List of Archbishops of Cyprus

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The following people were bishops and archbishops of Cyprus :

  • St. Barnabas I (45)
  • Herakleidios (1st century)
  • Heraklidos (late 3rd century)
  • Gelasios (325)
  • Epiphanios I (367-403)
  • Stavrinos (403)
  • Troilos (431)
  • Theodoros (? –431)
  • Reginos (431–?)
  • Olympios I (449-451)
  • Stavrinos II (457)
  • Anthemios (470)
  • Olympios II (during the reign of Justinian I )
  • Philoxenus (During the reign of Justinian I)
  • Damianos (During the reign of Justinian I)
  • Sophronios I (During the reign of Justinian I)
  • Gregorios (during the reign of Justinian I)
  • Arkadios I. (During the reign of Justinian I)
  • Plutarch (620-625)
  • Arcadios II (630)
  • Sergios (643)
  • Epiphany II (681)
  • John I (691)
  • Georgios I (750)
  • Constantine (783)
  • Epiphanios III. (around 870)
  • Eustathios (-890)
  • Basilios
  • Nikolaus Muzalon (–1110)
  • John II (1151–1174)
  • Barnabas II (1175)
  • Sophronios II (1191)
  • Isaias (1205-1209)
  • Simeon or Hilarion (around 1218)
  • Neophytos (1222)
  • Georgios II (1254)
  • Germanos I Pesimandros (1260)

Under the rule of the Lusignan and later by the Venetians 1260–1571, Cyprus lost its autocephaly and was directly subordinate to the papacy. The 14 dioceses were reduced to 4 until the Ottomans re-established the Orthodox Church of Cyprus with all previous rights and privileges in 1571 as a token of their goodwill and for administrative reasons.

  • Timothy I (1572)
  • Laurentios (1580)
  • Neophytos (1592)
  • Athanasios I (1592–1600)
  • Beniamine (1600)
  • Christodoulos I (1606)
  • Timothy II (1622)
  • Ignatios (1634)
  • Nicephorus (1640–1674)
  • Ilarion Kigalas (1674–1682)
  • Christodoulos II (1682–1690)
  • James I (1691-1692)
  • Germanos II (1695–1702)
  • Athanasios II. (1705-1708) (also Patriarch of Antioch )
  • James II (1709-1718)
  • Silvestros (1718–1733)
  • Philotheos (1734-1759)
  • Paisios (1759-1767)
  • Chrysanthos (1767-1810)
  • Kyprianos (1810-1821)
  • Ioakim (1821-1824)
  • Damaskinos (1824-1827)
  • Panaretos (1827-1840)
  • Ioannikos (1840-1849)
  • Kyrillos I (1849-1854)
  • Makarios I (1854-1865)
  • Sophronios III. (1865–1900)
  • Cyril II (1909-1916)
  • Cyril III (1916–1933)
  • Leontios (1947)
  • Makarios II (1947-1950)
  • Makarios III. (1950–1977) (also first President of the Republic of Cyprus)
  • Chrysostom I (1977-2006)
  • Chrysostom II. (2006-present)