Patriarchs of Constantinople
This is a list of the Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople.
On May 11, 330 the town of Constantinople was consecrated by the Roman emperor Constantine I on the site of an already-existing city, Byzantium, thus becoming the capital of the East Roman Empire (known also as Byzantine Empire).
On May 29, 1453 occurred the Fall of Constantinople, thus marking the end of the Byzantine Empire. The Ecumenical Patriarchate became subject to the Ottoman Empire.
There are different suggestions by scholars for the succession of the Patriarchs from 1462 to 1466. The main positions are the following:
According to Kiminas (2009):
According to Laurent (1968):
According to Gemanos of Sardeis (1933–38):
On July 23, 1833 the Church of Greece declared itself . It was followed by the Romanian Orthodox Church in 1864, the Bulgarian Exarchate in 1872, and the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1879, thus reducing the extension of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
On July 24, 1923 the Ottoman Empire dissolved, replaced by the Republic of Turkey.
A selection of different spellings of certain names as seen on Patriarchate.org:
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