His tenure was cut short a year later when he was deposed amid accusations of various scandals.
During his second tenure, he took care of aligning church administrative practice and canon law with the contemporary needs and took measures to replenish the patriarchal coffers.
[1] He was also in contact with Western potentates, including Pope Paul V and King Philip III of Spain, whom he urged to engage in a crusade to liberate the Orthodox Christians from the Ottoman Empire, going as far as to make considerable concessions to the doctrine of the Catholic Church, including recognising papal primacy.
[1]: bio [2] His pro-Western policy and financial exactions made him many enemies, including Cyril I of Constantinople, who succeeded in securing his deposition in October 1612.
Originally slated to be exiled to Rhodes again, he was protected by his successor, Timothy II of Constantinople, who had been his protégé.