List of ecumenical patriarchs of Constantinople

The following is a chronological list of bishops and ecumenical patriarchs of Constantinople. The first 25 bishops are probably not historical figures, and the foundation of the See by Andrew the Apostle is almost certainly a later tradition.[a] The list is mostly based on the compilation made by Demetrius Kiminas,[4][better source needed] but there is no single "official" numbering of bishops. The official website of the patriarchate has a list of holders but gives them no numeral.[5][b]

  1. ^ a b Dvornik, Francis (1958). The Idea of Apostolicity in Byzantium and the Legend of the Apostle Andrew (PDF). Harvard University Press. pp. 223–264. ISBN 978-0-88402-004-2.
  2. ^ Limberis, Vasiliki (2002). Divine Heiress - The Virgin Mary and the Making of Christian Constantinople. Routledge. pp. 10–15. ISBN 978-1-134-86279-5.
  3. ^ ODB, p. 155.
  4. ^ Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate. Wildside Press. pp. 30–44. ISBN 978-1-4344-5876-6.
  5. ^ "Κατάλογος Οικουμενικών Πατριαρχών - Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο" [List of Ecumenical Patriarchs] (in Greek). 2019.


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