Metropolis of Patras

Among the most prominent metropolitans of this period were the future Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople Timothy II and Gabriel IV, as well as Germanos III, who played an important role in the Greek War of Independence.

In 1205, William of Champlitte took possession of the city of Patras and installed canons; they in turn elected Antelm of Cluny as archbishop.

The ecclesiastical territory included the barony of Patras, subject to the Aleman family and a vassal to the principality of Achaea.

In 1276, the archbishops acquired control over the barony of Patras, which henceforth became practically independent from the rest of the Principality.

This practice ceased after the Second Vatican Council and no further appointments to the titular see have been made since the death in 1971 of the last bishop to hold the title.