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Basil III of Constantinople | |
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| Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
| Church | Church of Constantinople |
| In office | 13 July 1925 – 29 September 1929 |
| Predecessor | Constantine VI of Constantinople |
| Successor | Photius II of Constantinople |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vasileios Georgiadis 1846 |
| Died | 29 September 1929 (aged 83) |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Basil III of Constantinople (Greek:Βασίλειος Γʹ; 1846 – 29 September 1929), bornVasileios Georgiadis (Βασίλειος Γεωργιάδης)[citation needed], wasEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople[1] being elected on 13 July 1925, and serving until his death in 1929.[citation needed]
He studied theology and philology at theUniversity of Athens, and obtained a PhD at theUniversity of Munich.[citation needed]

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| Preceded by | Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 1925 – 1929 | Succeeded by |
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