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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

highest position in the Eastern Orthodox Church

124 dated entries naming Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, drawn from 107 separate years between 38 CE and 1948 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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1st century

  • 38Stachys the Apostle becomes the second patriarch of Constantinople (traditional date).source
  • 38Andrew the Apostle becomes the first patriarch of Constantinople, and resigns that position shortly thereafter (traditional date).source
  • 54Patriarch Onesimus succeeds Stachys the Apostle as Patriarch of Constantinople.source

2nd century

  • 105Change of Patriarch of Constantinople from Patriarch Plutarch to Patriarch Sedecion.source
  • 114Change of Patriarch of Constantinople from Patriarch Sedecion to Patriarch Diogenes.source
  • 129Change of Patriarch of Constantinople, from Patriarch Diogenes to Eleutherius.source
  • 136Change of Bishop of Byzantium from Bishop Eleutherius to Bishop Felix.source
  • 141Change of Patriarch of Constantinople from Felix of Byzantium to Polycarpus II of Byzantium.source
  • 144Change of Patriarch of Constantinople from Polycarpus II to Athendodorus (until 148).source
  • 148Euzois succeeds Athendodorus, as Patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 154Change of Patriarch of Constantinople from Patriarch Euzois to Patriarch Laurence.source
  • 166Alypius succeeds Laurence as Patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 187Olympianus succeeds Pertinax as bishop of Byzantium (until 198).source
  • 198Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211).source

3rd century

  • 211Marcus I is succeeded by Philadelphus, as Patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 230Patriarch Castinus succeeds Ciriacus I as patriarch Constantinople.source
  • 237Patriarch Eugenius I succeeds Patriarch Castinus as Patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 242Patriarch Titus succeeds Eugenius I as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 272).source
  • 272Dometius succeeds Titus as Patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 284Rufinus succeeds Dometius as Bishop of Byzantium.source
  • 293Probus succeeds Rufinus, as Bishop of Byzantium.source

4th century

  • 329Gregory Nazianzus, Greek Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 390)source
  • 337Paul I becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 341Paul I is restored as Patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 342Paul I, Patriarch of Constantinople, is deposed and replaced by Macedonius I.source
  • 346Macedonius I, Patriarch of Constantinople, is deposed again by Paul I.source
  • 351Macedonius is restored as Patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 370Demophilus of Constantinople becomes Patriarch of Constantinople, although his position is disputed by Evagrius of Constantinople.source
  • 379Gregory Nazianzus becomes Patriarch of Constantinople, and is wounded when he is attacked by a mob of heretics.source
  • 381Nectarius succeeds Gregory Nazianzus as Archbishop of Constantinople.source
  • 386Demophilus, Patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • 390January 25 – Gregory Nazianzus, theologian and Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 329)source

5th century

  • 404Eudoxia exiles John Chrysostom, bishop of Constantinople, for criticizing her sumptuous lifestyle. He is banished to the Caucasus in Armenia. Pope Innocent I at Rome orders a synod to reinstate the bishop, but his envoys are imprisoned. Atticus becomes the new bishop of Constantinople.source
  • 426Sisinnius becomes Archbishop of Constantinople.source
  • 428April 10 – Nestorius is made patriarch of Constantinople. He preaches a new doctrine, that will be called Nestorianism. It makes a distinction between the divine and human natures of Jesus, but comes under immediate attack from Pope Celestine I, and Cyril of Alexandria.source
  • 431June – First Council of Ephesus: Nestorianism is rejected; the Nicene Creed is declared to be complete. Nestorius is deposed from his see.source
  • 431October 1 – Maximianus is enthroned as Patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 434April 12 – Maximianus dies on Great and Holy Thursday. He is succeeded by Proclus, who becomes archbishop of Constantinople.source
  • 434April 12 – Maximianus, archbishop of Constantinoplesource
  • 435August 3 – Theodosius II exiles Nestorius, archbishop of Constantinople, to a monastery in the Libyan desert at the behest of his sister Pulcheria.source
  • 449August 11 – Flavian, patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • 449August 3 – The Second Council of Ephesus opens, chaired by Dioscorus, patriarch of Alexandria. Flavian, patriarch of Constantinople, and Domnus II, patriarch of Antioch, are deposed on August 8.source
  • 457February 7 – Leo I, a Thraco-Roman (or Dacian) high-ranking officer, becomes the new emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, reigning for nearly 20 years. He is first to accept the Byzantine crown from the hands of the patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 458July 3 – Gennadius I becomes patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 458July 3 – Anatolius, patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • 460Gennadius I, patriarch of Constantinople, banishes Timothy II, patriarch of Alexandria.source
  • 471Acacius becomes patriarch of Constantinople, succeeding Gennadius I.source
  • 471August 25 – Gennadius I, patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • 488Fravitta becomes patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 489Acacius, patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • 490Euphemius becomes patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 496Emperor Anastasius I has Euphemius, patriarch of Constantinople, deposed and excommunicated. He appoints Macedonius II as his successor. Euphemius is sent into exile.source
  • 498November 19 – Pope Anastasius II dies after a 2-year reign in which he has tried to conciliate followers of Acacius, late patriarch of Constantinople, who was excommunicated by Felix III.source

6th century

  • 511Macedonius II is deposed as patriarch of Constantinople, and replaced by Timothy I.source
  • 512Eutychius, patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date)source
  • 515Euphemius, patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • 517Macedonius II, patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date)source
  • 520February 25 – Epiphanius is elected patriarch of Constantinople by Byzantine Emperor Justin I.source
  • 520January 19 – John of Cappadocia, patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • 535Anthimus I becomes patriarch of Constantinople (535–536).source
  • 535June 5 – Epiphanius, patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • 536Before March 13 – Anthimus I is deposed as patriarch of Constantinople in favour of Menas.source
  • 552Eutychius becomes patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 552Menas, patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • 565January 22 – Patriarch Eutychius of Constantinople is deposed as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople by Justinian I after he refuses the Byzantine Emperor's order to adopt the tenets of the Aphthartodocetae, a sect of Monophysites. From April 12 he is replaced by John Scholasticus.source
  • 567John III, patriarch of Constantinople, organizes a compromise between the Chalcedonians and Monophysites.source
  • 577Eutychius is restored as patriarch of Constantinople, after an exile of 12 years at Amasia (modern Turkey).source
  • 577August 31 – John Scholasticus, patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • 582April 11 – John Nesteutes becomes the 33rd bishop or patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 582April 5 – Eutychius, patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • 595September 2 – John IV ("the Faster"), patriarch of Constantinople, dies after a 13-year reign in which he has mediated disputes between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Monophysites.source
  • 595September 2 – John IV, patriarch of Constantinoplesource

7th century

  • 606Cyriacus II, patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • 607October 11 – Thomas I is appointed as the 60th patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 619Heraclius prepares to leave Constantinople and moves the Byzantine capital to Carthage, but is convinced to stay by Sergius I, patriarch of Constantinople. He begins to rebuild the Byzantine army with the aid of funds from church treasures.source
  • 622Byzantine–Sasanian War: Emperor Heraclius sails from Constantinople with an expeditionary force (probably 50,000 men), and starts a counter-offensive against the Persian Empire (his young son, Constantine III, is left behind as regent under the charge of Sergius I, patriarch of Constantinople, and patrician Bonus). He lands a few days later at the junction of Cilicia and Syria, near Alexandretta and ancient Issus.source
  • 638December 20 – Pyrrhus I becomes patriarch of Constantinople, after the death of Sergius I. He has been an advocate of Monothelitism and a close friend of Heraclius.source
  • 654June 1 – Pyrrhus, patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • 693Callinicus I becomes the 71st patriarch of Constantinople, after Paul III.source
  • 693August 20 - Paul III, patriarch of Constantinoplesource

8th century

  • 705Kallinikos I, patriarch of Constantinople (or 706)source
  • 706Kallinikos I, patriarch of Constantinople (or 705)source
  • 730Tarasios, patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date)source
  • 758Nikephoros I, patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date)source
  • 766Summer – Patriarch Constantine II is deposed and jailed, after the discovery of Constantine Podopagouros' plot against Constantine V. Nicetas I is appointed patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 767Constantine II, patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • 784Paul IV, patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • 784August 30 – Paul IV abdicates as patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 797Ignatius I, patriarch of Constantinople (or 798)source
  • 798Ignatius I, patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date)source

9th century

  • 806April 12 – Nikephoros I is elected patriarch of Constantinople, succeeding Tarasios.source
  • 806February 25 – Tarasios, patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • 810Photius I, patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date)source
  • 813July 11 – Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and becomes a monk (under the name Athanasius). His sons are castrated to prevent them succeeding the Byzantine throne, and relegated into monasteries. One of them, Niketas (renamed Ignatius), eventually becomes a patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 837Antony I, patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • 852Nicholas I Mystikos, Byzantine patriarch (d. 925)source
  • 858October 23 – Ignatios I, patriarch of Constantinople, is imprisoned by orders of Emperor Michael III, and replaced by the layman Photius I.source
  • 867September – Photius I ("the Great"), patriarch of Constantinople, is removed from office and banished. Ignatius is reinstated as patriarch by Basil I.source
  • 877October 23 – Ignatius, patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • 877October 23 – Photius I is reinstated as patriarch of Constantinople, after the death of Ignatius.source
  • 879Fourth Council of Constantinople: Emperor Basil I calls for a synod, and reinstates Photius I as patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 893May 18 – Stephen I, patriarch of Constantinople (b. 867)source

10th century

  • 901March 1 – Nicholas Mystikos, a layman close to Photios, becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 907February 1 – Nicholas I Mystikos is deposed as Patriarch of Constanstinople, (having fallen out with the Byzantine Emperor Leo VI), and is replaced by Euthymius I Syncellus.source
  • 912Euthymius I is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople, and Nicholas Mystikos is restored.source
  • 925May 15 – Nicholas I Mystikos, twice the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and having reigned a second time since 912, dies at the age of 73.source
  • 925May 15 – Nicholas I Mystikos, Byzantine patriarch (b. 852)source
  • 928July 18 – Tryphon succeeds Stephen II as patriarch of Constantinople (until 931).source

11th century

  • 1001July – Sergius II becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.source

12th century

  • 1134Leo Styppes becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.source

14th century

  • 1303June 23 – Athanasius I returns to leadership of the Eastern Orthodox church in Byzantium, receiving recognition as the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople almost 10 years of having been driven from that office.source
  • 1400Gennadius Scholarius, Byzantine Greek philosopher and theologian, and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1473)source

15th century

  • 1403June 14 – The Emperor Manuel II restores Matthew I as the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, leader of the Eastern Orthodox Christians. Matthew had been deposed the previous autumn during the Emperor's absence from Byzantium.source
  • 1482April 3 – Symeon I succeeds Maximus III as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.source

16th century

  • 1525September 24 – Jeremias I is restored to the position of Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, leader of the Eastern Orthodox Christian church, by order of the Ottoman Empire Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.source
  • 1579November 23 – Jeremias II Tranos is removed from office as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church, and replaced by his rival Metrophanes III of Constantinople, whom he deposed on May 4, 1572.source
  • 1584February 22 – After being falsely accused of various charges, Jeremias II Tranos, leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, is deposed by his fellow bishops and exiled to the island of Rhodes. Jeremias is replaced by Pachomius II Patestos.source
  • 1585February 16 – Pachomius II is deposed by fellow bishops from his position as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, head of the Eastern Orthodox Church, and replaced by the Metropolitan of Philippoupolis, Theoleptus II.source

17th century

  • 1671November 8 – Dionysius IV, bishop of Larissa, is elected as the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, leader of the Eastern Orthodox Christians, after Parthenius IV is sent into exile.source

18th century

  • 1716March 23 – Jeremias III becomes the new Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, leader of the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church.source
  • 1718January 17 – Jeremias III reclaims his role as the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, chief leader within the Eastern Orthodox Church, 16 days after the Metropolitan Cyril IV of Pruoza had engineered an election to become the Patriarch.source
  • 1726November 20 – Callinicus, Metropolitan of Heraclea dies suddenly only one day after being elected the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, the highest office in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Callinicus is said to have paid a record fee to the Ottoman Sultan to guarantee his appointment.source

19th century

  • 1813March 4 – Cyril VI of Constantinople is elected Ecumenical Patriarch.source

20th century

  • 1948November 1 – Athenagoras I is elected the 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.source

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