List of archbishops of Crete

Archbishop of Crete
Archbishopric
orthodox
Incumbent: Irenaeus I (Athanasiadis) since 30 August 2006
Location
Country	Greece
Territory	Island of Crete
Information
First holder	Apostle Titus
Established	64
Language	Koine Greek
Calendar	Revised Julian
Patriarch	Bartholomew I of Constantinople
Website
iak.gr

This is a list of Archbishops of Crete since its foundation with known dates of enthronement. The Church of Crete was created by St. Titus in 64 AD. Being made Bishop of Crete by St. Paul himself, Titus later chose other bishops to rule the Church outside Gortyn, dividing the island into dioceses and thus becoming Archbishop of Crete. Later, the See was transferred to Heraklion, where it stands today.

• Saint Titus 55/64 - 105 ?
• Saint Artemas ?
• Philippos (160/170 - 180/192) ?
• Dioskoros ?
• Kreskes 256
• Saint Cyril † 304 ?
• Miron † 350 ?
• Peter ?
• Paul I ?
• Ikonios 431
• Martyrios 451
• Theodoros 553
• John I 597
• Paul II 667
• Eumenios † 668/680 ?
• Basil I 680, 692
• Saint Andrew 712-740
• Elias I 787
• John II ?
• Stephan I ?
• Niketas I ?
• Niketas II ?
• Basil II 823-828 ?
• Basil III 879
• Elias II 920-961
• Dionysius V of Constantinople 1858-1868

(The Orthodox Church of Crete was elevated again to an Archdiocese under the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 1967.)

• Timotheos III Papoutsakis (10 March 1978 - 26 July 2006)
• Irinaios Athanasiadis (30 August 2006 - present)

Bibliography

• Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. Wildside Press LLC. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

External links

• Κατάλογος Αρχιεπισκόπων (List of Archbishops) (In Greek)