List of Archbishops of Cyprus
Encyclopedia
This is a list of archbishops of the Autocephalous Greek Cypriot Orthodox Church
since its foundation with known dates of enthronement
:
During the Lusignan
and later Venetian
rule from 1260-1571 the Church of Cyprus ceased to be autocephalous and came under the direct rule of the Papacy, its fourteen dioceses was reduced to four until after the Ottoman conquest
in 1571, when the Ottomans, for expedient administrative reasons, restored to the Orthodox Church of Cyprus all its previous privileges and rights.
Cypriot Orthodox Church
The Church of Cyprus is an autocephalous Greek church within the communion of Orthodox Christianity. It is one of the oldest Eastern Orthodox autocephalous churches, achieving independence from the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East in 431...
since its foundation with known dates of enthronement
Enthronement
An enthronement is a ceremony of inauguration, involving a person—usually a monarch or religious leader—being formally seated for the first time upon their throne. This ritual is generally distinguished from a coronation because there is no crown or other regalia that is physically...
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- St. BarnabasBarnabasBarnabas , born Joseph, was an Early Christian, one of the earliest Christian disciples in Jerusalem. In terms of culture and background, he was a Hellenised Jew, specifically a Levite. Named an apostle in , he and Saint Paul undertook missionary journeys together and defended Gentile converts...
(45 AD) - Gelassios (325)
- St. EpiphaniosEpiphanius of SalamisEpiphanius of Salamis was bishop of Salamis at the end of the 4th century. He is considered a saint and a Church Father by both the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches. He gained a reputation as a strong defender of orthodoxy...
(368) - Stavrinos (403)
- Troilos (431)
- Reginos (431)
- Olympios (449)
- Stavrinos II (457)
- Anthemios (470)
- Olympios II (During the reign of JustinianJustinian IJustinian I ; , ; 483– 13 or 14 November 565), commonly known as Justinian the Great, was Byzantine Emperor from 527 to 565. During his reign, Justinian sought to revive the Empire's greatness and reconquer the lost western half of the classical Roman Empire.One of the most important figures of...
) - Philoxenos (During the reign of Justinian)
- Damianos (During the reign of Justinian)
- Sophronios (During the reign of Justinian)
- Gregorios (During the reign of Justinian)
- Arkadios (During the reign of Justinian)
- Plutarch (620)
- Arkadios IIArkadios IIArchbishop Arkadios II was the head of the Church of Cyprus during the 630s. He was a supporter of the Monothelitism formula also propounded by Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople, Pope Honorius I, and Emperor Heraclius....
(630) - Serghios (643)
- Epiphanios II (681)
- Ioannis (691)
- Georgios (750)
- Constantine (783)
- Epiphanios III (890)
- Vasilios
- NikolaosPatriarch Nicholas IV of ConstantinopleNicholas IV Mouzalon was the Patriarch of Constantinople from December 1147 to March/April 1151.Nicholas was born in ca. 1070, and probably began his career teaching the gospels. Emperor Alexios I Komnenos appointed him as archbishop of Cyprus, but Nicholas abdicated the see in ca. 1110...
, later Patriarch of Constantinople - Ioannis II (1151)
- Barnabas II (1175)
- Sophronios II (1191)
- Isaias (1209)
- Neophytos (1222)
- Georgios II (1254)
- Germanos (1260)
During the Lusignan
Kingdom of Cyprus
The Kingdom of Cyprus was a Crusader kingdom on the island of Cyprus in the high and late Middle Ages, between 1192 and 1489. It was ruled by the French House of Lusignan.-History:...
and later Venetian
Republic of Venice
The Republic of Venice or Venetian Republic was a state originating from the city of Venice in Northeastern Italy. It existed for over a millennium, from the late 7th century until 1797. It was formally known as the Most Serene Republic of Venice and is often referred to as La Serenissima, in...
rule from 1260-1571 the Church of Cyprus ceased to be autocephalous and came under the direct rule of the Papacy, its fourteen dioceses was reduced to four until after the Ottoman conquest
Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573)
The Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War, also known as the War of Cyprus was fought between 1570–1573. It was waged between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, the latter joined by the Holy League, a coalition of Christian states formed under the auspices of the Pope, which included Spain , the...
in 1571, when the Ottomans, for expedient administrative reasons, restored to the Orthodox Church of Cyprus all its previous privileges and rights.
- Timotheos (1572)
- Lavrentios (1580)
- Neophytos (1592)
- Athanassios (1592)
- Veniamin (1600)
- Christodoulos (1606)
- Nikephorus (1641)
- Ilarion Kigalas (1674)
- Christodoulos II (1682)
- Iacovos (1691)
- Germanos II (1695)
- Patriarch of Antioch AthanasiusAthanasius III DabbasPatriarch Paul Procopius Athanasius III Dabbas , sometimes known also as Athanasius IV, was the last Greek Patriarch of Antioch before the 1724 split which divided the Melkite Church between the Melkite Greek Catholic Church and the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch....
(1705) - Iacovos II (1709)
- Silvestros (1718)
- Philotheos (1734)
- Paissios (1759)
- Chrysanthos (1767)
- KyprianosKyprianosArchbishop Kyprianos of Cyprus was the head of the Cypriot Orthodox Church in the early 19th century at the time that the Greek War of Independence broke out....
(1810) - Ioakim (1821)
- Damaskinos (1824)
- Panaretos (1827)
- Ioannikos (1840)
- Kyrillos (1849)
- Makarios IMakarios IMakarios I, was Archbishop of Cyprus from 1854 until 1865. He was born in the village of Prodromos and his original surname was Christodoulides. He started his religious studies at Trooditissa Monastery and was later transferred to Kykkos Monastery...
(1854) - Sophronios III (1865)
- Kyrillos IIKyrillos IIKyrillos Papadopoulos nicknamed Kyrillatsos was bishop of Larnaca and between 1909-1916 Archbishop of Cyprus....
(1909) - Kyrillos IIIKyrillos IIIKyrillos , nicknamed Kyrilloudin , was the bishop of Kyrenia and later became the archbishop of the Cypriot Orthodox Church....
(1916) - LeontiosArchbishop Leontios of CyprusLeontios was Archbishop of Cyprus for only 36 days in 1947. He was born in Limassol. Prior to his election as archbishop of Cyprus he served as bishop of Paphos district....
(1947) - Makarios IIMakarios IIMakarios II was Archbishop of Cyprus from 1947 until 1950. He was born Michail Charalambous Papaioannou in the village of Prodromos in 1870. In 1895, he was ordained a deacon and left Cyprus for further education...
(1947) - Makarios IIIMakarios IIIMakarios III , born Andreas Christodolou Mouskos , was the archbishop and primate of the autocephalous Cypriot Orthodox Church and the first President of the Republic of Cyprus ....
(1950), First President of the Republic of Cyprus - Chrysostomos IArchbishop Chrysostomos IArchbishop Chrysostomos I was the Archbishop of Cyprus from 1977 to 2006. He was born in the village of Statos in Paphos, Cyprus. By the scholarship of Kykkos Monastery, where he served as a monk, he finished the Pancyprian Gymnasium in 1950 and he studied theology and literature in the...
(1977) - Chrysostomos II (2006)
See also
- Cypriot Orthodox ChurchCypriot Orthodox ChurchThe Church of Cyprus is an autocephalous Greek church within the communion of Orthodox Christianity. It is one of the oldest Eastern Orthodox autocephalous churches, achieving independence from the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East in 431...
- Eastern Orthodox ChurchEastern Orthodox ChurchThe Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...
- St. BarnabasBarnabasBarnabas , born Joseph, was an Early Christian, one of the earliest Christian disciples in Jerusalem. In terms of culture and background, he was a Hellenised Jew, specifically a Levite. Named an apostle in , he and Saint Paul undertook missionary journeys together and defended Gentile converts...
- First Council of Ephesus