Patriarch Joseph of Moscow

Joseph
Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus'
Portrait in the Tsarsky titulyarnik, 1672
ChurchRussian Orthodox Church
SeeMoscow
Installed27 March 1642
Term ended15 April 1652
PredecessorJoasaphus I
SuccessorNikon
Personal details
Born
Ignaty Dyakov

unknown
Died15 April 1652
BuriedDormition Cathedral, Moscow

Joseph (Russian: Иосиф; secular name Ignaty Dyakov, Russian: Игнатий Дьяков; died 15 April 1652) was the sixth Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, elected after an unusual one and a half year break.