Sophronius II of Constantinople

Sophronius II (Greek: Σωφρόνιος; died 19 October 1780) served as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople during the period 1775–80 and, as Sophronius V (Σοφρώνιος Ε΄), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem^[1] in 1771–74.^[2]

He was born in Aleppo, Syria.

He served as metropolitan bishop of Ptolemais (of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem) and in 1771 he was elected Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem as Sophronius V.

In 1775, he was elected Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as Sophronius II. During his reign, a Synod in Constantinople condemned the Kollyvades.

He was an educated and ascetic Patriarch and was especially preoccupied with education and the economics of the Patriarchates he ministered. He died on 19 October 1780 and was buried in the yard of the Church of the Asomatoi (Pammegiston Taxiarchon) in Arnavutköy.^[3]

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• Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο

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Bishops and Patriarchs of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem

Bishops of Jerusalem
(until 451)

• James, brother of Jesus
• Simeon of Jerusalem
• Justus
• Zacchaeus
• Tobias
• Benjamin
• John I
• Matthias
• Philip
• Senecas
• Justus II
• Levis
• Ephram
• Joseph I
• Judas
• Marcus
• Cassianus
• Poplius
• Maximus I
• Julian I
• Gaius I
• Symmachus
• Gaius II
• Julian II
• Capion
• Maximus II
• Antoninus
• Valens
• Dolichianus
• Narcissus
• Dius
• Germanion
• Gordius
• Alexander
• Mazabanis
• Imeneus
• Zamudas
• Ermon
• Macarius
• Maximus III
• Cyril I
• John II
• Praulius
• Juvenal

Patriarchs of Jerusalem
(from 451)

• Juvenal
• Anastasius I
• Martyrius
• Sallustius
• Elias I
• John III
• Peter
• Macarius II
• Eustochius
• John IV
• Amos
• Isaac
• Zacharias
• Modestus
• Sophronius
• Anastasius II
• John V
• Theodore
• Elias II
• George
• Thomas I
• Basileus
• John VI
• Sergius I
• Solomon
• Theodosius
• Elias III
• Sergius II
• Leontius I
• Athanasius I
• Christodulus I
• Agathon
• John VII
• Christodulus II
• Thomas II
• Joseph II
• Orestes
• Theophilus I
• Nicephorus I
• Joannichius
• Sophronius II
• Euthemius
• Simeon II
• Savvas^§
• John VIII^§
• Nicolas^§
• John IX^§
• Nicephorus II^§
• Leontius II^§
• Dositheos I
• Marcus II
• Euthemius II
• Athanasius II
• Sophronius III
• Gregory I
• Thaddaeus
• Athanasius III
• Gregory II
• Lazarus
• Dorotheus I
• Theophilus II
• Theophanes I
• Joachim
• Theophanes II
• Athanasius IV
• Jacob II
• Abraham I
• Gregory III
• Marcus III
• Dorotheus II
• Germanus
• Sophronius IV
• Theophanes III
• Paiseus
• Nectarius I
• Dositheos II
• Chrysanthus
• Meletius
• Parthenius
• Ephram II
• Sophronius V
• Abraham II
• Procopius I
• Anthemus
• Polycarpus
• Athanasius V
• Cyril II
• Procopius II
• Hierotheus
• Nicodemus I
• Gerasimus I
• Damian I
• Timotheus I
• Benedict I
• Diodoros I
• Irenaios I
• Theophilus III

^§: in exile at Constantinople due to the Latin rule over Jerusalem