List of Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople


This is a list of the Patriarchs of Constantinople.

Bishops of [Byzantium] (until 330)

451–998

Chludov Psalter illustrates the line "They gave me gall to eat; and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink" with a picture of a soldier offering Christ vinegar on a sponge attached to a pole. John VII Grammaticus is depicted rubbing out a painting of Christ with a similar sponge attached to a pole. John is caricatured, here as on other pages, with untidy straight hair sticking out in all directions, which was considered ridiculous by the Byzantines.
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.

1453–1466

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 :
According to Laurent :
According to Gemanos of Sardeis :
On July 23, 1833 the Church of Greece declared itself autocephalous. 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 territorial extent of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's jurisdiction.

1834–1923

On July 24, 1923 the Ottoman Empire dissolved, replaced by the Republic of Turkey.

1923–present