Joannicius III of Constantinople

Joannicius III of Constantinople
Joanikije III
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch
ChurchChurch of Constantinople
Serbian Patriarchate of Peć
Installed1739 (as Serbian Patriarch)
26 March 1761 (as Patriarch of Constantinople)
Term ended1746 (as Serbian Patriarch)
21 May 1763 (as Patriarch of Constantinople)
PredecessorArsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta (as Serbian Patriarch)
Seraphim II of Constantinople (as Patriarch of Constantinople)
SuccessorAtanasije II Gavrilović (as Serbian Patriarch)
Samuel of Constantinople (as Patriarch of Constantinople)
Previous post(s)Metropolitan of Chalcedon (1747–1761)
Personal details
Born
Ioannis Karatzas

c. 1700
Died1793
Monastery of Halki
DenominationEastern Orthodoxy

Joannicius III of Constantinople (Greek: Ἰωαννίκιος; Serbian: Јоаникије III; c. 1700 – 1793) was Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch from 1739 to 1746 and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1761 to 1763. The ordinal number of his title is III both for his office as Serbian Patriarch and of Constantinople.