List of Patriarchs of Constantinople

The following is a list of the primates of the Church of Constantinople.
== Bishops of Byzantium (until 325) ==
=== Apostolic era (33-100) ===
 St. Andrew the Apostle (founder) 
 Stachys (38-54) 
 Onesimus (54-68) 
 Polycarpus I (69-89) 
 Plutarch (89-105) 
=== Ante-Nicene era (100-325) ===
 Sedecion (105-114) 
 Diogenes (114-129) 
 Eleutherius (129-136) 
 Felix (136-141) 
 Polycarpus II (141-144) 
 Athenodorus (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) 
 Kyriakos 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 (325/331-381 inclusive) ==
=== Nicene era (325-451) ===
 Paul I (337-339) 
 Eusebius of Nicomedia (339-341)Paul I (341-342) 
 Macedonius I (342-346)Paul I (346-351), 2nd timeMacedonius I (351-360), 2nd time 
 Eudoxius of Antioch (360-370) 
 Demophilus (370-379) 
 Euagrius (370 or 379) 
 Maximus (380) 
 Gregory I Nazianzus the Theologian (379-381)
== Patriarchs of Constantinople (since 381) ==
=== Nicene era (325 – 451) cont. ===
Nectarius (381-397) </li></li>
 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 (449-458)
=== Byzantine era (451 – 843) ===
 Gennadius I (458-471) 
 Acacius (471-488) 
 Phrabitas or Fravitta (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) 
 John III Scholasticus (565-577) Eutychius (577-582), 2nd time </li>
 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 (715-730) 
 Anastasius (730-754) 
 Constantine II (754-766) 
 Nicetas (766-780) 
 Paul IV (780-784) 
 Tarasius (784-806) 
 Nicephorus I (806-815) 
 Theodotus I Cassiteras (815-821) 
 Antony I (821-836) 
 John VII Grammaticus (836-843)
=== Late Byzantine era (843 – 1453) ===
 Methodius I (843-847) 
 Ignatius I (847 – December 25, 858) 
 Photius I the Great (December 25, 858 – 867) Ignatius I (867 – October 23, 877), 2nd time </li>Photius I (877-886), 2nd time </li>
 Stephanus I (886-893) 
 Antony II Kauleas (893-901) 
 Nicholas I Mysticus (901-907, 912-925) 
 Euthymius I Syncellus (907-912) 
 Stephanus 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) 
 Alexius I Studites (1025-1043) 
 Michael I Cerularius (1043-1058) 
 Constantine 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 IV Chliarenus (1154-1156) 
 Luke Chrysoberges (1156-1169) 
 Michael 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) See vacant (1240-1244) </li>
 Manuel II (1244-1255) 
 Arsenius Autoreianus (1255-1259) 
 Nicephorus II (1260-1261) Arsenius Autoreianus (1261-1267), 2nd time </li>
 Germanus III (1267) 
 Joseph I Galesiotes (1267-1275) 
 John XI Bekkos (1275-1282) 
 Gregory II Cyprius (1283-1289) 
 Athanasius I (1289-1293)	
 John XII (1294-1303) Athanasius I (1303-1309), 2nd time </li>
 Nephon I (1310-1314) 
 John XIII Glykys (1315-1320) 
 Gerasimus I (1320-1321) 
 IsaiasI (1323-1334) 
 John XIV Kalekas (1334-1347) 
 Isidore I (1347-1350) 
 Callistus I (1350-1354) 
 Philotheus Kokkinos (1354-1355) Callistus I (1355-1363), 2nd time </li>Philotheus Kokkinos (1364-1376), 2nd time </li>
 Macarius (1376-1379) 
 Nilus Kerameus (1379-1388) 
 Antony IV (1389-1390) Macarius (1390-1391), 2nd time </li>Antony IV (1391-1397), 2nd time </li>
 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)
=== Post-Imperial era (1453-1821) ===
 Gennadius II Scholarius (1453-1456) 
 Isidore II Xanthopoulos (1456-1462) Gennadius II Scholarius (1462), 2nd time </li>
 Sophronius I Syropoulos (1463-1464) Gennadius II Scholarius (1464), 3rd time </li>
 Joasaph I (1464-1466) 
 Marcus II Xylokaraves (1466) 
 Symeon I of Trebizond (1466) 
 Dionysius I (1466-1471) Symeon I of Trebizond, 2nd time (1471-1474) </li>
 Raphael I (1475-1476) 
 Maximus III Manasses (1476-1481)Symeon I of Trebizond (1481-1486), 3rd time</li>
 Nephon II (1486-1488) 
 Dionysius I (1489-1491) 
 Maximus IV (1491-1497) Nephon II (1497-1498), 2nd time </li>
 Joachim I (1498-1502) Nephon II (1502), 3rd time </li>
 Pachomius I (1503-1504) Joachim I (1504), 2nd time </li>Pachomius I (1504-1513), 2nd time </li>
 Theoleptus I (1513-1522) 
 Jeremias I (1522-1545) 
 Joannicus I (1546) 
 Dionysius II (1546-1555) 
 Joasaph II (1555-1565) 
 Metrophanes III (1565-1572) 
 Jeremias II Tranos (1572-1579) Metrophanes III (1579-1580), 2nd time </li>Jeremias II Tranos (1580-1584, 2nd time) </li>
 Pachomius II (1584-1585) 
 Theoleptus II (1585-1586) Jeremias II Transo (1587-1595), 3rd time </li>
 Matthew II (1596) 
 Gabriel I (1596) 
 Theophanes I Karykes (1597) 
 Meletius I Pegas (1597-1598) Matthew II (1598-1602, 2nd time) </li>
 Neophytus II (1602-1603) Matthew II (1603), 3rd time </li>
 Raphael II (1603-1607) Neophytus II (1607-1612), 2nd time </li>
 Cyril I Lucaris (1612)	
 Timothey or Timotheus (II) (1612-1620) </li>Cyril I Lucaris (1620-1623), 2nd time </li>
 Gregory IV of Amasea (1623) 
 Anthimus II (1623) Cyril I Lucaris (1623-1633), 3rd time </li>
 Cyril II Kontares (1633) Cyril I Lucaris (1633-1634), 4th time </li>
 Athanasius III Patelaros (1634) Cyril I Lucaris (1634-1635), 5th time </li>Cyril II Kontares (1635-1636) </li>
 Neophytus III of Nicea (1636-1637) Cyril I Lucaris (1637-1638), 6th time </li>Cyril II Kontares (1638-1639), 2nd time </li>
 Parthenius I (1639-1644) 
 Parthenius II (1644-1646) 
 Joannicus II (1646-1648) Parthenius II (1648-1651), 2nd time </li>Joannicus II (1651-1652), 2nd time </li>
 Cyril III (1652-1654) 
 Paisius I (1654-1655) Joannicus II (1655-1656), 3rd time </li>
 Parthenius III (1656-1657) 
 Gabriel II (1657) 
 Parthenius IV (1657-1662) 
 Theophanes II (1659) See vacant (1659-1662) </li>
 Dionysius III (1662-1665) Parthenius IV (1665-1667), 2nd time </li>
 Clement (1667) 
 Methodius III (1668-1671) Parthenius IV (1671, 3rd time) </li>
 Dionysius IV Muselimes (the Muslim) (1671-1673) </li>
 Gerasimus II (1673-1674) Parthenius IV (1675-1676), 4th time </li>Dionysius IV Muselimes (1676-1679), 2nd time </li>
 Athanasius IV (1679) 
 James (1679-1682) Dionysius IV Muselimes (1682-1684), 2nd time </li>Parthenius IV (1684), 5th time </li>James (1685-1686), 2nd time </li>Dionysius IV Muselimes (1686), 3rd time </li>James (1687-1688), 4th time </li>
 Callinicus II (1688) 
 Neophytus IV (1688) Callinicus II (1689-1693), 2nd time </li>Dionysius IV Muselimes (1693-1694), 4th time </li>Callinicus II (1694-1702), 2nd time </li>	
 Gabriel III (1702-1707) 
 Neophytus V (1707) 
 Cyprianus I (1707-1709) 
 Athanasius V (1709-1711) 
 Cyril IV (1711-1713) Cyprianus I (1713-1714), 2nd time </li>
 Cosmas III (1714-1716) 
 Jeremias III (1716-1726) 
 Paisius II (1726-1732) Jeremias III (1732-1733), 2nd time </li>
 Serapheim I (1733-1734) 
 Neophytus VI (1734-1740) Paisius II (1740-1743), 2nd time </li>Neophytus VI (1743-1744), 2nd time </li>Paisius II (1744-1748), 3rd time </li>
 Cyril V (1748-1757) 
 Callinicus III (1757) 
 Serapheim II (1757-1761) 
 Joannicus III (1761-1763) 
 Samuel I Chatzeres (1763-1768) 
 Meletius II (1769) 
 Theodosius II (1769-1773) Samuel I Chatzeres (1773-1774), 2nd time </li>
 Sophronius II (1774-1780) 
 Gabriel IV (1780-1785) 
 Procopius I (1785-1789) 
 Neophytus VII (1789-1794) 
 Gerasimus III (1794-1797) 
 Gregory V (1797-1798) Neophytus VII (1798-1801), 2nd time </li>
 Callinicus IV (1801-1806) Gregory V (1806-1808), 2nd time </li>Callinicus IV (1808-1809), 2nd time </li>
 Jeremias IV (1809-1813) 
 Cyril VI (1813-1818) Gregory V (1818-1821), 3rd time </li>
=== Modern era (1821-1917) ===
 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) 
 Anthimus IV (1840-1841) 
 Anthimus V (1841-1842) 
 Germanus IV (1842-1845) 
 Meletius III (1845)	
 Anthimus VI (1845-1848) Anthimus IV (1848-1852), 2nd time </li>Germanus IV (1852-1853), 2nd time </li>Anthimus VI (1853-1855), 2nd time </li>
 Cyril VII (1855-1860) 
 Joachim II (1860-1863) 
 Sophronius III (1863-1866) Gregory VI (1867-1871), 2nd time </li>Anthimus VI (1871-1873), 3rd time </li>Joachim II (1873-1878, 2nd time </li>
 Joachim III (1878-1884)	
 Joachim IV (1884-1887) 
 Dionysius V (1887-1891) 
 Neophytus VIII (1891-1894) 
 Anthimus VII (1895-1897) 
 Constantine V (1897-1901) Joachim III (1901-1912), 2nd time </li>
 Germanus V (1913-1918) See vacant(1918-1921) </li>
=== Communist era (1917-1991) ===
 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 I (1948-1972) 
 Demetrius I (1972-1991)
=== Post-Communist era (1991-Present) ===
 Bartholomew I (1991-present)
== Notes ==
* different spelling on same names:
left column: names as seen on www.patriarchate.org
* Timotheus = Timothy
* Germanus = Germanius
* Stephanus = Stephen
==See also==
*List of Patriarchs
==Source==
*Original source of list
==External links==
*List of Patriarchs (Ecumenical Patriarchate)
*Hierarchical Succession of the Patriarchal See of Constantinople at the Orthodox Research Institute
*List of Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople at Wikipedia
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