Diocese Constantinople Predecessor Neophytus VII Died Tarabya, Istanbul, Turkey | Installed 1794 Successor Gregory V Term ended 1797 | |
Church Church of Constantinople See Ecumenical Patriarchate | ||
Gerasimus III was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1794 to 1797.
He descended from Cyprus. In 1762 he was elected metropolitan bishop of Vize, in 1783 of İzmit and in 1791 of Derkoi. In the 3rd of March in 1794 he was elected Ecumenical Patriarch, succeeding Neophytus VII.
During his patriarchy he regulated many ecclesiastic issues. One of which was setting an age requirement in the ordainment of clerics in 1795, prohibiting the ordainment of deacon under 25 years old and presbyter under 30 years old.
In the 19th of April in 1797 he resigned and retired to Tarabiye, where he died a while later.
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