List of archbishops of Athens

Archbishop of Athens and All Greece
Archbishopric
Orthodox
Incumbent: Ieronymos II
Country:	Greece
Diocese:	Athens
Cathedral:	Cathedral of Annunciation
First Incumbent:	Saint Hierotheos (as Bishop of Athens)
Formation:	1st century, but current establishment from 1822
Website:	http://www.archdiocese.gr/

Saint Paul delivering the Areopagus sermon in Athens. Raphael, 1515

This is a list of Bishops, Metropolitans, and Archbishops of Athens. The Church of Athens was created by St. Paul during his second missionary journey, when he preached at the Areopagus, probably in 51 AD. According to the Acts of the Apostles (17:16–34), after the sermon, a number of people became followers of Paul, thus forming the kernel of the Church in Athens. The see of Athens has been unilaterally declared autocephalous on 4 August 1833 (officially recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on 11 July 1850), and was elevated to an archbishopric on 31 December 1923. As the head of the Church of Greece, the holder is styled Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Αθηνών και πάσης Ελλάδος).

Bishops of Athens

Roman Period

List of Roman period Bishops of Athens
No.	Incumbent	From	Until
1	Hierotheus	?	52
2	Dionysius I	52	96
Vacant		96	117
3	Narcissus	117	c. 120
4	Publius	c. 120	125
5	Quadratus	125	129
Vacant		129	?
6	Leonidas	?	250
7	Olympius	?	?
8	Pistus	?	c. 325
9	Clematius	c. 325	?

Byzantine Period (395–1204)

List of Byzantine period Bishops of Athens
No.	Incumbent	From	Until
1	Modestus	c. 431	c. 451
2	Athanasius I	c.451	c. 458
3	Anatolius	c. 458	c. 459
4	John I	c. 459	c. late 5th century
Vacant		6th century	c. 680
5	John II	c. 680	c. 694
6	Contias	c. 694	c. 702
7	Theocharistus	c. 702	c. 704
8	Marinus	c. 704	c. 714
9	John III	c. 714	?

Metropolitans of Athens

Byzantine Period (395–1204) continued

List of Byzantine period Metropolitans of Athens
No.	Incumbent	From	Until
1	Gregory I	c. 780	c. 810
2	Adamantius	c. 810	c. 819
3	John IV	c. 819	9th century
4	Theodosius	9th century
5	Hypatius	9th century
6	Demetrius I	9th century
7	Germanus I (Archbishop)	9th century	841
8	Demetrius II	841	846/857
9	Gabriel I	846/857	858/860
10	Gregory II	858/860	9th century
11	Cosmas	9th century	869/870
12	Nicetas I	869/870	881?
13	Sabbas I	c. 881
14	Anastasius	881?	889
15	Sabbas II	889	914
16	George I	914	922
17	Nicetas II	922	927
18	Constantine	927	965?
19	Philip	965?	981
20	Theodegius	981	c. 1007
21	Michael I	c. 1007	c. 1030
22	Leo I	c. 1030	1061
23	Leo II	1061	1069
24	John V	1069	c. 1087
25	Nicetas III	c. 1087	1103
26	Nicephorus	1103	c. 1112
27	Gerasimus?	?	?
28	George II	c. 1156/7
29	Nicholas I	1166	1172
30	Michael II	12th century
31	Theophylactus	12th century
32	George III	12th century	c. 1172
33	George IV	c. 1172	c. 1180

Latin Period (1204–1456)

List of Latin period Metropolitans of Athens
No.	Incumbent	From	Until
1	Michael III	1182	1222?
2	Meletius I	1275	1289
3	Elias	1289	c. 1300
4	Neophytus I	c. 1300	c. 1336
5	Anthimus I	c. 1336	1366
6	Nicodemus	1371	c. 1387
7	Dorotheus I	c. 1387	c. 1394/5
8	Makarius I	c. 1394/5	c. 1432
9	Gerbasius	c. 1432	1440
10	Phantinus	1440	1443?
11	Theodore	1443?	c. 1453

Ottoman Period (1456–1822)

List of Ottoman period Metropolitans of Athens
No.	Incumbent	From	Until
1	Isidore	c. 1456	c. 1472
2	Dorotheus II	c. 1472	c. 1489
3	Anthimus II	c. 1489	c. 1492
4	Neophytus II	c. 1492	c. 1528
5	Lawrence	1528	1546
6	Callistus	1550	1564
7	Sophronius I	1565	1574?
8	Nicanor	1574	1592
9	Theophanes I	1592	1597
10	Neophytus III	1597	1602
11	Samuel	1602	1602
12	Nathaniel	1602	1606
13	Anthimus III	1606	1611?
14	Cyril I	1611	1619?
15	Metrophanes	1619	1620?
16	Theophanes II	1620?	1633
17	Sophronius II	1633	1636
18	Daniel	1636	1665
19	Anthimus IV	1665	1676
20	Iakovos I	1676	1686
21	Athanasius II	1686	1689
22	Makarius II	1689	1693
23	Anthimus V	1693	1699
24	Cyril II	1699	1703
25	Meletius II	1703	1713
26	Iakovos II	1713	1734
27	Zachary	1734	1740
28	Anthimus VI	1741	1756
(28)	Anthimus VI	1760	1764
29	Bartholomew	1764	1771?
30	Neophytus IV	1771?	1775
(29)	Bartholomew	1775	1780
31	Gabriel II	1781?	1781?
32	Benedict	1781	1785
33	Athanasius III	1785	1787
(32)	Benedict	1787	1797?
(33)	Athanasius III	1797?	1799
34	Gregory III	1799	1820
35	Dionysius II	1820	1823

Modern Period (1827–present)

List of Modern period Metropolitans of Athens
No.	Incumbent	From	Until
1	Gregory IV	16 September 1827	March 1828
2	Anthimus VII	March 1828	27 July 1833
3	Neophytus V	2 December 1833	10 January 1862
4	Michael IV	13 January 1862	2 August 1862
5	Theophilus	8 August 1862	15 July 1873
6	Anthony	9 August 1873	15 May 1874
7	Procopius I	8 June 1874	11 February 1889
8	Germanus II	17 July 1889	30 January 1896
9	Procopius II	23 October 1896	21 November 1901
10	Theocletus I	17 November 1902	11 October 1917
11	Meletius III	13 March 1918	29 November 1920
(10)	Theocletus I	29 November 1920	16 December 1922
12	Chrysostomos I	8 March 1923	31 December 1923

Archbishops of Athens

Modern Period (1827–present) continued

List of Modern period Archbishops of Athens
No.	Incumbent	From	Until
1	Chrysostomos I	31 December 1923	22 October 1938
2	Damaskinos	5 November 1938	1 December 1938
3	Chrysanthus	12 December 1938	2 July 1941
(2)	Damaskinos	2 July 1941	20 May 1949
4	Spyridon	4 June 1949	21 March 1956
5	Dorotheus	29 March 1956	26 July 1957
6	Theocletus II	7 August 1957	8 January 1962
7	Iakovos III	13 January 1962	25 January 1962
8	Chrysostomos II	14 February 1962	11 May 1967
9	Ieronymos I	14 May 1967	12 December 1973
10	Seraphim	12 January 1974	10 April 1998
11	Christodoulos	28 April 1998	28 January 2008
12	Ieronymos II	7 February 2008	Present

See also

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Athens

External links

• Archdiocese of Athens Official website (Greek)