Metropolis Ephesus

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Ruins of St. John's Cathedral at Ephesus

The metropolitan Ephesus ( Μητρόπολις Εφέσου ) was an Orthodox church province in Asia Minor from 325 to 1923.

history

Ephesus was one of the centers of early Christianity. There were bishops of Ephesus as early as the 1st century. In 325 the metropolitan Ephesus was formed as the first of the metropolises of Asia Minor. In 431 the Council of Ephesus took place in Ephesus . In 451 the Patriarchate of Constantinople was formed, to which the metropolis was incorporated.

In 1923, after the massive exodus of the Greek population from the area, the metropolis was dissolved and converted into a titular bishopric.

A Roman Catholic titular archbishopric of Ephesus had existed as early as 1610 .

Eparchies

  • 7th century: 37
  • 16th century: 0
  • 1774: some
  • Early 20th century: 3

Bishops and Metropolitans (selection)

Bishops

Timothy, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493
  • Timothy (1st century), collaborator with Paul
  • Onesimus (around 107- around 117), collaborator with Timothy
  • Gaius
  • Polykrates (161-196)
  • Apollonius (-210)
  • Menophantus (325-344)
  • Evekios (381)
  • Antoninos (400)
  • Heraklid (403-407)
  • Memnon (431/440)
  • Basilios (around 440)
  • Bassianus (444-448)
  • Stephan (448–451)
  • John (458)
  • Paulos (475/480), Monophysite
  • Straight (around 500)
  • Theosebios (503-519)
  • Hypatius (519/530 to 540/41)
  • Andreas (541-553)
  • Avramos (around 553/558)
  • Prokopios (around 560)
  • John (558-588)
  • Euthropios
  • Ruphinos (597)
  • Theodoros (680)
  • Stephanos (692)
  • Ignatios (around 729)
  • Theodosius III. (729-745), former emperor (or his son of the same name)

Metropolitans

  • Theodosios (754), son of Emperor Tiberios II.
  • John (787)
  • Theophilus (824)
  • Markos (833)
  • Basilios (869)
  • Gregorios (879)
  • Kyriakos
  • Theodoros
  • Theophanos (1st half of the 11th century)
  • Theophilios (mid 11th century)
  • Nikephoros (1050)
  • Michael VII Dukas (1080), former emperor
  • Nikolaos Mesarites (after 1207- after 1216)
  • Manuel (-1243), later Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Nikephorus (-1260), later Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Joseph (1393–1416), later Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Markos (1395)
  • Markos Eugenicos (1438)
  • Samuel (1782)
  • Dionysius (1821)
  • Anthimos (1837), later Patriarch of Constantinople
  • Agathangelo (1882)
  • Chrysostomos Hatzistavrou (1922), last metropolitan
Chrysostom II

literature

  • Pascal Culerrier: Les évêchés suffragants d'Éphèse aux 5e-13e siècles , in Revue des études byzantines , tome 45, 1987, pp. 139–164 digitized version

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