Eugenius II of Constantinople

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1821 to 1822

Eugenius II of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Church	Church of Constantinople
In office	1821 – 1822
Predecessor	Gregory V of Constantinople
Successor	Anthimus III of Constantinople
Personal details
Born	c. 1780
Died	27 July 1822

Eugenius II (Greek: Εὐγένιος; c. 1780 – 27 July 1822) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1821 until his death in 1822.^[1]^[2] Prior to his election as Patriarch, he was Archbishop of Anchialos in Bulgaria.

Eugenius was among the Archbishops held as hostages by Mahmud II along with Patriarch Gregory V when the Greek War of Independence broke out in 1821. On 10 April 1821, Gregory V was deposed and hanged by the Turks in the central gate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Archbishop Eugenius, still a prisoner at the time, was elected as the new Patriarch under the name Eugenius II.

References

^ "Ευγένιος Βʹ". ec-patr.org. Κατάλογος Οικουμενικών Πατριαρχών [List of Ecumenical Patriarchs] (in Greek). Office of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^ Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. Wildside Press. pp. 30–44. ISBN 9781434458766. Retrieved 21 February 2024.