Athenagoras I of Constantinople

Athenagoras I
Athenagoras I
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
	Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I in 1967
Installed	November 1, 1948
Term ended	July 7, 1972
Predecessor	Maximos V
Successor	Demetrios I
Personal details
Born	Aristocles Matthew Spyrou; 6 April [O.S. 25 March] 1886; Vasilikón, Janina Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Epirus, Greece)
Died	July 7, 1972 (aged 86); Phanar, Istanbul, Turkey
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox Church
Alma mater	Holy Trinity Theological School

Athenagoras I (Greek: Αθηναγόρας Αʹ), born Aristocles Matthaiou ("son of Matthew", a patronymic) Spyrou (Αριστοκλής Ματθαίου Σπύρου; 6 April [O.S. 25 March] 1886 – July 7, 1972), was Greek Orthodox Archbishop of North and South America from 1930 to 1948 and the 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1948 to 1972.

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