Constantine VI ( el, Κωνσταντίνος ΣΤʹ; 1859 – November 28, 1930) 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 ...
from December 17, 1924 till May 22, 1925.
He served as a ''
locum tenens
A locum, or locum tenens, is a person who temporarily fulfills the duties of another; the term is especially used for physicians or clergy. For example, a ''locum tenens physician'' is a physician who works in the place of the regular physician. ...
'' following the death of
Patriarch Gregory VII in 1924.
He was born in 1859 at
Syge, near
Bursa. After studies at the
Halki seminary
The Halki seminary, formally the Theological School of Halki ( el, Θεολογική Σχολή Χάλκης and tr, Ortodoks Ruhban Okulu), was founded on 1 October 1844 on the island of Halki ( Turkish: Heybeliada), the second-largest of the ...
, he became bishop of
Rodosto in 1896,
metropolitan bishop
In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan (alternative obsolete form: metropolite), pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis.
Originally, the term referred to the ...
of Vella and Konitsa in 1899, metropolitan of
Trebizond in 1906, of
Cyzicus
Cyzicus (; grc, Κύζικος ''Kúzikos''; ota, آیدینجق, ''Aydıncıḳ'') was an ancient Greek town in Mysia in Anatolia in the current Balıkesir Province of Turkey. It was located on the shoreward side of the present Kapıdağ Peni ...
in 1913 and finally of
Derkoi in 1922.
He was exiled to
Greece
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by the Turkish government on January 30, 1925 and resigned the Patriarchate a few months later.
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See also
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Population exchange between Greece and Turkey
The 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey ( el, Ἡ Ἀνταλλαγή, I Antallagí, ota, مبادله, Mübâdele, tr, Mübadele) stemmed from the "Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations" signed at ...
References
1859 births
1930 deaths
Theological School of Halki alumni
Bishops of Trebizond
People from Bursa
20th-century Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople
Turkish exiles
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