# Bartholomew elected Ecumenical Patriarch

Date: 1991

On 22 October 1991 the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul elected Metropolitan Bartholomew of Chalcedon as Ecumenical Patriarch of [Constantinople](/people/bartholomew-i-of-constantinople).

## People

- Patriarch Bartholomew I: https://factrail.ai/people/patriarch-bartholomew-i

## Sources

- https://www.stgeorgehollywood.org/about/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew
- https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2025/19-september/news/world/patriarch-bartholomew-reasserts-primacy-after-34-years-in-office

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/bartholomew-elected-ecumenical-patriarch-1991-10-22