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Meletius II of Constantinople

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Meletius II
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
ChurchChurch of Constantinople
DioceseConstantinople
SeeEcumenical Patriarchate
Installed1768
Term ended1769
PredecessorSamuel
SuccessorTheodosius II
Personal details
Born
DiedIstanbul
DenominationEastern Orthodox Church
OccupationEcumenical Patriarch

Meletius II (Greek: Μελέτιος Β΄) served as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople during the period 1768-1769.

He was born in Tenedos. From 1750 until 1768 he served as metropolitan bishop of Larissa and then was elected Ecumenical Patriarch. During the uprising of 1769 he was dismissed and was exiled to Mytilene. In 1775, with permission of the Sultan Mustafa III he returned to Tenedos and in 1777 to Istanbul, where he died destitute.

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