Sophronius II of Constantinople

Sophronius II of Constantinople (Greek: Σωφρόνιος; died 19 October 1780) served as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople during the period 1775–1780 and, as Sophronius V (Σοφρώνιος Ε΄), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem^[1] in 1771–1774.^[2]

Sophronius II of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Church	Church of Constantinople
Diocese	Constantinople
See	Ecumenical Patriarchate
Installed	24 December 1774
Term ended	8 October 1780
Predecessor	Samuel of Constantinople
Successor	Gabriel IV of Constantinople
Personal details
Born	Aleppo, Syria
Died	19 October 1780
Buried	Church of the Asomatoi (Pammegiston Taxiarchon), Arnavutköy
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox Church

He was born in Aleppo, Syria. He served as metropolitan bishop of Ptolemais (of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem) and in 1771 he was elected Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem as Sophronius V. In 1774, he was elected Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as Sophronius II. During his reign, a Synod in Constantinople condemned the Kollyvades.

He was an educated and ascetic Patriarch and was especially preoccupied with education and the economics of the Patriarchates he ministered. He died on 19 October 1780 and was buried in the yard of the Church of the Asomatoi (Pammegiston Taxiarchon) in Arnavutköy.^[3]