[2] In 1912, he was appointed as the Metropolis of Rhodes, in 1914, he was appointed as the Metropolitan of Silybria, and was later moved to the Metropolis of Philippopolis, but was unable to perform his duties due to the outbreak of World War I.

[2] On 18 January 1936, the Holy Synod voted to elevated Benjamin from Metropolitan bishop to Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople following the death of Photius II of Constantinople.

[3] Benjamin I died in Istanbul on 17 February 1946, after suffering from bronchitis and was succeeded by Maximus V of Constantinople.

[4] At the 1946 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America national convention, two minutes of silence were given in honor of Benjamin I and a delegate from Pope Pius XII attended his funeral.

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