List of archbishops of Athens

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This is a list of Bishops, Metropolitans, and Archbishops of Athens.

Contents 1 Bishops of Athens 1.1 Roman Period 1.2 Byzantine Era (395-1204) 2 Metropolitans of Athens 2.1 Byzantine Era (395-1204) continued 2.2 Era of Latin Occupation (1204-1456) 2.3 Era of Ottoman Occupation (1456-1822) 2.4 Modern Era (1822-Present) 3 Archbishops of Athens 3.1 Modern Era (1822-Present) continued 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Bishops of Athens

[edit] Roman Period

Name	Term
Hierotheus	before 52 A.D.
Dionysius I	52-96
Narcissus	117-138
Publius	161-180
Quadratus	abt 200
Leonidas	?-250
Olympius	?
Pistus	abt 325
Clematius	4th century

[edit] Byzantine Era (395-1204)

Name	Term
Modestus	abt 431?
Athanasius I	451?-458
Anatolius	abt 459
John I	5th century
John II	abt 680
Contias	abt 694
Theocharistus	abt 702
Marinus	abt 704
John III	abt 714

[edit] Metropolitans of Athens

[edit] Byzantine Era (395-1204) continued

Name	Term
Gregory I	abt 780
Adamantius	abt 810
John IV	abt 819
Theodosius	9th century
Hypatius	9th century
Demetrius I	9th century
Germanus I (Archbishop)	?-841
Demetrius II	?-846/857
Gabriel I	?-858/860
Gregory II	?
Cosmas	?
Nicetas I	869/870-881?
Sabbas I	abt 881
Anastasius	?-889
Sabbas II	?-914
George I	?-922
Nicetas II	?-927
Constantine	?-965?
Philip	?-981
Theodegius	abt 1007
Michael I	abt 1030
Leo I	?-1061
Leo II	?-1069
John V	abt 1087
Nicetas III	?-1103
Nicephorus	abt 1112
Gerasimus?	?
George II	abt 1156/7
Nicholas I	1166-1172?
Michael II	12th century
Theophylactus	12th century
George III	abt 1172
George IV	?-1180

[edit] Era of Latin Occupation (1204-1456)

Name	Term
Michael III	1182-1222?
Meletius I	between 1275-1289
Elias	abt 1300
Neophytus I	abt 1336
Anthimus I	?-1366
Nicodemus	1371-?
Dorotheus I	abt 1387
Makarius I	abt 1394/5
Gerbasius	abt 1432
Phantinus	1440-1443?
Theodore	abt 1453

[edit] Era of Ottoman Occupation (1456-1822)

Name	Term
Isidore	abt 1456
Dorotheus II	abt 1472
Anthimus II	abt 1489
Neophytus II	abt 1492
Lavrentius	1528-1546
Callistus	1550-1564
Sophronius I	1565-1570?
Nicanor	1574-1592
Theophanes I	1592-1597
Neophytus III	1597-1602
Samuel	1602
Nathaniel	1602-1606
Anthimus III	1606-1611?
Cyril I	1611-1619?
Metrophanes	1619-1620?
Theophanes II	1620?-1633
Sophronius II	1633-1636
Daniel	1636-1665
Anthimus IV	1665-1676
Iakovos I	1676-1686
Athanasius II	1686-1689
Makarius II	1689-1693
Anthimus V	1693-1699
Cyril II	1699-1703
Meletius II	1703-1713
Iakovos II	1713-1734
Zachary	1734-1740
Anthimus VI	1741-1756 (1st)
Anthimus VI	1760-1764 (2nd)
Bartholomew	1764-1771?(1st)
Neophytus IV	1771?-1775
Bartholomew	1775-1780 (2nd)
Gabriel II	1781?
Benedict	1781-1785 (1st)
Athanasius III	1785-1787 (1st)
Benedict	1787-1797?(2nd)
Athanasius III	1797?-1799 (2nd)
Gregory III	1799-1820
Dionysius II	1820-1823

[edit] Modern Era (1822-Present)

Name	Term
Gregory IV	1827-1828
Anthimus VII	1828-1833
Unilateral Declaration of Autocephaly (23 July 1833) Autocephaly Officially Granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (29 June 1850)
Neophytus V	1833-1861
Michael IV	1861-1862
Theophilus	1862-1873
Procopius I	1874-1889
Germanus II	1889-1896
Procopius II	1896-1901
Theocletus I	1902-1917 (1st)
Meletius III	1918-1920
Theocletus I	1920-1922 (2nd)

[edit] Archbishops of Athens

[edit] Modern Era (1822-Present) continued

Name	Term
elevated to Archbishopric (31 December 1923)
Chrysostom I	1923-1938
Chrysanthus	1938-1941
Damaskinos	1941-1949
Spyridon	1949-1956
Dorotheus	1956-1957
Theocletus II	1957-1962
Iakovos III	1962
Chrysostom II	1962-1967
Ieronymos I	1967-1973
Seraphim	1973-1998
Christodoulos	1998-2008
Ieronymos II	2008-Present

[edit] See also

• Church of Greece

[edit] External links

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