List of Archbishops of Athens
The following is a list of the Archbishops of Athens, primates of the Church of Greece.
Contents
Bishops of Athens
- Hierotheus (before 52)
- St. Dionysius I (52-96)
- St. Narcissus (117-138)?
- St. Publius (161-180)?
- St. Quadratus (ca. 200)?
- Leonidas (?-250)
- Olympius (?)
- Pistus (ca. 325)
- Clematius (4th c.)
- Modestus (ca. 431)
- Athanasius I (451?-458)
- Anatolius (ca. 459)
- John I (5th c.)
- John II (ca. 680)
- Contias (ca. 694)
- Theocharistus (ca. 702)
- Marinus (ca. 704)
- John III (ca. 714)
Metropolitans of Athens
- Gregory I (ca. 780)
- Adamantius (ca. 810)
- John IV (ca. 819)
- Theodosius (9th c.)
- Hypatius (9th c.)
- Demetrius I (9th c.)
- Germanus I (?-841)
- Demetrius II (?-846/857)
- Gabriel I (?-858/860)
- Gregory II (?)
- Cosmas (?)
- Nicetas I (869/870-881?)
- Sabbas I (ca. 881)
- Anastasius (?-889)
- Sabbas II (?-914)
- George I (?-922)
- Nicetas II (?-927)
- Constantine (?-965?)
- Philip (?-981)
- Theodegius (ca. 1007)
- Michael I (ca. 1030)
- Leo I (?-1061)
- Leo II (?-1069)
- John V (ca. 1087)
- Nicetas III (?-1103)
- Nicephorus (ca. 1112)
- Gerasimus? (?)
- George II (ca. 1156/7)
- Nicholas I (1166-1172?)
- Michael II (12th c.)
- Theophylactus (12th c.)
- George III (ca. 1172)
- George IV (?-1180)
Latin Occupation (1204-1456)
- Michael III (1182-1220)
- Meletius I (ca. 1275-1289)
- Elias (ca. 1300)
- Neophytus I (ca. 1336)
- Anthimus I (?-1366)
- Nicodemus (1371-?)
- Dorotheus I (ca. 1387)
- Makarius I (ca. 1394/5)
- Gerbasius (ca. 1432)
- Phantinus (1440-1443?)
- Theodore (ca. 1453)
Turkish Occupation (1456-1822)
- Isidore (ca. 1456)
- Dorotheus II (ca. 1472)
- Anthimus II (ca. 1489)
- Neophytus II (ca. 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)
- Anthimus VI (1760-1764)
- Bartholomew (1764-1771?)
- Neophytus IV (1771?-1775)
- Bartholomew (1775-1780)
- Gabriel II (1781?)
- Benedict (1781-1785)
- Athanasius III (1785-1787)
- Benedict (1787-1797?)
- Athanasius III (1797?-1799)
- Gregory III (1799-1820)
- Dionysius II (1820-1823)
- Gregory IV (1827-1828)
- Anthimus VII (1828-1833)
Metropolitans of Athens (autocephalous)
- The autocephaly of the Church of Greece was not recognized by Constantinople until 1850.
- Neophytus V (1833-1861)
- Michael IV (1861-1862)
- Theophilus (1862-1873)
- Procopius I (1874-1889)
- Germanus II (1889-1896)
- Procopius II (Oikonomidis) (1896-1901)
- Theocletus I (Minopoulos) (1902-1917)
- Meletius III (Metaxakis) (1918-1920)
- Theocletus I (Minopoulos) (1920-1922) Second time
Archbishops of Athens
- Chrysostomos I (Papadopoulos) (1923-1938)
- Damaskinos (Papandreou) (1938-1938)
- Chrysanthos (Philippidis) (1938-1941)
- Damaskinos (Papandreou) (1941-1949) Second time
- Spyridon (Vlachos) (1949-1956)
- Dorotheus (Kottaras) (1956-1957)
- Theokletos II (Panagiotopoulos) (1957-1962)
- Iakovos III (Vavanatsos) (1962)
- Chrysostomos (Hadjistavrou) (1962-1967)
- Ieronymos (Kotsonis) (1967-1974)
- Seraphim (Tikas) (1974-1998)
- Christodoulos (Paraskevaides) (1998-2008)
- Ieronymos II (Liapis) (2008- )
