Neophytus V ( el, ) was
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 ...
for a few days in 1707.
Life
Neophytus was appointed
Metropolitan of
Heraclea on 15 May 1689. The bishops and the
laity elected him as Patriarch of Constantinople on 20 October 1707. He was not confirmed however by the
Ottoman Sultan, who reserved the right, as previously the
Byzantine Emperor
This is a list of the Byzantine emperors from the foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD, which marks the conventional start of the Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire, to Fall of Constantinople, its fall to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 AD. On ...
, to confirm the election. Thus, in five days, Neophytus was deposed and he remained Metropolitan of Heraclea until 1711, the probable year of his death.
Notes
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17th-century births
1711 deaths
18th-century Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople