RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Demetrios I of Constantinople

1914 - 1991

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Demetrios I, also Dimitrios I or Demetrius I, born Demetrios Papadopoulos (Greek: Δημήτριος Αʹ, Δημήτριος Παπαδόπουλος; September 8, 1914 – October 2, 1991), was the 269th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from July 16, 1972, to October 2, 1991, serving as the spiritual leader of 300 million Eastern Orthodox Christians. Before his election as patriarch, he served as the metropolitan bishop of Imvros. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Demetrios I of Constantinople has received more than 144,348 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Demetrios I of Constantinople is the 1,177th most popular religious figure (down from 1,043rd in 2019), the 467th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 493rd in 2019) and the 76th most popular Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Demetrios I of Constantinople ranks 1,177 out of 3,187Before him are Amandus, Gildas, Karekin II, Johannes Magnus, Begga, and Berthold. After him are Gisela, Abbess of Chelles, Eusebius of Vercelli, Eutychius of Constantinople, Parshvanatha, Pamphilus of Caesarea, and Clemente Domínguez y Gómez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Demetrios I of Constantinople ranks 82Before him are Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Omar Ali Saifuddien III, Pietro Germi, Archduchess Adelheid of Austria, Nicolas de Staël, and Yakov Zeldovich. After him are Arthur Kennedy, Martin Gardner, Richard Basehart, Bernard Malamud, Ferenc Fricsay, and Edmund Conen. Among people deceased in 1991, Demetrios I of Constantinople ranks 67Before him are Boris Pugo, Jerzy Kosiński, Lee Remick, William Heinesen, Jean Arthur, and Henri de Lubac. After him are Vilém Flusser, Sergey Akhromeyev, Giacomo Manzù, Héctor Rial, María Zambrano, and Willi Boskovsky.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Demetrios I of Constantinople ranks 467 out of 1,347Before him are Yaşar Kemal (1923), Şah Sultan (1544), Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti (1929), Isaac of Armenia (338), Irene Palaiologina of Trebizond (1315), and Mehmet Akif Ersoy (1873). After him are Eutychius of Constantinople (512), Manuel I of Trebizond (1218), Édouard Balladur (1929), Crates of Mallus (-200), Adamantios Korais (1748), and Oribasius (325).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Demetrios I of Constantinople ranks 76Before him are Babylas of Antioch (238), Daniel the Stylite (409), Sultan Walad (1226), Meletius of Antioch (400), Saint Mercurius (224), and Isaac of Armenia (338). After him are Eutychius of Constantinople (512), Gerasimus of the Jordan (500), Theodore of Mopsuestia (350), Amphilochius of Iconium (339), Archippus (50), and Theodosius the Cenobiarch (424).