Biographical dates - Period of existence1762- 1842
Other InformationEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. He served as deacon of the Patriarchate during the Patriarchy of Neophytus VII and was Great Archdeacon from 1791. In 1821 he was elected Metropolitan of Chalcedon (1821-1822). He was imprisoned by Turks for 7 months. In 1822 he was elected Patriarch. He refused to allow an English Protestant to publish a translation of the Bible to Demotic Greek by the Patriarchal Typography. He was deposed in July 1824. After his death, his fortune was bequeathed to churches and charitable institutions.
Created by Yannis Kokkonas, Geri Della Rocca de Candal and Christina Vouvaki-Manousaki.
Biographical dates - Period of existence1762- 1842
Other InformationEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. He served as deacon of the Patriarchate during the Patriarchy of Neophytus VII and was Great Archdeacon from 1791. In 1821 he was elected Metropolitan of Chalcedon (1821-1822). He was imprisoned by Turks for 7 months. In 1822 he was elected Patriarch. He refused to allow an English Protestant to publish a translation of the Bible to Demotic Greek by the Patriarchal Typography. He was deposed in July 1824. After his death, his fortune was bequeathed to churches and charitable institutions.
Created by Yannis Kokkonas, Geri Della Rocca de Candal and Christina Vouvaki-Manousaki.