Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople (died 1991)

Demetrios I of Constantinople

269th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1972 to 1991

Demetrios I of Constantinople, also Dimitrios I or Demetrius I, born Demetrios Papadopoulos, was the 269th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 16 July 1972 to 2 October 1991, serving as the spiritual leader of 300 million Eastern Orthodox Christians. Before his election…