The following is a list of bishops, metropolitans, and archbishops of Athens. The Church of Athens was created by Paul the Apostle 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, many 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 has styled Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Αθηνών και πάσης Ελλάδος).
Bishops of Athens
No.
Incumbent
From
Until
Roman period (1st century – 395 AD)
1
Hierotheus (uncertain)
?
52
2
Dionysius I (first bishop according to some sources)
52
96
Vacant
96
117
3
Narcissus
117
c. 120
4
Publius
c. 120
125
5
Quadratus
125
129
Vacant
129
?
6
Leonidas [el]
?
250
7
Olympius
?
?
8
Pistus
?
c. 325
9
Clematius
c. 325
?
Byzantine period (395–1205 AD)
10
Modestus
c. 431
c. 451
11
Athanasius I
c.451
c. 458
12
Anatolius
c. 458
c. 459
13
John I
c. 459
c. late 5th century
Vacant
6th century
c. 680
13
John II
c. 680
c. 694
15
Contias
c. 694
c. 702
16
Theocharistus
c. 702
c. 704
17
Marinus
c. 704
c. 714
18
John III
c. 714
?
Metropolitans of Athens
Pre-modern period
No.
Incumbent
From
Until
Byzantine period (395–1205 AD)
19
Gregory I
c. 780
c. 810
20
Adamantius
c. 810
c. 819
21
John IV
c. 819
9th century
22
Theodosius
9th century
23
Hypatius
9th century
24
Demetrius I
9th century
25
Germanus I (Archbishop)
9th century
841
26
Demetrius II
841
846/857
27
Gabriel I
846/857
858/860
28
Gregory II
858/860
9th century
29
Cosmas
9th century
869/870
30
Nicetas I
869/870
881?
31
Sabbas I
c. 881
32
Anastasius
881?
889
33
Sabbas II
889
914
34
George I
914
922
35
Nicetas II
922
927
36
Constantine
927
965?
37
Philip
965?
981
38
Theodegius
981
c. 1007
39
Michael I
c. 1007
c. 1030
40
Leo I
c. 1030
1061
41
Leo II
1061
1069
42
John V
1069
c. 1087
43
Nicetas III
c. 1087
1103
44
Nicephorus
1103
c. 1112
45
Gerasimus?
?
?
46
George II Bourtzes
c. 1156/7
47
Nicholas I Hagiotheodorites
1160
1175
48
Michael II
12th century
49
Theophylactus
12th century
50
George III
12th century
c. 1172
51
George IV
c. 1172
c. 1180
52
Michael II Choniates
1182
1222?
Latin period (1205–1456 AD), holders in exile or titular until 1388
53
Meletius I
1275
1289
54
Elias
1289
c. 1300
55
Neophytus I
c. 1300
c. 1336
56
Anthimus I
c. 1336
1366
57
Nicodemus
1371
c. 1387
58
Dorotheus I
1388
1392
59
Macarius I
1392
c. 1432
60
Gerbasius
c. 1432
1440
61
Phantinus
1440
1443?
62
Theodore
1443?
c. 1453
Ottoman period (1456–1821/27 AD)
63
Isidore
c. 1456
64
Dorotheus II
c. 1472
65
Anthimus II
c. 1489
c. 1492
66
Neophytus II
c. 1492
c. 1528
67
Lawrence
1528
1546
68
Callistus
1550
1564
69
Sophronius I
1565
1574?
70
Nicanor [el]
1574
1592
71
Theophanes I [fr]
1592
1597
72
Neophytus III
1597
1602
73
Samuel
1602
1602
74
Nathaniel
1602
1606
75
Anthimus III
1606
1611?
76
Cyril I
1611
1619?
77
Metrophanes
1619
1620?
78
Theophanes II
1620?
1633
79
Sophronius II
1633
1636
80
Daniel
1636
1665
81
Anthimus IV
1665
1676
82
Iakovos I
1676
1686
83
Athanasius II
1686
1689
84
Makarius II
1689
1693
85
Anthimus V
1693
1699
86
Cyril II
1699
1703
87
Meletius II
1703
1713
88
Iakovos II
1713
1734
89
Zachary
1734
1740
90
Anthimus VI
1741
1756
(90)
Anthimus VI
1760
1764
91
Bartholomew
1764
1771?
92
Neophytus IV
1771?
1775
(91)
Bartholomew
1775
1780
93
Gabriel II
1781?
1781?
94
Benedict
1781
1785
95
Athanasius III
1785
1787
(94)
Benedict
1787
1797?
(95)
Athanasius III
1797?
1799
96
Gregory III
1799
1820
97
Dionysius II [el]
1820
1823
Modern period
No.
Primate
Portrait
Reign
Notes
98
Gregory IV
16 September 1827
March 1828
99
Anthimus VII
March 1828
27 July 1833
100
Neophytus V [el]
2 December 1833
10 January 1862
Bishop in 1833–1850
101
Michael IV [el]
13 January 1862
2 August 1862
102
Theophilus [el]
8 August 1862
15 July 1873
103
Anthony
9 August 1873
15 May 1874
104
Procopius I [el]
8 June 1874
11 February 1889
105
Germanus II [el]
17 July 1889
30 January 1896
106
Procopius II [el]
23 October 1896
21 November 1901
107
Theocletus I [el]
17 November 1902
11 October 1917
1st tenure
108
Meletius III
13 March 1918
29 November 1920
(107)
Theocletus I [el]
29 November 1920
16 December 1922
2nd tenure
109
Chrysostomos I
8 March 1923
31 December 1923
Archbishops of Athens and All Greece
No.
Primate
Portrait
Reign
Notes
110
Chrysostomos I
31 December 1923
22 October 1938
111
Damaskinos
5 November 1938
1 December 1938
1st tenure. Election cancelled by the regime of Ioannis Metaxas
112
Chrysanthus
12 December 1938
2 July 1941
Resigned in the aftermath of the German invasion of Greece, after refusing to swear-in the collaborationist government of Georgios Tsolakoglou
(111)
Damaskinos
2 July 1941
20 May 1949
2nd tenure
113
Spyridon
4 June 1949
21 March 1956
114
Dorotheus (III)
29 March 1956
26 July 1957
115
Theocletus II [el]
7 August 1957
8 January 1962
116
Jacob III [el]
13 January 1962
25 January 1962
117
Chrysostomos II
14 February 1962
11 May 1967
Forced to resign by the military regime following the coup d'état on 21 April 1967
118
Ieronymos I
14 May 1967
12 December 1973
Resigned following the Athens Polytechnic uprising and the coup d'état on 25 November 1973
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