ? |
| Byzantine period (395–1205 AD) ||||
| 10 | Modestus | c. 431 | c. 451 |
| 11 | Athanasius I | c.451 | c. 458 |
| 12 | Anatolius | c. 458 | c. 459 |
| 13 | John I | c. 459 | c. late 5th century |
| Vacant | Vacant | 6th century | c. 680 |
| 13 | John II | c. 680 | c. 694 |
| 15 | Contias | c. 694 | c. 702 |
| 16 | Theocharistus | c. 702 | c. 704 |
| 17 | Marinus | c. 704 | c. 714 |
| 18 | John III | c. 714 | ? |

## Metropolitans of Athens
### Pre-modern period

| No. | Incumbent | From | Until |
| Byzantine period (395–1205 AD) ||||
| 19 | Gregory I | c. 780 | c. 810 |
| 20 | Adamantius | c. 810 | c. 819 |
| 21 | John IV | c. 819 | 9th century |
| 22 | Theodosius | 9th century | 9th century |
| 23 | Hypatius | 9th century | 9th century |
| 24 | Demetrius I | 9th century | 9th century |
| 25 | Germanus I (Archbishop) | 9th century | 841 |
| 26 | Demetrius II | 841 | 846/857 |
| 27 | Gabriel I | 846/857 | 858/860 |
| 28 | Gregory II | 858/860 | 9th century |
| 29 | Cosmas | 9th century | 869/870 |
| 30 | Nicetas I | 869/870 | 881? |
| 31 | Sabbas I | c. 881 | c. 881 |
| 32 | Anastasius | 881? | 889 |
| 33 | Sabbas II | 889 | 914 |
| 34 | George I | 914 | 922 |
| 35 | Nicetas II | 922 | 927 |
| 36 | Constantine | 927 | 965? |
| 37 | Philip | 965? | 981 |
| 38 | Theodegius | 981 | c. 1007 |
| 39 | Michael I | c. 1007 | c. 1030 |
| 40 | Leo I | c. 1030 | 1061 |
| 41 | Leo II | 1061 | 1069 |
| 42 | John V | 1069 | c. 1087 |
| 43 | Nicetas III | c. 1087 | 1103 |
| 44 | Nicephorus | 1103 | c. 1112 |
| 45 | Gerasimus? | ? | ? |
| 46 | George II Bourtzes | c. 1156/7 | c. 1156/7 |
| 47 | Nicholas I Hagiotheodorites | 1160 | 1175 |
| 48 | Michael II | 12th century | 12th century |
| 49 | Theophylactus | 12th century | 12th century |
| 50 | George III | 12th century | c. 1172 |
| 51 | George IV | c. 1172 | c. 1180 |
| 52 | Michael II Choniates | 1182 | 1222? |
| Latin period (1205–1456 AD), holders in exile or titular until 1388 ||||
| 53 | Meletius I | 1275 | 1289 |
| 54 | Elias | 1289 | c. 1300 |
| 55 | Neophytus I | c. 1300 | c. 1336 |
| 56 | Anthimus I | c. 1336 | 1366 |
| 57 | Nicodemus | 1371 | c. 1387 |
| 58 | Dorotheus I | 1388 | 1392 |
| 59 | Macarius I | 1392 | c. 1432 |
| 60 | Gerbasius | c. 1432 | 1440 |
| 61 | Phantinus | 1440 | 1443? |
| 62 | Theodore | 1443? | c. 1453 |
| Ottoman period (1456–1821/27 AD) ||||
| 63 | Isidore | c. 1456 | |
| 64 | Dorotheus II | | c. 1472 |
| 65 | Anthimus II | c. 1489 | c. 1492 |
| 66 | Neophytus II | c. 1492 | c. 1528 |
| 67 | Lawrence | 1528 | 1546 |
| 68 | Callistus | 1550 | 1564 |
| 69 | Sophronius I | 1565 | 1574? |
| 70 | Nicanor [el] | 1574 | 1592 |
| 71 | Theophanes I [fr] | 1592 | 1597 |
| 72 | Neophytus III | 1597 | 1602 |
| 73 | Samuel | 1602 | 1602 |
| 74 | Nathaniel | 1602 | 1606 |
| 75 | Anthimus III | 1606 | 1611? |
| 76 | Cyril I | 1611 | 1619? |
| 77 | Metrophanes | 1619 | 1620? |
| 78 | Theophanes II | 1620? | 1633 |
| 79 | Sophronius II | 1633 | 1636 |
| 80 | Daniel | 1636 | 1665 |
| 81 | Anthimus IV | 1665 | 1676 |
| 82 | Iakovos I | 1676 | 1686 |
| 83 | Athanasius II | 1686 | 1689 |
| 84 | Makarius II | 1689 | 1693 |
| 85 | Anthimus V | 1693 | 1699 |
| 86 | Cyril II | 1699 | 1703 |
| 87 | Meletius II | 1703 | 1713 |
| 88 | Iakovos II | 1713 | 1734 |
| 89 | Zachary | 1734 | 1740 |
| 90 | Anthimus VI | 1741 | 1756 |
| (90) | Anthimus VI | 1760 | 1764 |
| 91 | Bartholomew | 1764 | 1771? |
| 92 | Neophytus IV | 1771? | 1775 |
| (91) | Bartholomew | 1775 | 1780 |
| 93 | Gabriel II | 1781? | 1781? |
| 94 | Benedict | 1781 | 1785 |
| 95 | Athanasius III | 1785 | 1787 |
| (94) | Benedict | 1787 | 1797? |
| (95) | Athanasius III | 1797? | 1799 |
| 96 | Gregory III | 1799 | 1820 |
| 97 | Dionysius II [el] | 1820 | 1823 |

### Modern period

| No. | Primate | Reign | Reign | Notes |
| 98 | Gregory IV | 16 September 1827 | March 1828 | |
| 99 | Anthimus VII | March 1828 | 27 July 1833 | |
| 100 | Neophytus V [el] | 2 December 1833 | 10 January 1862 | Bishop in 1833–1850 |
| 101 | Michael IV [el] | 13 January 1862 | 2 August 1862 | |
| 102 | Theophilus [el] | 8 August 1862 | 15 July 1873 | |
| 103 | Anthony | 9 August 1873 | 15 May 1874 | |
| 104 | Procopius I [el] | 8 June 1874 | 11 February 1889 | |
| 105 | Germanus II [el] | 17 July 1889 | 30 January 1896 | |
| 106 | Procopius II [el] | 23 October 1896 | 21 November 1901 | |
| 107 | Theocletus I [el] | 17 November 1902 | 11 October 1917 | 1st tenure |
| 108 | Meletius III | 13 March 1918 | 29 November 1920 | |
| (107) | Theocletus I [el] | 29 November 1920 | 16 December 1922 | 2nd tenure |
| 109 | Chrysostomos I | 8 March 1923 | 31 December 1923 | |

## Archbishops of Athens and All Greece

| No. | Primate | Reign | Reign | Notes |
| 110 | Chrysostomos I | 31 December 1923 | 22 October 1938 | |
| 111 | Damaskinos | 5 November 1938 | 1 December 1938 | 1st tenure. Election cancelled by the regime of Ioannis Metaxas |
| 112 | Chrysanthus | 12 December 1938 | 2 July 1941 | Resigned in the aftermath of the German invasion of Greece, after refusing to swear-in the collaborationist government of Georgios Tsolakoglou |
| (111) | Damaskinos | 2 July 1941 | 20 May 1949 | 2nd tenure |
| 113 | Spyridon | 4 June 1949 | 21 March 1956 | |
| 114 | Dorotheus (III) | 29 March 1956 | 26 July 1957 | |
| 115 | Theocletus II [el] | 7 August 1957 | 8 January 1962 | |
| 116 | Jacob III [el] | 13 January 1962 | 25 January 1962 | |
| 117 | Chrysostomos II | 14 February 1962 | 11 May 1967 | Forced to resign by the military regime following the coup d'état on 21 April 1967 |
| 118 | Ieronymos I | 14 May 1967 | 12 December 1973 | Resigned following the Athens Polytechnic uprising and the coup d'état on 25 November 1973 |
| 119 | Seraphim | 12 January 1974 | 10 April 1998 | |
| 120 | Christodoulos | 28 April 1998 | 28 January 2008 | |
| 121 | Ieronymos II | 7 February 2008 | Incumbent | |