List of archbishops of Athens

Paul the Apostle delivering the Areopagus sermon in Athens. Raphael, 1515

This is a list of Bishops, Metropolitans, and Archbishops of Athens. The Church of Athens was created by Paul the Apostle during his second missionary journey, when he preached at the Areopagus, probably in 51 AD. According to the Acts of the Apostles (17:16–34), after the sermon, many became followers of Paul, thus forming the kernel of the Church in Athens. The see of Athens has been unilaterally declared autocephalous on 4 August 1833 (officially recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on 11 July 1850) and was elevated to an archbishopric on 31 December 1923. As the head of the Church of Greece, the holder has styled Archbishop of Athens and All Greece (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Αθηνών και πάσης Ελλάδος).

Bishops of Athens

Metropolitans of Athens

Pre-modern period

Modern period

Archbishops of Athens and All Greece

See also

• Church of Greece
  • Archbishopric of Athens
• Catholic Church in Greece
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Athens

References

1. Ιστορία της Εκκλησίας των Αθηνών: Ίδρυση της Εκκλησίας των Αθηνών (in Greek). Archbishopric of Athens. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.

External links

• (in Greek) Archdiocese of Athens Official website.
• (in Greek) Ιστορία της Εκκλησίας των Αθηνών: Διατελέσαντες Αρχιεπίσκοποι και Μητροπολίτες Αθηνών. Ιερά Αρχιεπισκοπή Αθηνών.