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 ...

since its foundation with known dates of enthronement. According to tradition, the Church of Cyprus was created by

St. Barnabas Barnabas (; arc, ܒܪܢܒܐ; grc, Βαρνάβας), born Joseph () or Joses (), was according to tradition an early Christian, one of the prominent Christian disciples in Jerusalem. According to Acts 4:36, Barnabas was a Cypriot Jew. Nam ...

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 O ...

by the Council of Ephesus, 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 communion ...

, the holder is styled Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All

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 ...

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 '' renova ...

)'' *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 (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 ...

(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 *

Nikolaos Nikolaos ( el, Νικόλαος, ') is a common Greek given name which means "Victor of People", a compound of νίκη '' nikē'' 'victory' and λαός laos' 'people'. The connotation is "people's champion" or "conqueror of people". The Englis ...

, 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 and later

Venetian Venetian often means from or related to: * Venice, a city in Italy * Veneto, a region of Italy * Republic of Venice (697–1797), a historical nation in that area Venetian and the like may also refer to: * Venetian language, a Romance language s ...

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

Papacy The pope ( la, papa, from el, πάππας, translit=pappas, 'father'), also known as supreme pontiff ( or ), Roman pontiff () or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Cathol ...

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

*Iacovos II (1709) *Silvestros (1718) *Philotheos (1734) *Paissios (1759) *Chrysanthos (1767) * Kyprianos (1810) *Ioakim (1821) *Damaskinos (1824) *Panaretos (1827) *Ioannikos (1840) *Kyrillos I (1849) * Makarios I (1854) *Sophronios III (1865) * Kyrillos II (1909) * Kyrillos III (1916) * Leontios (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 President of the Republic of Cyprus * Chrysostomos I (1977) * Chrysostomos II (2006) *

George III George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Br ...

(2022)

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