Cyril V of Constantinople

Cyril V of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
ChurchChurch of Constantinople
In office28 September 1748 –
May 1751
7 September 1752 –
16 January 1757
PredecessorPaisius II of Constantinople
Paisius II of Constantinople
SuccessorPaisius II of Constantinople
Callinicus IV of Constantinople
Previous post(s)Metropolitan of Nicomedia
Personal details
Born
Dimitsana, Greece
Died27 July 1775
Mount Athos, Greece
DenominationEastern Orthodoxy

Cyril V of Constantinople (Greek: Κύριλλος Καράκαλλος; died 27 July 1775) was a Greek Orthodox monk who served as the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for two periods, from 1748 to 1751 and from 1752 to 1757.

A controversial figure, often blamed for his ideas about the baptism, in 1755 he issued the Oros, a canonical document which, superseding the previous use of accepting Christian converts by Chrismation, stated that all non-Orthodox baptisms (including Roman Catholics) were not valid and all converts needed to be re-baptised.