This is a list of Archbishops of Cyprus since its foundation with known dates of enthronement. According to tradition, the Church of Cyprus was created by St. Barnabas in 45 AD. The see of Cyprus was declared autocephalous by the Council of Ephesus, on 30 July 431; its autocephaly was abolished in 1260, and was restored in 1571. As the head of the Church of Cyprus, the holder is styled Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus.
Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus | |
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| Incumbent: George of Cyprus since 24 December 2022 | |
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| Country | Cyprus |
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| Established | 1st century (ancient) 1571 (modern) |
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First Autocephalous Period (45–1260)
edit- Gelasios I (325)
- St. Epiphanios I (368)
- Stavrinos I (403)
- Troilos (431)
- Reginos (431)
- Olympios I (449)
- Stavrinos II (457)
- Anthemios (470)
- Olympios II (During the reign of Justinian)
- Philoxenos (During the reign of Justinian)
- Damianos (During the reign of Justinian)
- Sophronios I (During the reign of Justinian)
- Gregorios (During the reign of Justinian)
- Arkadios (During the reign of Justinian)
- Theophanes I
- Plutarch (620)
- Arkadios II (630)
- Serghios (643)
- Epiphanios II (681)
- John I (691)
- Georgios (750)
- Constantine (783)
- Akakios (after 787)[1]
- Gelasios II (after 787 and likely successor of Akakios)[2]
- Theophanes II (early 9th century and likely successor of Gelasios Ii)[3]
- John II (early 9th century and likely successor of Theophanes II and predecessor either of Barnabas or Epiphanios III)[4]
- Epiphanios III (890)
- Vasilios
- Nikolaos, later Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
- John III (1151)
- Barnabas II (1175)
- Sophronios II (1191)
- Isaias (1209)
- Neophytos I (1222)
- Georgios II (1254)
- Germanos I (1260)
Non-Autocephalous Period (1260–1571)
editDuring 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 were 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.
Second Autocephalous Period (1571–present)
edit- Timotheos (1572)
- Lavrentios (1580)
- Neophytos II (1592)
- Athanasios I (1592)
- Veniamin (1600)
- Christodoulos I (1606)
- Nikephorus (1641)
- Ilarion Kigalas (1674)
- Christodoulos II (1682)
- Iacovos I (1691)
- Germanos II (1695)
- Athanasios II (1705), later Patriarch of Antioch
- Iacovos II (1709)
- Silvestros (1718)
- Philotheos (1734)
- Paissios (1759)
- Chrysanthos (1767)
- Kyprianos (1810)
- Ioakim (1821)
- Damaskinos (1824)
- Panaretos (1827)
- Ioannikos (1840)
- Kyrillos I (1849)
- Makarios I (1854)
- Sophronios III (1865)
- Kyrillos II (1909)
- Kyrillos III (1916)
- Leontios (1947)
- Makarios II (1947)
- Makarios III (1950), first President of the Republic of Cyprus
- Chrysostomos I (1977)
- Chrysostomos II (2006)
- George (2022)
See also
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References
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edit- Lilie, Ralph-Johannes; Ludwig, Claudia; Pratsch, Thomas; Zielke, Beate (2013). Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit Online. Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Nach Vorarbeiten F. Winkelmanns erstellt (in German). Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter.