List of Archbishops of Crete

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The following people were Orthodox Archbishops and Metropolitans of Crete ( Greece ):

Roman period (until 395)

  • Saint Titus (55 / 64-105)
  • Artemas
  • Philip (160 / 170-180 / 192)
  • Dioskorus
  • (Miron? –249)
  • Kreskes ~ 256
  • Kyril (? - February 23, 303 / May 1, 305)
  • Miron (? - ~ 350)
  • Petros?
  • Paulus I?

First Byzantine Period (395-824)

  • Iconios (~ 431)
  • Martirios (~ 451)
  • Teodoros (~ 553)
  • John I (~ 597)
  • Paulus II (~ 667)
  • Eumenios (? - ~ 668)
  • Basil I (before 680 – after 692)
  • Saint Andrew of Jerusalem (692 / 712–726 / 740)
  • Elijah I (~ 787)
  • John II (?)
  • Stephanos I (?)
  • Nicetas I. (?)
  • Nicetas II (?)
  • Basil II (823-828?)

Arab period (824-961)

  • Basil II (823-828?)
  • Basil III (~ 879)
  • Elijah II (~ 920–961)

Second Byzantine Period (961–1204)

  • Andrew II (<1000)
  • Nicetas III.
  • Stefan II (~ 1028)
  • John III (1116–1172?)
  • Leon (?)
  • Mikhail (?)
  • Constantius I (?)
  • Elijah III (?)
  • Basil IV (?)
  • Constantios II (?)
  • Nicolaos I (~ 1204)

Venetian period (13th century to 1645)

  • John IV (?)
  • Manuel I. (?)
  • Manuel II (?)
  • Nicolaos II (?)
  • Niceforo I. Moschopoulos (1285-1322)
  • Macarios (~ 1357)
  • Anthimos il Confessore (~ 1371)
  • Ignatios (~ 1381)
  • Prochoros (~ 1410)
  • Paisios (~ 1439)
  • Belisarios (~ 1499)

Ottoman period (1645–1898)

  • Neophytos Patellaros (1646–1679)
  • Nikephorus II. Skotakis (1679–1683)
  • Kallinikos I (1683–1685?)
  • Arsenios I (1687–1688)
  • Athanasios Kallipolitis (1688–1697)
  • Kallinikos II. (1697-1702)
  • Arsenios II (1702–1704)
  • Ioasaph (1704-1711)
  • Constantios III (1711–1716) (1st time)
  • Gerasimos I (1716-1718)
  • Constantios III (December 7, 1718–1722) (2nd time)
  • Daniil (1722-1725)
  • Gerasimos II (1725–2 January 1756)
  • (Anthimos II January 2, 1756– February 6, 1756)
  • Gerasimos III. (February 6, 1756 – July 1769)
  • Zacharias (July 1769 – May 1786)
  • Maximos (May 19, 1786– May 4, 1800)
  • Gerasimos IV (1800–6 July 1821)
  • Methodios (1823)
  • Kallinikos III. (March / April 1823-1830)
  • Meletios I (January / February 1831–1839)
  • Porphyrios (August / September 1839–21 September 1839)
  • Kallinikos IV. (September / October 1839–24 February 1842)
  • Kallinikos V (March 13, 1842–1843)
  • Chrysanthos (December 1843 / January 1844–5 September 1850)
  • Sophronios I (September 5, 1850 – December 1850 / January 1851)
  • Dionysius I (December 1850 / January 1851–9 September 1856)
  • Ioannikios (September 9, 1856-1858)
  • Dionysius II (7 Aug 1858–28 November 1868)
  • Meletios II (November 28, 1868– December 5, 1874) (1st time)
  • Sophronios II (December 5, 1874– June 21, 1877)
  • Meletios II (June 21, 1877– August 25, 1882) (2nd time)
  • Timothy I (October 2, 1882– March 2, 1897)

Greek period (since 1898)

  • Evmenios II (May 24, 1898– April 14, 1920)
  • Titus II (March 7, 1922– April 25, 1933)
  • Timothy II (July 22, 1933 - January 1941)
  • Vasilios V (April 8, 1941 - January 1950)
  • Evgenios (May 23, 1950– February 28, 1967)

Archbishops of Crete (since 1967)

  • Evgenios (February 28, 1967 - February 7, 1978)
  • Timothy III (March 10, 1978– July 26, 2006)
  • Irénée (August 30, 2006 – today)