Meletius II of Constantinople

His All Holiness
Meletius II
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Church Church of Constantinople
Diocese Constantinople
See Ecumenical Patriarchate
Installed 1768
Term ended 1769
Predecessor Samuel
Successor Theodosius II
Personal details
Born Tenedos
Died Istanbul
Denomination Eastern Orthodox Church
Occupation Ecumenical Patriarch

Meletius II (Greek: Μελέτιος Β΄) served as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople during the period 1768-1769.

He was born in Tenedos. From 1750 until 1768 he served as metropolitan bishop of Larissa and then was elected Ecumenical Patriarch. During the uprising of 1769 he was dismissed and was exiled to Mytilene. In 1775, with permission of the Sultan Mustafa III he returned to Tenedos and in 1777 to Istanbul, where he died destitute.

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