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Orthodox Christianity does not speak empty
words when it claims to be the Church founded by Christ, nor does it speak empty
words when it claims to be able to trace the ordination of every one of its
Bishops, Presbyters, and Deacons back to the time of the Holy Apostles. This
present list is proof of its claim. It is a list that traces the lineage of
the successors of the Bishopric of Constantinople from St. Andrew the Apostle
right down to our current Patriarch Bartholomew.
St. Andrew the Apostle- 1st Bishop of Constantinople
Stachys the Apostle- 38-54
Onesimus- 54-68
Polycarpus I- 69-89
Plutarch- 89-105
Sedecion- 105-114
Diogenes- 114-129
Eleutherius- 129-136
Felix- 136-141
Polycarpus II- 141-144
Athendodorus- 144-148
Euzois- 148-154
Laurence- 154-166
Alypius- 166-169
Pertinax- 169-187
Olympians- 187-198
Mark I- 198-211
Philadelphus- 211-217
Ciriacus 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
Paul I- 337-339
Eusebius of Nicomedia- 339-341
Paul I- 341-342
Macedonius I- 342-346
Paul I- 346-351
Macedonius I- 351-360
Eudoxius of Antioch- 360-370
Demophilus- 370-379
Evagrius- 379
Maximus- 380
Gregory I the Theologian- 379-381
Nectarius- 381-397
John I Chrysostom- 398-404
Arsacius of Tarsus- 404-405
Atticus- 406-425
Sisinius I- 426-427
Nestorius- 428-431
Maximianus- 431-434
Proclus- 434-446
Phlabianus- 446-449
Anatolius- 449-458
Gennadius I- 458-471
Acacius- 471-488
Phrabitas- 488-449
Euphemius- 489-495
Macedonus II- 495-511
Timotheus I- 511-518
John II of Cappadocia- 518-520
Epiphanius- 520-535
Anthimus I- 535-536
Menas- 536-552
Eutychius- 552-565
John III Scholasticus- 565-577
Eutychius- 577-582
John IV Nesteutes- 582-595
Cyriacus- 596-606
Thomas I- 607-610
Sergius I- 610-638
Pyrrhus I- 638-641
Paul II- 641-653
Pyrrhus I- 654
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
Methodius I- 843-847
Ignatius I- 847-858
Photius I the Great- 858-867
Ignatius I- 867-877
Photius I the Great- 877-886
Stephanus I- 886-893
Antony II Kauleas- 893-901
Nicholas I Mysticus- 901-907
Euthymius I- 907-912
Nicholas I Mysticus- 912-925
Stephanus II- 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
Sisinius II- 996-998
Sergius II- 999-1019
Evstathius- 1019-1025
Alexius I Studites- 1025-1043
Michael I Cerularius- 1043-1058
Constantine III Lichoudes- 1059-1063
John VIII Xiphilinus- 1064-1075
Cosmas I- 1075-1081
Evstathius 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 Camaterus- 1183-1186
Nicetas II Muntanes- 1186-1189
Leontius 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
Manuel II- 1244-1255
Arsenius Autoreianus- 1255-1259
Nicephorus II- 1260-1261
Arsenius Autoreianus- 1261-1267
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
Nephon I- 1310-1314
John XIII Glykys- 1315-1320
Gerasimus I- 1320-1321
Jesaias- 1323-1334
John XIV Kalekas- 1334-1347
Isidore- 1347-1350
Callistus I- 1350-1354
Philotheus Kokkinos- 1354-1355
Callistus I- 1355-1363
Philotheus Kokkinos- 1364-1376
Macarius- 1376-1379
Neilus Kerameus- 1379-1388
Antony IV- 1389-1390
Macarius- 1390-1391
Antony IV- 1391-1397
Callistus II Xanthopoulos- 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
Gennadius II Scholarius- 1453-1456
Isidore II Xanthopoulos- 1456-1457
Gennadius II Scholarius- 1458
Gennadius II Scholarius- 1462-1463
Sophronius I Syropoulos- 1463-1464
Gennadius- 1464
Ioasaph- 1464-1466
Marcus II- 1466
Symeon I- 1466
Dionysius I- 1466-1471
Symeon I- 1471-1474
Raphael I- 1475-1476
Maximus III- 1476-1481
Symeon I- 1481-1486
Nephon II- 1486-1488
Dionysius I- 1489-1491
Maximus IV- 1491-1497
Nephon II- 1497-1498
Joachim I- 1498-1502
Nephon II- 1502
Pachomius I- 1503-1504
Joachim I- 1504
Pachomius I- 1504-1513
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
Jeremias II Tranos- 1580-1584
Pachomius II- 1584-1585
Theoleptus II- 1585-1586
Jeremias II Tranos- 1587-1595
Matthew II- 1596, 1603
Gabriel I- 1596
Theophanes I Karykes- 1597
Matthew II- 1598-1602
Neophytus II- 1602-1603
Matthew II- 1603
Raphael II- 1603-1607
Neophytus II- 1607-1612
Cyril I Lucaris- 1612
Timotheus- 1612-1620
Cyril I Lucaris- 1620-1623
Greg IV- 1623
Anthimus- 1623
Cyril I Lucaris- 1623-1633
Cyril II Kontares- 1633
Cyril I Lucaris- 1633-1634
Athanasius III Patelaros- 1634
Cyril I Lucaris- 1634-1635
Cyril II Kontares- 1635-1636
Neophytus III- 1636-1637
Cyril I Lucaris- 1637-1638
Cyril II Kontares- 1638-1639
Parthenius I- 1639-1644
Parthenius II- 1644-1646
Joannicius II- 1646-1648
Parthenius II- 1648-1651
Joannicius II- 1651-1652
Cyril III- 1652
Paisius I- 1652-1653
Joannicius II- 1653-1654
Cyril III- 1654
Paisius I- 1654-1655
Joannicius II- 1655-1656
Parthenius III- 1656-1657
Gabriel II- 1657
Parthenius IV- 1657-1662
Dionysius III- 1662-1665
Parthenius IV- 1665-1667
Clement- 1667
Methodius III- 1668-1671
Parthenius IV- 1671
Dionysus IV Muselimes- 1671-1673
Gerasimus II- 1673-1674
Parthenius IV- 1675-1676
Dionysus IV Muselimes- 1676-1679
Athanasius IV- 1679
James- 1679-1682
Dionysus IV Muselimes- 1682-1684
Parthenius IV- 1684-1685
James- 1685-1686
Dionysus IV Muselimes- 1686-1687
James- 1687-1688
Callinicus II- 1688
Neophytus IV- 1688
Callinicus II- 1689-1693
Dionysus IV Muselimes- 1693-1694
Callinicus II- 1694-1702
Gabriel III- 1702-1707
Neophytus V- 1707
Cyprianus I- 1707-1709
Athanasius V- 1709-1711
Cyril IV- 1711-1713
Cyprianus I- 1713-1714
Cosmas III- 1714-1716
Jeremias III- 1716-1726
Paisius II- 1726-1732
Jeremias III- 1732-1733
Serapheim I- 1733-1734
Neophytus VI- 1734-1740
Paisius II- 1740-1743
Neophytus VI- 1743-1744
Paisius II- 1744-1748
Cyril V- 1748-1751, 1752-1757
Callinicus III- 1757
Serapheim II- 1757-1761
Joannicius III- 1761-1763
Samuel I Chatzeres- 1763-1768
Meletius II- 1768-1769
Theodosius II- 1769-1773
Samuel I Chatzeres- 1773-1774
Sophoronius 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
Callinicus IV- 1801-1806
Gregory V- 1806-1808
Callinicus IV- 1808-1809
Jeremias IV- 1809-1813
Cyril VI- 1813-1818
Gregory V- 1818-1821
Eugenius II- 1821-1822
Anthimos III- 1822-1824
Chrysanthos I- 1824-1826
Agathangelos I- 1826-1830
Constantios I- 1830-1834
Constantios II- 1834-1835
Gregory VI- 1835-1840
Anthimos IV- 1840-1841
Anthimos V- 1841-1842
Germanos IV- 1842-1845
Meletios III- 1845
Anthimos VI- 1845-1848
Anthimos IV- 1848-1852
Germanos IV- 1852-1853
Anthimos VI- 1853-1855
Cyril VII- 1855-1860
Joachim II- 1860-1863
Sophronios III- 1863-1866
Gregory VI- 1867-1871
Anthimos VI- 1871-1873
Joachim II- 1873-1878
Joachim III- 1878-1884
Joachim IV- 1884-1887
Dionysios V- 1887-1891
Neophytos VIII- 1891-1894
Anthimos VII- 1895-1897
Constantine V- 1897-1901
Joachim III- 1901-1912
Germanos V- 1913-1918
Meletios IV Metaxakis- 1921-1923
Gregory VII- 1923-1924
Constantine VI- 1924-1925
Basil III- 1925-1929
Photios II- 1929-1935
Benjamin I- 1936-1946
Maximos V- 1946-1948
Athenagoras- 1948-1972
Demetrios I- 1972-1991
Bartholomew I- 1991 - Present
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