This is a list of Archbishops of

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

since its foundation with known dates of

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. According to tradition, the Church of Cyprus was created by St. Barnabas in 45 AD. The see of Cyprus was declared

autocephalous Autocephaly (; from el, αὐτοκεφαλία, meaning "property of being self-headed") is the status of a hierarchical Christian church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop. The term is primarily used in Eastern Ort ...

by the

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, on 30 July 431; its autocephaly was abolished in 1260, and was restored in 1571. As the head of the

Church of Cyprus The Church of Cyprus ( el, Ἐκκλησία τῆς Κύπρου, translit=Ekklisia tis Kyprou; tr, Kıbrıs Kilisesi) is one of the autocephalous Greek Orthodox churches that together with other Eastern Orthodox churches form the communio ...

, the holder is styled Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All

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s of
Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

First Autocephalous Period (45–1260)

*Gelasios I (325) * St. Epiphanios I (368) *Stavrinos I (403) *Troilos (431) *Reginos (431) *Olympios I (449) *Stavrinos II (457) * Anthemios (470) *Olympios II ''(During the reign of

Justinian Justinian I (; la, Iustinianus, ; grc-gre, Ἰουστινιανός ; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was the Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565. His reign is marked by the ambitious but only partly realized ''renovat ...

)'' *Philoxenos ''(During the reign of Justinian)'' *Damianos ''(During the reign of Justinian)'' *Sophronios I ''(During the reign of Justinian)'' *Gregorios ''(During the reign of Justinian)'' *Arkadios ''(During the reign of Justinian)'' *Theophanes I *Plutarch (620) *

Arkadios II Archbishop Arkadios II ( el, Ἀρκάδιος Β'; died 643) was the head of the Church of Cyprus during the 630s. He was a supporter of the Monoenergism formula also propounded by Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople, and Emperor Heraclius. Ark ...

(630) *Serghios (643) *Epiphanios II (681) *

John I John I may refer to: People * John I (bishop of Jerusalem) * John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople * John of Antioch (died 441) * Pope John I, Pope from 523 to 526 * John I (exarch) (died 615), Exarch of Ravenna * John I o ...

(691) *Georgios (750) *Constantine (783) *Akakios (after 787) *Gelasios II (after 787 and likely successor of Akakios) *Theophanes II (early 9th century and likely successor of Gelasios Ii) *John II (early 9th century and likely successor of Theophanes II and predecessor either of Barnabas or Epiphanios III) *Epiphanios III (890) *Vasilios *

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, later

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of th ...

*John III (1151) *Barnabas II (1175) *Sophronios II (1191) *Isaias (1209) *Neophytos I (1222) *Georgios II (1254) *Germanos I (1260)

Non-Autocephalous Period (1260–1571)

''During the

Lusignan The House of Lusignan ( ; ) was a royal house of French origin, which at various times ruled several principalities in Europe and the Levant, including the kingdoms of Jerusalem, Cyprus, and Armenia, from the 12th through the 15th centuries du ...

and later Venetian rule from 1260–1571 the Church of Cyprus ceased to be autocephalous and came under the direct rule of the

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, its fourteen dioceses was reduced to four until after the Ottoman conquest in 1571, when the

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, for expedient administrative reasons, restored to the Orthodox Church of Cyprus all its previous privileges and rights.''

Second Autocephalous Period (1571–present)

*Timotheos (1572) *Lavrentios (1580) *Neophytos II (1592) * Athanasios I (1592) *Veniamin (1600) *Christodoulos I (1606) *Nikephorus (1641) *Ilarion Kigalas (1674) *Christodoulos II (1682) *Iacovos I (1691) *Germanos II (1695) * Athanasios II (1705), later

Patriarch of Antioch Patriarch of Antioch is a traditional title held by the bishop of Antioch (modern-day Antakya, Turkey). As the traditional "overseer" (ἐπίσκοπος, ''episkopos'', from which the word ''bishop'' is derived) of the first gentile Christian c ...

*Iacovos II (1709) *Silvestros (1718) *Philotheos (1734) *Paissios (1759) *Chrysanthos (1767) *

Kyprianos Archbishop Kyprianos of Cyprus ( el, Αρχιεπίσκοπος Κύπρου Κυπριανός) was the head of the Cypriot Orthodox Church in the early 19th century at the time that the Greek War of Independence broke out. Kyprianos was born i ...

(1810) *Ioakim (1821) *Damaskinos (1824) *Panaretos (1827) *Ioannikos (1840) *Kyrillos I (1849) * Makarios I (1854) *Sophronios III (1865) *

Kyrillos II Kyrillos II Papadopoulos ( gr, Κύριλλος Παπαδόπουλος, 26 October 1845 – 6 July 1916), nicknamed Kyrillatsos ("Big Kyrillos"), was a Cypriot bishop and politician. He held the positions of Bishop of Larnaca and List of Archb ...

(1909) *

Kyrillos III Kyrillos III (nicknamed Kyrilloudin "small Kyrillos" to differentiate from Kyrillos II; born Panagiotis Vassiliou; 1859 – 16 November 1933), was the bishop of Kyrenia and later became the archbishop of the Cypriot Orthodox Church. Biography Bor ...

(1916) *

Leontios Leontius ( el, Λεόντιος, Leóntios; – 15 February 706), was Byzantine emperor from 695 to 698. Little is known of his early life, other than that he was born in Isauria in Asia Minor. He was given the title of ''patrikios'', and ma ...

(1947) * Makarios II (1947) *

Makarios III Makarios III ( el, Μακάριος Γ΄; born Michael Christodoulou Mouskos) (Greek: Μιχαήλ Χριστοδούλου Μούσκος) (13 August 1913 – 3 August 1977) was a Cypriot politician, archbishop and primate who served as ...

(1950), first

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of the

Republic of Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

* Chrysostomos I (1977) * Chrysostomos II (2006) *

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(2022)

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Archbishops In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdioc ...

First Autocephalous Period (45–1260)

Non-Autocephalous Period (1260–1571)

Second Autocephalous Period (1571–present)

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