Difference between revisions of "Benjamin I of Constantinople"

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Patriarch Benjamin I

His All-Holiness Benjamin I (Greek: ) (?-1946), was the 266th Successor to the Apostle Andrew and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from (1936-1946).

During his patriarchate in 1941 a great fire destroyed the Patriarchal Palace in the Phanar. A new Palace was erected in 1989 by P. Aggelopoulos.

Succession box: Benjamin I of Constantinople
Preceded by: Photius II	Patriarch of Constantinople 1936-1946	Succeeded by: Maximus V

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-His All-Holiness '''Benjamin I''' (Greek: ) ( -1946), was the [[List of Patriarchs of Constantinople|266th Successor]] to the [[Apostle Andrew]] and [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]] from (1936-1946).
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+His All-Holiness '''Benjamin I''' (Greek: ) (?-1946), was the [[List of Patriarchs of Constantinople|266th Successor]] to the [[Apostle Andrew]] and [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]] from (1936-1946).
 During his patriarchate in 1941 a great fire destroyed the Patriarchal Palace in the [[Phanar]]. A new Palace was erected in 1989 by [[P. Aggelopoulos]].
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_Benjamin_I_of_Constantinople Wikipedia]
+[http://www.ec-patr.gr/list/index.php?lang=en&id=324 Ecumenical Patriarchate]
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+before=[[Photius II]]|
+title=[[List of Patriarchs of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]]|
+years=1936-1946|
+after=[[Maximus V]]}}
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