Athenagoras I of Constantinople

Athenagoras I of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I in 1967
Installed	1 November 1948
Term ended	7 July 1972
Predecessor	Maximus V of Constantinople
Successor	Demetrios I of Constantinople
Personal details
Born	Aristocles Matthew Spyrou 6 April 1886 (25 March) Vasilikón, Janina Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Epirus, Greece)
Died	7 July 1972 (aged 86) Phanar, Istanbul, Turkey
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox Church
Alma mater	Holy Trinity Theological School

Athenagoras I of Constantinople (Greek: Αθηναγόρας Αʹ), born Aristocles Matthaiou ("son of Matthew", a patronymic) Spyrou (Greek: Αριστοκλής Ματθαίου Σπύρου; 6 April 1886 (25 March) – 7 July 1972), was Greek Orthodox Archbishop of North and South America from 1930 to 1948^[1] and the 267th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1948 to 1972.