Former Hierarchs of the Ecumenical Patriarchate

(In alphabetical order)
DECEASED HIERARCHS
His Eminence Hieronymos
Metropolitan of Rodopolis
Date of Consecration: January 28, 1951
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
His Grace Hierotheos
Bishop of Miletopoulos
Date of Death: February 1, 1956
Date of Consecration: December 9, 1913
Date of Election: 1913
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Iakovos
Former Archbishop of North and South America
Date of Enthronement as Archbishop of America: April 1, 1959
Date of Consecration: February 6, 1955
Date of Death: April 10, 2005
Name Day: October 23
Biography
His Eminence Iakovos
Senior Metropolitan of Derka
Date of Consecration:
Date of Election:
Date of Death: 1980
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Eminence Iakovos
Metropolitan of Christoupolis
Date of Death: December 17, 1976
Date of Consecration: May 13, 1956
Date of Election: April 5, 1956
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Eminence Ioakim
Senior Metropolitan of Derka
Date of Death: January 23, 1950
Date of Consecration: June 27, 1926
Date of Election: June 24, 1926
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Grace John
Bishop of Nyssa
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese under the Ecumenical Patriarchate
Date of Death: August 8, 1946
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
His Eminence Kallistos
Bishop of Zila
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
 
 
 
His Grace Kosmas
Bishop of Derbi
Date of Death:
Date of Consecration: 1965
Date of Election: 1965
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Kyrillos
Metropolitan of Chaldea
Date of Consecration: October 10, 1943
Date of Death: May 1, 1991
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Eminence Kyrillos
Metropolitan of Gortyna and Arkadia
Date of Consecration: February 16, 1975
Date of Death: 2005
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Grace Matthew
Bishop of Aspendos
Date of Consecration: November 16, 1938
Date of Death: 1985
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Eminence Maximos
Metropolitan of Sardes
Date of Consecration: 1946
Date of Death: 1986
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Eminence Maximos
Metropolitan of Stavroupolis
Date of Consecration: February 26, 1961
Date of Election: February 1961
Date of Death: January 5, 1991
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Eminence Meletios
Metropolitan of France
Date of Consecration: June 27, 1953
Date of Death: April 19, 1993
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Eminence Meletios
Metropolitan of Patara
Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: 1961
Date of Consecration: 1908
Date of Election: 1908
Date of Death: 1967
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Grace Meletios
Bishop of Christianoupolis
Assistant Bishop of the Archdiocese of America
Date of Consecration: 1960
Date of Election: 1960
Date of Death:
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
His Eminence Meliton
Senior Metropolitan of Chalcedon
Date of Consecration: November 30, 1950
Date of Death: December 1989
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
His Eminence Methodios
Metropolitan of Pisidia
Date of Consecration: November 29, 1968
Biography
 Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Grace Methodios
Bishop of Kampania
Assistant of the Archdiocese of the Russian Orthodox Parishes in Western Europe under the Ecumenical Patriarchate
Date of Death: April 1974
Date of Consecration:
Date of Election:
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
His Eminence Michael
Archbishop of North and South America
Biography
Articles
 
His Eminence Nikiforos
Metropolitan of Kydonia and Apokronos
Date of Death: 1974
Date of Consecration:
Date of Election:
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Excellency Paul
Archbishop
Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Parishes of Western Europe under the Ecumenical Patriarchate
Date of Consecration: 1957
Date of Death: January 21, 1979
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Grace Paul
Bishop of Nazianze
Date of Consecration: March 15, 1970
Date of Death: January 31, 1984
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Eminence Philip
Metropolitan of Tyana
Date of Death: October 18, 1997
Date of Consecration: March 11, 1984
Date of Consecration: February 28, 1984
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
His Grace Philip
Bishop of Atlanta
Date of Consecratin: August 1, 1982
Name Day: November 14
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
Articles
His Eminence Philotheos
Metropolitan of Prikonnisos
Date of Consecration:
Date of Election:
Date of Death:
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Eminence Photios
Metropolitan of the Senior See of Heraclia
Date of Consecration: June 28, 1959
Biography
 Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Eminence Polyevktos
Metropolitan of Aneon
Date of Consecration: November 3, 1955
Date of Election: October 11, 1955
Date of Death: February 1, 1988
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Grace Roman
Bishop of Keramon
Assistant of the Archdiocese of the Russian Orthodox Parishes in Western Europe under the Ecumenical Patriarchate
Date of Consecration: October 10, 1971
Date of Death: September 1, 1995
Biography
 
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Excellency Serge
Archbishop of Eukarpia
Exarch of the Orthodox Parishesof Russian tradition under the Ecumenical Patriarchate
Date of Consecration: June 27, 1993
Date of Election: June 8, 1993
Date of Death: January 22, 2003
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
His Eminence Silas
Metropoltian of Saranta Ecclesies
Date of Election: September 13, 1960
Date of Consecration: October 9, 1960
Name Day: July 30
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Eminence Spyridon
Metropolitan of Rhodes
Date of Elevation to Metropolitan of Rhodes: January 25, 1951
Date of Consecration: November 18, 1945
Date of Election: November 15, 1945
Date of Death: April 29, 1988
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
His Grace Stefan
Bishop of Patara
Assistant of the Archdiocese of the Russian Orthodox Parishes in Western Europe under the Ecumenical Patriarchate
Date of Consecration: May 7, 1972
Date of Election: June 30, 1971
Name Day : December 27
Date of Death: January 29, 1979
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Symeon
Senior Metropolitan of Nicomedia
Date of Consecration: April 26, 1964
Date of Election: April 21, 1964
Date of Death: October 18, 2003
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Eminence Theodoros
Metropolitan of Rethymnon and Avlopotomos
Date of Death: 1996
Date of Consecration: 1975
Date of Election: 1975
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Grace Theodosios
Bishop of Angos
Assistant Bishop of the Archdiocese of America
Date of Consecration: 1960
Date of Election: 1960
Date of Death:
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
His Eminence Theofylaktos
Metropolitan of Australia
Date of Death: August 2, 1958
Date of Consecration:
Date of Election: April 22, 1947
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Eminence Theoklitos
Metropolitan of Metra and Athyra
Date of Consecration: November 18, 1977
Date of Election: May 17, 1977
Date of Death: April 22, 2004
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Eminence Thomas
Senior Metropolitan of Chalcedon
Date of Death: October 18, 1966
Date of Consecration: 1922
Date of Election: February 19, 1922
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Eminence Timotheos
Metropolitan of Rhodes
Date of Death:
Date of Consecration:
Date of Election:
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Eminence Timotheos III
Archbishop of Crete
Date of Election as Archbishop of Crete: March 10, 1978
Date of Consecration: August 26, 1956
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
His Grace Timotheos
Bishop of Miletoupolis
Assistant of the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain
Date of Death: January 20, 1999
Date of Consecration: March 19, 1977
Date of Consecration: March 8, 1977
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Grace Timothy
Bishop of Detroit
Date of Consecration: January 20, 1974
Name Day: January 22
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
His Eminence Titos
Metropolitan of Rethymnon and Avlopotamos
Date of Consecration: May 17, 1970
Date of Election: April 1970
Date of Death: September 11, 1987
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
 
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His Excellency Vsevolod
Archbishop of Scopelos
Date of Death: December 16, 2007
Date of Consecration: September 27, 1987
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
His Excellency Vladimir
Metropolitan
Exarch of the Russian Orthodox Parishes of Western Europe under the Ecumenical Patriarchate
Date of Death: December 18, 1959
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
His Grace Vlassios
Bishop of Claudioupolis
Assistant Bishop of the Archdiocese of France
Date of Consecration: October 15, 1978
Date of Election: September 7, 1978
Date of Death: June 2, 1985
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
His Eminence Wasyly
Archbishop of Winnipeg and Central Diocese,
Metropolitan of All Canada,
Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
 
Date of Death: January 10, 2005
Date of Elevation to Metropolitan: 1985
Date of Consecration: 1978
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
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