List of Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople

The following people were bishops, metropolitans and patriarchs of Constantinople Ecumenical Opel (Istanbul):

Bishops of Byzantium ( 38-325 )

There is some debate among historians, to what extent this part of the list of the bishops of Byzantium is a historical truth or later fiction.

• Saint Andrew (Founder )
• Stachys the Apostle ( 38-54 )
• Onesimus ( 54-68 )
• Polycarp I ( 69-89 )
• Plutarch ( 89-105 )
• Sedekion ( 105-114 )
• Diogenes ( 114-129 )
• Eleutherius ( 129-136 )
• Felix ( 136-141 )
• Polycarp II ( 141-144 )
• Athenodorus ( 144-148 )
• Euzois ( 148-154 )
• Laurentius ( 154-166 )
• Alypius ( 166-169 )
• Pertinax ( 169-187 )
• Olympianus ( 187-198 )
• Marcus I. ( 198-211 )
• Philadelphus ( 211-217 )
• Cyriacus I. ( 217-230 )
• Castinus ( 230-237 )
• Eugenius I. ( 237-242 )
• Titus ( 242-272 )
• Dometius ( 272-284 )
• Rufinus I. ( 284-293 )
• Probus ( 293-306 )
• Metrophanes ( 306-325 )

Archbishops of Constantinople Opel ( 325-451 )

• Metrophanes ( 325-326 )
• Alexander ( 326-337 )
• Paul I. ( 337-339 ), ( 341-342 ) ( 346-350 )
• Eusebius of Nicomedia ( 338-341 )
• Macedonius I. ( 342-346 ), ( 351-360 )
• Eudoxius of Antioch ( 360-370 )
• Demophilus ( 370-379 )
• Euagrius ( 370 or 379 )
• Maximus ( 380)
• Gregory I. Nazianzen ( 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 )
• Flavian ( 446-449 )
• Anatolius ( 449-451 )

Patriarch of Constantinople Opel (since 451)

451-1204

• Anatolius ( 451-458 )
• Gennadius I. ( 458-471 )
• Acacius ( 471-489 )
• Phrabitas ( 489 )
• Euphemius ( 489-495 )
• Makedonios II ( 495-511 )
• Timotheos I ( 511-518 )
• John II Kappadokes ( 518-520 )
• Epiphanius ( 520-535 )
• Anthimos I. ( 535-536 )
• Menas ( 536-552 )
• Eutychios of Constantinople Opel ( 552-565, 577-582 )
• John III. Scholasticus ( 565-577 )
• John IV Nesteutes ( 582-595 )
• Kyriakos ( 596-606 )
• Thomas I. ( 607-610 )
• Sergios I. ( 610-638 )
• Pyrrhus ( 638-641 )
• Paulos II ( 641-653 )
• Petros ( 654-666 )
• Thomas II ( 667-669 )
• John V ( 669-675 )
• Konstantinos I. ( 675-677 )
• Theodoros I. ( 677-679 )
• Georgios I. ( 679-686 )
• Paulos III. ( 687-693 )
• Kallinikos I. ( 693-705 )
• Cyrus ( 705-711 )
• John VI. ( 712-715 )
• Germanos 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 of Cassiteras I. ( 815-821 )
• Antonios I. ( 821-836 )
• John VII Grammatikos ( 836-843 )
• Methodios I. ( 843-847 )
• Ignatius I. ( 847-25. 858 December, 867-23. 877 October )
• Photius I the Great (25 December 858-867, 877-886 )
• Stephen I ( 886-893 )
• Antonios Kauleas II ( 893-901 )
• Nicholas I Mystikos ( 901-907, 912-925 )
• Euthymius Synkellos I. ( 907-912 )
• Stephanos II of Amasea ( 925-928 )
• Tryphon ( 928-931 )
• Theophylaktos ( 933-956 )
• Polyeuctus ( 956-970 )
• Basil I Skamandrenos ( 970-974 )
• Antonios III. Studite ( 974-980 )
• Nicholas II Chrysoberges ( 984-996 )
• Sisinnios II ( 996-998 )
• Sergios II (999-1019)
• Eustathius (1019-1025)
• Alexius I Studite (1025-1043)
• Michael I. Kerularios (1043-1058)
• Constantine III. Lichoudas (1059-1063)
• John VIII Xiphilinos (1064-1075)
• Kosmas I. (1075-1081)
• Eustathius Garidas (1081-1084)
• Nicholas III. Grammatikos (1084-1111)
• John IX. Agapetos (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)
• Neophytos I. ( 1153 )
• Constantine IV Chliarenus (1154-1156)
• Luke Chrysoberges (1156-1169)
• Michael III. Anchialos (1170-1177)
• Chariton (1177-1178)
• Theodosius I. Borradiotes (1179-1183)
• Basil II Karnateros (1183-1186)
• Nicetas II Muntanes (1186-1189)
• Leon Theotokites (1189-1190)
• Dositheos (1190-1191)
• George II Xiphilinos (1191-1198)
• John X Kamateros (1198-1206)

1204-1261 (in exile )

• John X Kamateros (1198-1206)
• Michael Autoreianos IV (1207-1213)
• Theodore II Eirenikos (1213-1215)
• Maximos II ( 1215)
• Manuel I. Charitopoulos (1215-1222)
• Germanos II (1222-1240)
• Methodius II ( 1240)
• Vacancy 1240-1244
• Manuel II (1244-1255)
• Arsenio Autoreianos (1255-1259, 1261-1267)
• Nikephoros II (1260-1261)

1261-1453

• Germanos III. ( 1267 )
• Joseph I. Galesiotes (1267-1275)
• John XI. (1275-1282)
• Gregory II of Cyprus (1283-1289)
• Athanasios I. (1289-1293, 1303-1309)
• John XII. (1294-1303)
• Nephon I. (1310-1314)
• John XIII. Glykys (1315-1320)
• Gerasimus I. (1320-1321)
• Isaiah (1323-1334)
• John XIV Kalekas (1334-1347)
• Isidor I. (1347-1350)
• Kallistos I. (1350-1353, 1354-1363)
• Philotheos Kokkinos (1353-1354, 1364-1376)
• Makarios (1376-1379, 1390-1391)
• Neilos Kerameos (1379-1388)
• Antonios IV (1389-1390, 1391-1397)
• Kallistos Xanthopoulos II ( 1397 )
• Maththaios I. (1397-1410)
• Euthymius II (1410-1416)
• Joseph II (1416-1439)
• Metrophanes II (1440-1443)
• Gregory III. Mom (1443-1450)
• Athanasios II (1450-1453)

1453 to today

• Gennadius II Scho Larios (1453-1456, 1458, 1462-1463, 1464 )
• Isidore II Xanthopoulos (1456-1457)
• Sophronios I. Syropoulos (1463-1464)
• Joasaph I. ( 1464, 1464-1466 )
• Markos II ( 1466 )
• Symeon I. ( 1466, 1471-1474, 1481-1486 )
• Dionysius I (1466-1471, 1489-1491)
• Raphael I (1475-1476)
• Maximos III. (1476-1481)
• Nephon II (1486-1488, 1497-1498, 1502 )
• Maximos IV (1491-1497)
• Joachim I. (1498-1502, 1504)
• Pachomius I. (1503-1504, 1504-1513)
• Theoleptos I. (1513-1522)
• Jeremias I. (1522-1545)
• Joan Nicos I. ( 1546)
• Dionysius II (1546-1555)
• Joasaph II (1555-1565)
• Metrophanes III. (1565-1572, 1579-1580)
• Jeremiah II Tranos (1572-1579, 1580-1584, 1587-1595)
• Pachomius II (1584-1585)
• Theoleptos II (1585-1586)
• Maththaios II (1596, 1598-1602, 1603)
• Gabriel I. ( 1596)
• Theophanes I. Karykes (1597 )
• Meletios Pegas I. ( coadjutor ) ( 1597-1598, 1601
• Neophytos II (1602-1603, 1607-1612)
• Raphael II (1603-1607)
• Timotheos II (1612-1620)
• Cyril I. Loukaris ( 1612, 1620-1623, 1623-1630, 1630-1633, 1633-1634, 1634-1635, 1637-1638 )
• Gregory IV ( 1623)
• Anthimus II ( 1623)
• Kyrillos II ( 1633, 1635-1636, 1638-1639 )
• Athanasios III. Patelaros (1634 )
• Neophytos III. (1636-1637)
• Parthenius I. (1639-1644)
• Parthenius II (1644-1646, 1648-1651)
• Joan Nikos II (1646-1648, 1651-1652, 1653-1654, 1655-1656))
• Kyrillos III. (1652-1654)
• Parthenius III. (1656-1657)
• Gabriel II ( 1657)
• Parthenius IV (1657-1662, 1665-1667, 1671, 1675-1676, 1684, 1685)
• Theophanes II (1659 )
• Dionysios III. (1662-1665)
• Klemens ( 1667)
• Methodius III. (1668-1671)
• Dionysios IV Muse Limes (1671-1673, 1676-1679, 1682-1684, 1686, 1687, 1693-1694 )
• Gerasimos II (1673-1674)
• Athanasios IV ( 1679 )
• Jakobos (1679-1682, 1685-1686, 1687-1688)
• Kallinikos II (1688, 1689-1693, 1694-1702 )
• Neophytos IV (1688 )
• Gabriel III. (1702-1707)
• Neophytos V. (1707 )
• Kyprianos I. (1707-1709, 1713-1714)
• Athanasios V. (1709-1711)
• Kyrillos IV (1711-1713)
• Cosmas III. (1714-1716)
• Jeremias III. (1716-1726. 1732-1733)
• Paisios II (1726-1732, 1740-1743, 1744-1748)
• Serapheim I. (1733-1734)
• Neophytos VI. (1734-1740, 1743-1744)
• Kyrillos V. (1748-1751, 1752-1757)
• Kallinikos III. (1757 )
• Seraphim II (1757-1761)
• Joan Nikos III. (1761-1763)
• Samuel I. Chatzeres (1763-1768, 1773-1774)
• Meletius II (1769-1769)
• Theodosius II (1769-1773)
• Sophronius II (1774-1780), previously Patriarch Sophronius of Jerusalem V.
• Gabriel IV (1780-1785)
• Prokopios I. (1785-1789)
• Neophytos VII (1789-1794, 1798-1801)
• Gerasimos III. (1794-1797)
• Gregory V (1797-1798, 1806-1808, 1818-1821)
• Kallinikos IV ( 1801-1806. 1808-1809 )
• Jeremias IV (1809-1813)
• Kyrillos VI. (1813-1818)
• Eugenio II (1821-1822)
• Anthimos III. (1822-1824)
• Chrysanthos I. (1824-1826)
• Agathangelos I. (1826-1830)
• Constantius I. (1830-1834)
• Constantius II (1834-1835)
• Gregory VI. (1835-1840, 1867-1871)
• Anthimos IV (1840-1841, 1848-1852)
• Anthimos V. (1841-1842)
• Germanos IV (1842-1845, 1852-1853)
• Meletius III. (1845 )
• Anthimos VI. (1845-1848, 1853-1855, 1871-1873)
• Kyrillos VII (1855-1860)
• Joachim II (1860-1863, 1873-1878)
• Sophronius III. (1863-1866)
• Joachim III. (1878-1884, 1901-1912)
• Joachim IV (1884-1887)
• Dionysios V. (1887-1891)
• Neophytos VIII (1891-1894)
• Anthimos VII (1895-1897)
• Constantine V (1897-1901)
• Germanos V. (1913-1918)
• Vacant 1918-1921
• Meletios IV Metaxakis (1921-1923)
• Gregory VII (1923-1924)
• Constantine VI. (1924-1925)
• Vasilios III. (1925-1929)
• Photios II (1929-1935)
• Benjamin I. (1936-1946)
• Maximos V (1946-1948)
• Athinagoras (1948-1972)
• Demetrius I (1972-1991)
• Bartholomew I. (1991 -present)