List of archbishops of Crete


This is a list of archbishops of Crete. The Church of Crete was created by St Titus in 64 AD. Being made Bishop of Crete by St Paul himself, Titus later chose other bishops to rule the Church outside Gortyn, dividing the island into dioceses and thus becoming Archbishop of Crete. Later, the See was transferred to Heraklion, where it stands today.

First Roman period

  • Saint Titus 55/64 - 105 ?
  • Saint Artemas
  • Saint Philip
  • Dioscorus
  • Cresces
  • Saint Cyril
  • Saint Myron
  • Saint Peter
  • Paul I
  • Iconius
  • Martyrius
  • Theodore
  • John I
  • Paul II
  • Saint Eumenius
  • Basil I
  • Saint Andrew
  • Elias I

    Arab period

  • Basil II, transferred to Thessaloniki
  • Basil III, possibly successor of prec.
  • John II

    Second Roman (Byzantine) period

  • Stephen II
  • Niketas I, successor of prec.
  • Niketas II, successor of prec.
  • Basil, successor of prec.
  • Niketas III, successor of prec.
  • John III, successor of prec.
  • Leo, successor of prec.
  • Michael, successor of prec.
  • Constantine I, successor of prec.
  • Elias III, successor of prec.
  • Basil IV, successor of prec.
  • Constantine II, successor of prec.
  • Nicholas, successor of prec.
  • John, successor of prec.
  • Manuel Limas, successor of prec.
  • Manuel, successor of prec.
  • Nicholas I

    Venetian period

  • John IV
  • Manuel I
  • Manuel II
  • Nicholas II
  • Nikephoros I Moschopoulos
  • Makarios
  • Anthimos the Confessor
  • Ignatios
  • Prochoros
  • Paisios
  • Belisarios

    Ottoman period

  • Neophytos Patellaros
  • Nikephoros II Skotakis
  • Kallinikos I
  • Arsenios I
  • Athanasios Kallipolitis
  • Kallinikos II
  • Arsenios II
  • Ioasaph
  • Constantine III
  • Gerasimos I
  • Constantine III, again
  • Daniel
  • Gerasimos II
  • Gerasimos III
  • Zacharias
  • Maximos
  • Gerasimos IV
  • Methodios
  • Kallinikos III
  • Meletios I
  • Porphyrios
  • Kallinikos IV
  • Kallinikos V
  • Chrysanthos
  • Sophronios I
  • Dionysios I
  • Ioannikios
  • Dionysios II
  • Meletios II
  • Sophronios II
  • Meletios II, again
  • Timotheos I

    Greek period

  • Evmenios II
  • Titos II
  • Timotheos II
  • Vasilios V
  • Evgenios, from 28 February 1967 archbishop, no longer metropolitan
  • Timotheos III Papoutsakis
  • Irinaios Athanasiadis
  • Eugenios II