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This 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

Metropolitans of Athens

Pre-modern period

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
119	Seraphim		12 January 1974	10 April 1998
120	Christodoulos		28 April 1998	28 January 2008
121	Ieronymos II		7 February 2008	Incumbent

Timeline

See also

• Church of Greece
  • Archbishopric of Athens
• Catholic Church in Greece
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Athens

References

1. Ιστορία της Εκκλησίας των Αθηνών: Ίδρυση της Εκκλησίας των Αθηνών (in Greek). Archbishopric of Athens. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.

External links

• (in Greek) Archdiocese of Athens Official website.
• (in Greek) Ιστορία της Εκκλησίας των Αθηνών: Διατελέσαντες Αρχιεπίσκοποι και Μητροπολίτες Αθηνών. Ιερά Αρχιεπισκοπή Αθηνών.

• Archbishops of Athens and All Greece
• Lists of bishops and archbishops in Europe
• Lists of Eastern Orthodox bishops and archbishops
• Athens-related lists
• Lists of Greek people by occupation
• Greece religion-related lists