Eastern Catholic (Uniate) churches
(information provided by Andrejus Gajosinskas)
Armenian Catholic Church
1650 church founded
26 Nov 1740 Patriarchate established
Patriarchs of the Catholic Armenians
26 Nov 1740 - 1 Oct 1749 Apraham Bedros I (b. 1679 - d. 1749)
14 Oct 1749 - 10 Jun 1753 Hagop Bedros II
23 Jun 1753 - 10 Nov 1780 Mikael Bedros III
1 Dec 1780 - 6 Feb 1788 Parsegh Bedros IV
11 May 1788 - 17 Jun 1812 Krikor Bedros V
8 Apr 1815 - 1841 Krikor Bedros VI
27 Jan 1842 - 1843 Hagop Bedros VII
25 Jan 1844 - 9 Jan 1866 Krikor Bedros VIII
14 Sep 1866 - Jun 1881 Andon Bedros IX (from 13 Dec
1880, Cardinal Andon Bedros IX) (b. 1809 - d. 1884)
c.1870 - ... Jacob (anti-patriarch)
24 Jan 1881 - May 1899 Stepan Bedros X (b. ... - d. 1899)
24 Jul 1899 - 18 Apr 1904 Boghos Bedros XI (b. 1829 - d. 1904)
4 Aug 1904 - Apr 1910 Boghos Bedros XII (b. 1836 - d. 1915)
23 Apr 1910 - 15 Dec 1931 Boghos Bedros XIII (b. 1853 - d. 1931)
17 Oct 1931 - 26 Oct 1937 Avedis Bedros XIV (b. 1856 - d. 1937)
30 Nov 1937 - 25 Aug 1962 Krikor Bedros XV (from 18 Feb
1946, Cardinal Krikor Bedros XV) (b. 1895 - d. 1971)
4 Sep 1962 - 22 Apr 1976 Iknadios Bedros XVI (b. 1899 - d. 1979)
3 Jul 1976 - 31 May 1982 Hemaiag Bedros XVII (b. 1905 - d. 1998)
5 Aug 1982 - 28 Nov 1998 Hovhannes Bedros XVIII (b. 1927)
7 Oct 1999 - Nerses Bedros XIX (b. 1940)
Byzantine Catholic Church in America
Bishops
15 Jun 1924 - 13 May 1948 Basil Takach (b. 1879 - d. 1948)
13 May 1948 - 12 Dec 1954 Daniel Ivancho (b. 1908 - d. 1972)
5 Feb 1955 - 22 Dec 1967 Nicholas T. Elko (b. 1909 - d. 1991)
5 Mar 1968 - 11 Jun 1969 Stephen J. Kocisko (b. 1915 - d. 1995)
Metropolitan Archbishops
11 Jun 1969 - 12 Jun 1991 Stephen J. Kocisko (s.a.)
12 Jun 1991 - 13 Apr 1993 Thomas V. Dolinay (b. 1923 - d. 1993)
20 Apr 1993 - 8 Sep 1994 John M. Bilock (administrator) (b. 1916 - d. 1994)
Sep 1994 - 15 Nov 1994 Russell A. Duker (administrator)
7 Feb 1995 - 15 Apr 2001 Judson M. Procyk (b. 1931 - d. 2001)
1 May 2001 - 9 Jul 2002 John M. Kudrick (administrator) (b. 1947)
9 Jul 2002 - Basil M. Schott (b. 1939)
Chaldean Catholic Church
1552 rival Assyrian Patriarch accepts union with Rome
1607 regular Assyrian Patriarch Eliyya VIII also accepts union
1617 heir of Eliyya VIII breaks union
1681 Archbishop of Amed (Diyarbakir) is granted title of
Patriarch
1692 Patriarch of the first (1552) line breaks union;
only one Patriarch remains
Patriarchs
21 May 1696 - 2 Jun 1712 Joseph II (b. 1667 - d. 1712)
26 Feb 1713 - 23 Jan 1757 Joseph III (b. ... - d. 1757)
8 Feb 1757 - 1781 Joseph IV (b. ... - d. 1791)
1781 - 6 Apr 1828 Joseph V (b. 17... - d. 1828)
(apostolic administrator to 1804)
5 Aug 1830 - 16 Aug 1838 Youhanan VIII Hormez (b. ... - d. 1838)
(claimed the patriarchate from 1778)
16 Aug 1838 - 1847 Nicolawos Zaya (b. ... - d. 1855)
11 Sep 1848 - 29 Mar 1878 Joseph VI Audo (b. 1790 - d. 1878)
28 Feb 1879 - 27 Jun 1894 Eliyya XIV Abbo-Alyonan (b. 1840 - d. 1894)
28 Oct 1894 - 6 Nov 1899 Abdisho V Khayat (b. 1827 - d. 1899)
9 Jul 1900 - 21 Jul 1947 Joseph Emmanuel II Toma (b. 1852 - d. 1947)
17 Sep 1947 - 8 Jul 1958 Joseph VII Ghanima (b. 1881 - d. 1958)
13 Dec 1958 - 13 Apr 1989 Paul II Cheikho (b. 1906 - d. 1989)
21 May 1989 - 7 Jul 2003 Raphael I Bidawid (b. 1922 - d. 2003)
7 Jul 2003 - 3 Dec 2003 Shlemon Warduni (b. 1943)
(apostolic administrator)
3 Dec 2003 - Emmanuel III Delly (from 24 Nov
2007, Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly) (b. 1927)
Coptic Catholic Church
4 Aug 1741 Apostolic Vicariate for Coptic Catholics created
1824 Maximos is granted title Patriarch for life; after his death
in 1831 his successors are again only named apostolic vicars
26 Nov 1895 Patriarchate restored
Patriarchs of Alexandria
15 Aug 1824 - 30 Aug 1831 Maximos II (b. ... - d. 1831)
15 Mar 1895 - 19 Jun 1899 Cyrille Macaire (b. 1867 - d. 1921)
(apostolic administrator)
19 Jun 1899 - 30 May 1908 Kyrillos II (s.a.)
1908 - 13 Jan 1925 Maximos Sedfaoui (b. 1863 - d. 1925)
(apostolic administrator)
30 Dec 1927 - 9 Aug 1947 Marc Khouzam (b. 1888 - d. 1958)
(apostolic administrator)
9 Aug 1947 - 2 Feb 1958 Markos II (s.a.)
10 May 1958 - 24 May 1986 Stephanos I (from 22 Feb 1965,
Cardinal Stephanos I) (b. 1904 - d. 1987)
24 Feb 1984 - 9 Jun 1986 Andraos Ghattas (b. 1920 - d. 2009)
(apostolic administrator [for Stephanos I to 24 May 1986])
9 Jun 1986 - 27 Mar 2006 Stephanos II (from 21 Feb 2001,
Cardinal Stephanos II) (= Ghattas) (s.a.)
30 Mar 2006 - Antonios (b. 1935)
Croatian Church
17 Jun 1777 Diocese of Krizevci created
1966 See transferred to Zagreb
Bishops
21 Dec 1857 - 1881 Djordje Smiciklas (b. 1815 - d. 1881)
15 Mar 1883 - 1889 Elias Hranilovic (b. 1850 - d. 1889)
17 Dec 1891 - 18 May 1917 Iulius Drohobeczky (b. 1853 - d. 1934)
1 May 1920 - 14 Apr 1940 Dion�z Njarady (b. 1874 - d. 1940)
1941 - 9 Aug 1946 Janko Simrak (b. 1883 - d. 1946)
(apostolic administrator to 9 May 1942)
22 Jul 1960 - 2 Mar 1961 Gabrijel Bukatko (b. 1913 - d. 1981)
24 Feb 1963 - 22 Jan 1983 Joakim Segedi (auxiliary bishop) (b. 1904 - d. 2004)
22 Jan 1983 - 25 May 2009 Slavomir Miklovs (b. 1934)
25 May 2009 - Nikola Kekic (b. 1943)
Hungarian Catholic Church
Bishops of Hajd�dorog
5 Oct 1913 - 30 Oct 1937 Istv�n Mikl�ssy (b. 1857 - d. 1937)
14 May 1939 - 15 Jul 1972 Mikl�s Dud�s (b. 1902 - d. 1972)
8 Feb 1975 - 30 Mar 1988 Imre Timk� (b. 1920 - d. 1988)
30 Jun 1988 - 10 Nov 2007 Szil�rd Keresztes (b. 1932)
2 May 2008 - P�ter F�l�p Kocsis (b. 1963)
Maronite Catholic Church
c.681 Maronite Church founded
Patriarchs of Antioch and All the East
20 May 1670 - 3 May 1704 Stephen Douaihy (b. 1630 - d. 17...)
1704 - 10 Oct 1705 Gabriel
6 Nov 1705 - 12 Feb 1733 Jacob Awad
25 Feb 1733 - 13 May 1742 Joseph Dergham Khazen
16 Mar 1743 - 12 Feb 1756 Symeon Awad
28 Feb 1756 - 29 May 1766 Toubia El-Khazen
9 Jun 1766 - 22 Apr 1793 Joseph Stephan
(suspended 25 Jun 1779 - 28 Sep 1784)
10 Sep 1793 - 17 May 1795 Michel Fadel (b. ... - d. 1795)
14 Jun 1795 - 12 Apr 1796 Philip Gemayel (b. ... - d. 1796)
28 Apr 1796 - 8 Jun 1809 Youssif Tyan (b. 17... - d. 1820)
8 Jun 1809 - 12 May 1823 Yuhanna El-Helou (b. 17... - d. 1823)
25 May 1823 - 23 May 1845 Youssif Hobeiche (b. ... - d. 1845)
8 Aug 1845 - 3 Nov 1854 Youssif El-Khazen (b. ... - d. 1854)
12 Nov 1854 - 18 Apr 1890 Boulos Massaad (b. 1805? - d. 1890)
28 Apr 1890 - 24 Dec 1898 Yuhanna El-Haj (b. ... - d. 1898)
6 Jan 1899 - 24 Dec 1931 Elias Hoyek (b. 1843 - d. 1931)
30 Apr 1932 - 19 May 1955 Antoun Arida (b. 1863 - d. 1955)
28 May 1955 - 11 Jan 1975 Boulos Meouchi (from 22 Feb 1965,
Boulos Cardinal Meouchi) (b. 1894 - d. 1975)
3 Feb 1975 - 3 Apr 1986 Antoine Khreich (from 2 Feb 1983,
Antoine Cardinal Khreich) (b. 1907 - d. 1994)
19 Apr 1986 - Nasrallah Sfeir (from 26 Nov 1994,
Nasrallah Cardinal Sfeir) (b. 1920)
Melkite Catholic Church
1 Oct 1724 church enters union with Rome, splitting from the
Antiochian Orthodox church
Patriarchs
1 Oct 1724 - 19 Jul 1759 Cyrille VI Tanas
19 Jul 1759 - 1 Aug 1760 Athanase IV Jawhar (1st time)
1 Aug 1760 - 15 Nov 1761 Maximos II Hakim
24 Dec 1761 - 10 Apr 1788 Th�odose V Dahan
16 Feb 1765 - 1768 Athanase IV Jawhar (2nd time)
(anti-patriarch)
5 May 1788 - 2 Dec 1794 Athanase IV Jawhar (3rd time)
11 Dec 1794 - 6 Aug 1796 Cyrille VII Siage
11 Sep 1796 - 2 Feb 1812 Agapios II Matar
21 Feb 1812 - 18 Nov 1812 Ignace IV Sarrouf
14 Aug 1813 - 20 Nov 1813 Athanase V Matar
10 Dec 1813 - 15 Dec 1815 Macaire IV Tawil
10 Jul 1816 - 25 Mar 1833 Ignace V Cattan
6 Apr 1833 - 23 Aug 1855 Maximos III Mazloum
1 Apr 1856 - 24 Sep 1864 Cl�ment Bahous
29 Sep 1864 - 13 Jul 1897 Gr�goire II Youssef-Sayour
24 Feb 1898 - 24 Apr 1902 Pierre IV G�raigiry (b. 1841 - d. 19...)
28 Jun 1902 - 12 Jan 1916 Cyrille VIII Geha (b. 1840 - d. 1916)
6 Apr 1919 - 25 Oct 1925 Dimitrios I Cadi (b. 1861 - d. 1925)
8 Dec 1925 - 8 Sep 1947 Cyrille IX Moghabghab (b. 1855 - d. 1947)
30 Oct 1947 - 5 Nov 1967 Maximos IV Sa�gh (from 22 Feb
1965, Cardinal Maximos IV Sa�gh) (b. 1878 - d. 1967)
22 Nov 1967 - 22 Nov 2000 Maximos V Hakim (b. 1908 - d. 2001)
29 Nov 2000 - Gr�goire III Laham (b. 1933)
Romanian Greek-Catholic Church
7 May 1700 union with Rome
16 Nov 1853 Metropolis
1 Dec 1948 church outlawed
1989 church relegalized
Bishops of Alba Iulia; from 17 Aug 1723, Bishops of Alba Iulia and Fagaras;
from 1853, Archbishops of Fagaras and Alba Iulia and Metropolitans; from 16 Dec
2005, Major Archbishops of Fagaras and Alba Iulia)
1698 - 1713 Atanasie Anghel (b. 16... - d. 1713)
1715 - 29 Oct 1727 Ioan Giurgiu Patachi (b. 1682 - d. 1727)
1728 - 1751 Ioan Inocentiu Micu-Klein (b. 1692 - d. 1768)
1752 - 27 Jan 1764 Petru Pavel Aron (b. 1709 - d. 1764)
1765 - 1772 Atanasie Rednic (b. 1722 - d. 1772)
1772 - 13 Mar 1782 Grigore Maior (b. 1715 - d. 1785)
1783 - 2 Oct 1830 Ioan Bob (b. 1739 - d. 1830)
1832 - 10 Apr 1850 Ioan Lemeni (b. 1780 - d. 1861)
1850 - 7 Sep 1867 Alexandru Sterca Sulutiu (b. 1794 - d. 1867)
1868 - 31 Jul 1892 Ioan Vancea (b. 1820 - d. 1892)
1893 - 1918 Victor Mihaly de Apsa (b. 1841 - d. 1918)
1920 - 25 Jan 1935 Vasile Suciu (b. 1873 - d. 1935)
1936 - 5 Jun 1941 Alexandru Nicolescu (b. 1882 - d. 1941)
1941 - 1946 Valeriu Traian Frentiu (b. 1875 - d. 1952)
(apostolic administrator)
1946 - 1948 Ioan Suciu (b. 1907 - d. 1953)
(apostolic administrator)
14 Mar 1990 - 20 Jul 1994 Alexandru Todea (from 28 Jun 1991,
Alexandru Cardinal Todea) (b. 1912 - d. 2002)
20 Jul 1994 - Lucian Muresan (b. 1931)
Ruthenian Catholic Church
1646 union with Rome
1949 - 1991 church outlawed
Bishops of Mukachevo of the Byzantines
1690 - 1707 Iosif de Kamelis
1707 - 1715 Ioann Iosif Gordemarsky
1716 - 1733 Georgy Gennady Bezancy
1733 - 1738 Simeon Olshavsky
1738 - 1742 Georgy Gavril Blazhovsky
1743 - 1767 Michail Manuil Olshavsky
1767 - 1772 Ioann Bradach
1772 - 1808 Andrey Bachinsky
1808 - 1815 Mikhail Bradach (b. 1748 - d. 1815)
1816 - 1831 Alexy Povsy (b. 1753 - d. 1831)
1831 - 1837 vacant
1837 - 1864 Vasily Popovic (b. 1796 - d. 1864)
1864 - 1867 vacant
1867 - 1874 Istv�n Pankovic (b. 1820 - d. 1874)
1875 - 1891 J�nos P�stz�lyi-Kov�cs (b. 1826 - d. 1891)
1891 - 1912 Gyula Fircz�k (b. 1836 - d. 1912)
1912 - 1924 Antal Papp (b. 1867 - d. 1945)
1924 - 1931 P�ter Gebey (b. 1864 - d. 1931)
1932 - 31 May 1943 Alexander Stojka (b. 1890 - d. 1943)
1943 - 1944 Mikl�s Dud�s (b. 1902 - d. 1972)
(apostolic administrator)
24 Sep 1944 - 1 Nov 1947 Teodor Romzha (b. 1911 - d. 1947)
(apostolic administrator)
1947 - 1950 Makary
(apostolic administrator)
16 Jan 1991 - 12 Nov 2002 Ivan Semedi (b. 1921 - d. 2008)
12 Nov 2002 - Milan Sasik (b. 1952)
(apostolic administrator to 6 Jan 2003)
Syrian Catholic Church
1662 Patriarchate created
1702 Patriarchate abolished
1782 Patriarchate restored
Patriarchs of Antioch
1662 - 24 Jul 1677 Ignatius Andr� Akhidjan (b. ... - d. 1677)
1677 - Feb 1702 Ignatius Pierre VI Chaahbadine (b. 1640 - d. 1702)
22 Jan 1782 - 4 Sep 1800 Ignatius Michael III Jarweh (b. 1730 - d. 1800)
20 Dec 1801 - Sep 1810 Ignatius Michael IV (b. 1761 - d. 1816)
2 Jan 1811 - 1 Jun 1818 Ignatius Simon II
Feb 1820 - 16 Oct 1851 Ignatius Pierre VII (b. ... - d. 1851)
30 Mar 1853 - 14 Mar 1864 Ignatius Antoun I
6 Aug 1866 - 7 Mar 1874 Ignatius Philippe I (b. 1826 - d. ...)
21 Dec 1874 - 1891 Ignatius Georges V (b. 1818 - d. ...)
12 Oct 1893 - 13 Sep 1897 Ignatius Behnam II (b. 1831 - d. ...)
9 Oct 1898 - 7 May 1929 Ignatius Ephrem II Rahmani (b. 1848 - d. 1929)
24 Jun 1929 - 29 Jan 1968 Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (from
16 Dec 1935, Cardinal Ignatius
Gabriel I Tappouni) (b. 1879 - d. 1968)
10 Mar 1968 - 23 Jul 1998 Ignatius Antoun II Hayek (b. 1910 - d. 2007)
13 Oct 1998 - 8 Jan 2001 Ignatius Moussa I Daoud (b. 1930)
16 Feb 2001 - 2 Feb 2008 Ignatius Pierre VIII (b. 1930)
2 Feb 2008 - 21 Jan 2009 Apostolic administrators
- Th�ophile Georges Kassab of
Homs, Hama, and Nabk (b. 1945)
- Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka of
Baghdad (b. 1930)
- Gr�goire Elias Tab� of Damascus (b. 1941)
21 Jan 2009 - Ignatius Joseph III (b. 1944)
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
1599 St. Thomas Christians are included in the Catholic Church
16 Dec 1992 rank of Major Archbishop (head of the church) created
Major Archbishops of Ernakulam-Angamaly
16 Dec 1992 - 11 Nov 1996 Antony Cardinal Padiyara (b. 1921 - d. 2000)
11 Nov 1996 - 23 Dec 1999 vacant
23 Dec 1999 - Varkey Vithayathil (from 21 Feb
2001, Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil) (b. 1927)
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Archbishops (from 10 Jan 2005, Major Archbishops) of Trivandrum
11 Jun 1932 - 15 Jul 1953 Mar Ivanios (b. 1882 - d. 1953)
27 Jan 1955 - 10 Oct 1994 Benedict Mar Gregorios (b. 1916 - d. 1994)
29 Nov 1995 - 18 Jan 2007 Cyril Mar Baselios (b. 1935 - d. 2007)
Jan 2007 - 10 Feb 2007 Geevarghese Mar Divannasios (b. 1950)
(administrator)
10 Feb 2007 - Bawa Cleemis Baselios (b. 1959)
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
3 Jan 1596 union with Rome; church headed by Metropolitan of Galitzia
and Kiev
1808 Metropolis of Lviv established in Austria-Hungary
1839 Metropolis of Kiev abolished; Lviv becomes Metropolis
of Galitzia and Lviv
1946 church outlawed and absorbed by Russian Orthodox Church
1975 Metropolitan proclaims himself a Patriarch, not approved
by Rome
1 Dec 1989 church relegalized
21 Aug 2005 Metropolis moved to Kiev
Metropolitans of Kiev
1694 - 13 Jun 1708 Lev Shliubits-Zanesky
1708 - 3 Oct 1713 Yury Vinnitsky (b. ... - d. 1713)
27 Feb 1714 - 30 Nov 1728 Lev Luka Kishka (b. 1668 - d. 1728)
1728 - 1746 Athanasy Sheptytsky
1747 Theodor Liubenetsky-Rudnitsky (b. c.1698 - d. 1751)
(not approved by the pope)
1748 - 1762 Florian Grabnitsky (b. ... - d. 1762)
1762 - 1778 Felician Philip Volodkovich (b. 1697 - d. 1778)
1778 - 4 Jun 1779 Liudvig Lev Sheptytsky (b. 1717 - d. 1779)
1780 - 12 Nov 1788 Iasan Yunosha-Smagazhevsky (b. 1714 - d. 1788)
1788 - 1805 Theodor Rostocky (b. 1725 - d. 1805)
1808 - 1809 Irakly Lisovsky (b. 1734 - d. 1809)
1809 - 1815 Grigory Kohanovich
1817 - 1838 Josafat Bulgak (b. 1758 - d. 1838)
Metropolitans (from 1975, Patriarchs) of Lviv (from 21 Aug 2005, of Kiev)
1808 - 1814 Antony Angelovich (b. 1756 - d. 1814)
1816 - 1858 Mikhail Levitsky (b. 1774 - d. 1858)
1859 - 1866 Grigory Yakhimovich
1866 - 1869 Spiridon Litvinovich
1870 - 1882 Josyf Sembratovich
1882 - 4 Aug 1898 Sylvester Sembratovich (from 10
Jan 1896, Sylvester Cardinal
Sembratovich) (b. 1836 - d. 1898)
4 Aug 1898 - 31 Oct 1900 vacant
31 Oct 1900 - 1 Nov 1944 Andrey Sheptytsky (b. 1865 - d. 1944)
1944 - 7 Sep 1984 Josyf Slipy (from 25 Jan 1965,
Josyf Cardinal Slipy) (b. 1892 - d. 1984)
(from 11 Apr 1945 imprisoned; from 9 Feb 1963 in Rome exile)
1972 - 1991 Volodymyr Sterniuk (b. 1907 - d. 1997)
(Locum Tenens in Ukraine)
7 Sep 1984 - 14 Dec 2000 Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky (from
25 May 1985, Myroslav Ivan
Cardinal Lubachivsky) (b. 1914 - d. 2000)
(to 30 Mar 1991 in Rome exile)
14 Dec 2000 - Lubomyr Husar (from 21 Feb 2001,
Lubomyr Cardinal Husar) (b. 1933)
(Locum Tenens to 25 Jan 2001)
Old Catholic churches
Church of Utrecht
Archbishops of Utrecht
27 Apr 1723 - 3 Apr 1725 Cornelius Steenoven (b. 1662 - d. 17...)
15 May 1725 - 13 May 1733 Cornelius Johannes Barchman
Wuytiers
22 Jul 1733 - 9 Jun 1739 Theodorus van der Croon
2 Jul 1739 - 31 Oct 1767 Petrus Johannes Meindaerts
19 Nov 1767 - 14 Apr 1797 Gualterus Michael van Nieuwhuyzen
10 May 1797 - 24 Jun 1808 Johannes Jacobus van Rhyn
24 Jun 1808 - 10 Feb 1814 vacant
10 Feb 1814 - 28 Feb 1825 Willibrord van Os
14 Jul 1825 - 3 Jul 1858 Johannes van Santen
7 Jul 1858 - 4 Jul 1873 Henricus Loos
16 Dec 1874 - 8 Jan 1892 Johannes Heykamp (b. 1824 - d. 1892)
23 Feb 1892 - 9 Feb 1920 Gerardus Gul (b. 1847 - d. 1920)
8 Mar 1920 - 10 Feb 1937 Franciscus Kenninck (b. 1859 - d. 1937)
6 Apr 1937 - 8 Nov 1970 Andreas Rinkel (b. 1889 - d. 1979)
8 Nov 1970 - 29 Dec 1981 Marinus Kok (b. 1916 - d. 1999)
6 Feb 1982 - 12 Feb 2000 Antonius Jan Glazemaker (b. 1931)
11 Mar 2000 - Joris A.O.L. Vercammen (b. 1952)
Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
6 Jul 1945 church founded
Patriarchs
6 Jul 1945 - 26 Mar 1961 Carlos Duarte Costa (b. 1888 - d. 1961)
1961 - 29 Oct 2009 Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez (b. 1922 - d. 2009)
Old Catholic Church of the Mariavites
Minister-General
10 Oct 1907 - 29 Jan 1935 Johann Michael Kowalski (b. 1871 - d. 1942)
Bishop-Primates
29 Jan 1935 - 1945 Klemens Maria Filip Feldman (b. 1885 - d. 1971)
1945 - 1953 Roman Maria Jakub Prochniewski (b. 1872 - d. 1954)
1953 - 1957 Waclaw Maria Bartlomiej Przysiecki (b. 1878 - d. 1961)
1957 - 1965 Jan Maria Michel Sitek (b. 1906 - d. 1970)
1965 - 1972 Waclaw Maria Innocenty Golebiowski (b. 1913 - d. 1985)
1972 - 1997 Stanislaw Maria Tymoteusz Kowalski (b. 1931 - d. 1997)
1997 - 2007 Wlodzimierz Jaworski (b. 1937)
2007 - Maria Ludwik Jablonski (b. 1950)
Polish National Catholic Church of America
Prime Bishops
Sep 1904 - 16 Feb 1953 Francis Hodur (b. 1866 - d. 1953)
(administrator to 29 Sep 1907)
1953 - 17 Jul 1969 Leon Grochowski (b. 1886 - d. 1969)
1969 - 1978 Thaddeus F. Zielinski (b. 1904 - d. 1990)
1978 - 1985 Francis Rowinski (b. 1918 - d. 1990)
1985 - 2002 John F. Swantek (b. 1933)
8 Oct 2002 - Robert M. Nemkovich (b. 1942)
North American Old Roman Catholic Church
Oct 1916 North American Old Roman Catholic Church (NAORCC) founded
Jan 1958 following the death of Archbishop Carfora, several
independent but cooperating jurisdictions are established
Archbishops
Oct 1916 - 1919 Rudolph Francis Edward Hamilton
de Lorraine-Brabant, prince de
Landas Berghes (b. 1873 - d. 1920)
1919 - 11 Jan 1958 Carmel Henry Carfora (b. 1878 - d. 1958)
1958 Cyrus Augustine Starkey (1st time)
1958 - 1962 Richard Arthur Marchenna (b. 1911 - d. 1982)
1962 - 1965 Cyrus Augustine Starkey (2nd time)
1965 - 1988 John Emil Schweikert
1988 - Theodore Joseph Rematt
North American Old Roman Catholic Church, Archdiocese of California
Archbishops
1940 - 1985 Edgar Ramon Verostek (b. 1909 - d. 1994)
1985 - Joseph Andrew Vellone
North American Old Roman Catholic Church, Archdiocese of New York
Archbishops
1946 - 1972 Hubert Augustus Rogers (b. 1887 - d. 1976)
19.. - James H. Rogers
Old Catholic Church of Canada
Sep 1960 Diocese of Hamilton and other Canadian dioceses decide to
unite as an independent body (Old Catholic Church of Canada)
Presiding bishops
Sep 1960 - 5 Mar 1962 Richard Arthur Marchenna (acting) (s.a.)
5 Mar 1962 - 9 Oct 1988 Robert Ritchie (b. 1907 - d. 1999)
9 Oct 1988 - Jun 2001 David Charles Thomson (b. 1937)
Jun 2001 - Aug 2005 Arthur Cuthbert Keating (b. 1926)
Aug 2005 - Patricia Davies (f)
Old Catholic Church of America
Archbishops
May 1925 - 1953 Paul Francis Cope
1953 - 1963 Francis Xavier Resch
1963 - 1 Nov 1997 Walter Xavier Brown (b. 1931)
1 Nov 1997 - 8 Mar 2009 James Edward Bostwick (b. 1949 - d. 2009)
Jun 2009 - Sherman Randall Pius Mosley
Old Roman Catholic Church in North America
Archbishops
May 1963 - 20 Apr 1974 Robert Alfred Burns
1974 - 5 Jan 1975 Andrew Gordon Johnston-Cantrell
12 Apr 1975 - Francis Peter Facione
Philippine Independent Church
3 Aug 1902 Philippine Independent Church (Aglipayan Church) founded
Supreme Bishops
17 Oct 1902 - 1 Sep 1940 Gregorio Aglipay y Labayan (b. 1860 - d. 1940)
14 Oct 1940 - Jan 1946 Santiago Fonacier (b. 1885 - d. 1977)
Jan 1946 - 1 Sep 1946 Gerardo Bayaca
1 Sep 1946 - 1971 Isabelo de los Reyes, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1971)
1971 - 8 May 1981 Macario V. Ga
8 May 1981 - 8 May 1987 Abdias de la Cruz
8 May 1987 - 26 May 1989 Soliman Ganno (b. ... - d. 1989)
22 Jun 1989 - May 1993 Tito Pasco
May 1993 - May 1999 Alberto B. Ramento (b. 1936 - d. 2006)
May 1999 - May 2005 Tomas A. Millamena
May 2005 - Godofredo J. David
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
c.36 Church of Byzantium founded by Apostle Andrew
1 May 330 inauguration of Constantinople
(foundation stone set 3 Nov 324)
Ecumenical Patriarchs
Ap/My 1694 - 19 Aug 1702 Kallinikos II (3rd time) (b. c.1630 - d. 1702)
Aug 1702 - 28 Oct 1707 Gavriil III (b. 16... - d. 1707)
31 Oct?1707 - 5 Nov?1707 Neophytos V (b. 16... - d. 17...)
5 Nov?1707 - Jun 1709 Kyprianos I (1st time) (b. 16... - d. 1714)
Jun 1709 Kyrillos IV (1st time) (b. 16... - d. 1728)
Jun 1709 - Dec 1711 Athanasios V (b. 16... - d. af.1718)
15 Dec 1711 - Nov 1713 Kyrillos IV (2nd time) (s.a.)
Nov 1713 - 11 Mar 1714 Kyprianos I (2nd time) (s.a.)
11 Mar 1714 - 3 Apr 1716 Kosmas III (b. 16... - d. 1736)
Apr 1716 - 30 Nov 1726 Ieremias III (1st time) (b. 16... - d. 1735)
12 Jan 1718 - 28 Jan 1718 Kyrillos of Proussa (b. 16... - d. 1724)
(in opposition)
30 Nov 1726 (hours) Kallinikos III (b. 16... - d. 1726)
1 Dec 1726 - Sep 1732 Paisios II (1st time) (b. 16... - d. 1756)
26 Sep 1732 - Mr/Ap 1733 Ieremias III (2nd time) (s.a.)
Mr/Ap 1733 - Oct 1734 Seraphim I (b. 16... - d. 17...)
8 Oct 1734 - Au/Se 1740 Neophytos VI (1st time) (b. 16... - d. 1747)
Au/Se 1740 - My/Jn 1743 Paisios II (2nd time) (s.a.)
My/Jn 1743 - Mr/Ap 1744 Neophytos VI (2nd time) (s.a.)
Mr/Ap 1744 - 9 Oct 1748 Paisios II (3rd time) (s.a.)
9 Oct 1748 - Jun 1751 Kyrillos V (1st time) (b. 17... - d. 1775)
Jun 1751 - Sep 1752 Paisios II (4th time) (s.a.)
18 Sep 1752 - 27 Jan 1757 Kyrillos V (2nd time) (s.a.)
27 Jan 1757 - 2 Aug 1757 Kallinikos IV (b. 1713 - d. 1791)
2 Aug 1757 - 6 Apr 1761 Seraphim II (b. ... - d. 1781/82)
6 Apr 1761 - 1 Jun 1763 Ioannikios III (b. ... - d. 1793)
4 Jun 1763 - 16 Nov 1768 Samouil I (1st time) (b. c.1700 - d. 1775)
16 Nov 1768 - Apr 1769 Meletios II (b. c.1700 - d. af.1777)
22 Apr 1769 - 27 Nov 1773 Theodosios II (b. 17... - d. c.1785)
28 Nov 1773 - 4 Jan 1775 Samouil I (2nd time) (s.a.)
4 Jan 1775 - 19 Oct 1780 Sophronios II (b. 17... - d. 1780)
19 Oct 1780 - 10 Jul 1785 Gavriil IV (b. 17... - d. 1785)
Jul 1785 - 11 May 1789 Prokopios I (b. 1734 - d. 1812)
12 May 1789 - 12 Mar 1794 Neophytos VII (1st time) (b. 17... - d. 18...)
14 Mar 1794 - 30 Apr 1797 Gerasimos III (b. 17... - d. c.1800)
30 Apr 1797 - 29 Dec 1798 Grigorios V (1st time) (b. 1746 - d. 1821)
30 Dec 1798 - 29 Jun 1801 Neophytos VII (2nd time) (s.a.)
29 Jun 1801 - 4 Oct 1806 Kallinikos V (1st time) (b. 17... - d. 18...)
5 Oct 1806 - 22 Sep 1808 Grigorios V (2nd time) (s.a.)
22 Sep 1808 - 5 May 1809 Kallinikos V (2nd time) (s.a.)
5 May 1809 - 16 Mar 1813 Ieremias IV (b. 17... - d. 1824)
16 Mar 1813 - 25 Dec 1818 Kyrillos VI (b. 1775 - d. 1821)
26 Dec 1818 - 22 Apr 1821 Grigorios V (3rd time) (s.a.)
22 Apr 1821 - 8 Aug 1822 Evgenios II (b. 1780? - d. 1822)
9 Aug 1822 - 21 Jul 1824 Anthimos III (b. 17... - d. 1842)
21 Jul 1824 - 8 Oct 1826 Chrysanthos I (b. 1768 - d. 1834)
8 Oct 1826 - 17 Jul 1830 Agathangelos I (b. 17... - d. 1831)
18 Jul 1830 - 30 Aug 1834 Konstantios I (b. 1770 - d. 1859)
30 Aug 1834 - 8 Oct 1835 Konstantios II (b. 1760? - d. 1859)
9 Oct 1835 - 3 Mar 1840 Grigorios VI (1st time) (b. 1798 - d. 1881)
3 Mar 1840 - 18 May 1841 Anthimos IV (1st time) (b. 1788 - d. 1878)
18 May 1841 - 24 Jun 1842 Anthimos V (b. 17... - d. 1842)
26 Jun 1842 - 30 Apr 1845 Germanos IV (1st time) (b. 1788 - d. 1853)
30 Apr 1845 - 10 Dec 1845 Meletios III (b. 1772? - d. 1845)
16 Dec 1845 - 30 Oct 1848 Anthimos VI (1st time) (b. 1782 - d. 1878)
30 Oct 1848 - 11 Nov 1852 Anthimos IV (2nd time) (s.a.)
13 Nov 1852 - 28 Sep 1853 Germanos IV (2nd time) (s.a.)
6 Oct 1853 - 3 Oct 1855 Anthimos VI (2nd time) (s.a.)
3 Oct 1855 - 13 Jul 1860 Kyrillos VII (b. 1800? - d. 1872)
19 Jul 1860 - 16 Oct 1860 Ioannikios of Nikaia (b. ... - d. 1879)
(Locum Tenens)
16 Oct 1860 - 21 Jul 1863 Ioakim II (1st time) (b. 1802 - d. 1878)
23 Jul 1863 - 2 Oct 1863 Meletios of Raskopresreni (b. ... - d. 1895)
(Locum Tenens)
2 Oct 1863 - 16 Dec 1866 Sophronios III (b. 1798 - d. 1899)
17 Dec 1866 - 22 Feb 1867 Neophytos of Korytsa (b. ... - d. 1874)
(Locum Tenens)
22 Feb 1867 - 22 Jun 1871 Grigorios VI (2nd time) (s.a.)
23 Jun 1871 - 17 Sep 1871 Dionysios of Didymotichon (b. 1820 - d. 1891)
(Locum Tenens)
17 Sep 1871 - 12 Oct 1873 Anthimos VI (3rd time) (s.a.)
12 Oct 1873 - 5 Dec 1873 Seraphim of Arta (Locum Tenens) (b. ... - d. 1894)
5 Dec 1873 - 16 Aug 1878 Ioakim II (2nd time) (s.a.)
19 Aug 1878 - 16 Oct 1878 Agathangelos of Ephesos
(1st time) (Locum Tenens) (b. 1818 - d. 1893)
16 Oct 1878 - 11 Apr 1884 Ioakim III (1st time) (b. 1834 - d. 1912)
11 Apr 1884 - 13 Oct 1884 Agathangelos of Ephesos
(2nd time) (Locum Tenens) (s.a.)
13 Oct 1884 - 26 Nov 1886 Ioakim IV (b. 1837 - d. 1887)
28 Nov 1886 - 4 Feb 1887 Ioannis of Kaisaria (Locum Tenens) (b. 1834 - d. 1902)
4 Feb 1887 - 25 Aug 1891 Dionysios V (s.a.)
28 Aug 1891 - 8 Nov 1891 Dorotheos of Velegrades (b. ... - d. 1924)
(Locum Tenens)
8 Nov 1891 - 6 Nov 1894 Neophytos VIII (b. 1832 - d. 1909)
7 Nov 1894 - 1 Feb 1895 Nathanail of Prousa (1st time) (b. ... - d. 1910)
(Locum Tenens)
1 Feb 1895 - 10 Feb 1897 Anthimos VII (b. 1827 - d. 1913)
10 Feb 1897 - 14 Apr 1897 Konstantinos of Ephesos (b. 1833 - d. 1914)
(Locum Tenens)
14 Apr 1897 - 9 Apr 1901 Konstantinos V (s.a.)
12 Apr 1901 - 7 Jun 1901 Nathanail of Prousa (2nd time) (s.a.)
(Locum Tenens)
7 Jun 1901 - 26 Nov 1912 Ioakim III (2nd time) (s.a.)
3 Dec 1912 - 10 Feb 1913 Germanos of Amasia (Locum Tenens) (b. 1866 - d. 1935)
10 Feb 1913 - 25 Oct 1918 Germanos V (b. 1835 - d. 1920)
25 Oct 1918 - 19 Mar 1921 Dorotheos of Prousa (Locum Tenens) (b. 1861 - d. 1921)
Mar 1921 - 8 Dec 1921 Nikolaos of Kaisaria (1st time) (b. 1862 - d. 1927)
(Locum Tenens)
8 Dec 1921 - 20 Sep 1923 Meletios IV (b. 1871 - d. 1935)
(in exile from 10 Jul 1923)
10 Jul 1923 - 2 Oct 1923 Nikolaos of Kaisaria (2nd time) (s.a.)
(Head of Synod)
2 Oct 1923 - 6 Dec 1923 Kallinikos of Kyzikos (1st time) (b. 1855 - d. 1934)
(Head of Synod)
6 Dec 1923 - 17 Nov 1924 Grigorios VII (b. 1855 - d. 1924)
17 Nov 1924 - 24 Nov 1924 Kallinikos of Kyzikos (2nd time) (s.a.)
(Head of Synod)
24 Nov 1924 - 17 Dec 1924 Vasilios of Nikaia (Head of Synod) (b. 1846 - d. 1929)
17 Dec 1924 - 22 May 1925 Konstantinos VI (b. 1860 - d. 1930)
(in exile from 30 Jan 1925)
22 May 1925 - 13 Jul 1925 Nikolaos of Kaisaria (3rd time) (s.a.)
(Head of Synod)
13 Jul 1925 - 29 Sep 1929 Vasilios III (s.a.)
29 Sep 1929 - 7 Oct 1929 Kallinikos of Kyzikos (3rd time) (s.a.)
(Head of Synod)
7 Oct 1929 - 29 Dec 1935 Photios II (b. 1874 - d. 1935)
29 Dec 1935 - 18 Jan 1936 Veniamin of Iraklia (b. 1871 - d. 1946)
(Head of Synod)
18 Jan 1936 - 17 Feb 1946 Veniamin I (s.a.)
17 Feb 1946 - 20 Feb 1946 Maximos of Chalkidon (b. 1897 - d. 1972)
(Head of Synod)
20 Feb 1946 - 18 Oct 1948 Maximos V (s.a.)
18 Oct 1948 - 1 Nov 1948 Thomas of Chalkidon (b. 1889 - d. 1966)
(Head of Synod)
1 Nov 1948 - 7 Jul 1972 Athinagoras I (b. 1886 - d. 1972)
7 Jul 1972 - 16 Jul 1972 Meliton of Chalkidon (b. 1913 - d. 1989)
(Head of Synod)
16 Jul 1972 - 2 Oct 1991 Dimitrios I (b. 1914 - d. 1991)
2 Oct 1991 - 22 Oct 1991 Vartholomaios of Chalkidon (b. 1940)
(Head of Synod)
22 Oct 1991 - Vartholomaios I (s.a.)
Patriarchate of Alexandria
c.43 Church of Alexandria founded by Apostle Mark
Popes and Patriarchs
3 Nov 1688 - 31 Jan 1710 Gerasimos II (b. 16... - d. 1714)
2 Feb 1710 - Ja/Fe 1712 Samouil I (1st time) (b. 1661 - d. 1723)
Ja/Fe 1712 - Ja/Fe 1714 Kosmas II (1st time) (b. 16... - d. 1736)
Ja/Fe 1714 - Sep 1723 Samouil I (2nd time) (s.a.)
23 Sep 1723 - 9 Dec 1736 Kosmas II (2nd time) (s.a.)
16 Mar 1737 - 14 Jun 1746 Kosmas III (b. 16... - d. 1746)
29 Aug 1746 - 20 Jul 1766 Mattheos I (b. c.1700 - d. 1775)
23 Jul 1766 - 1 Jul 1783 Kyprianos I (b. 1723? - d. 1783)
1 Jul 1783 - 17 Aug 1788 Gerasimos III (b. 17... - d. 1788)
24 Sep 1788 - 21 Sep 1805 Parthenios II (b. 1735 - d. 1805)
21 Nov 1805 - 26 Oct 1825 Theophilos III (b. 1764 - d. 1833)
10 Nov 1825 - 20 Sep 1845 Ierotheos I (b. 17... - d. 1845)
9 Oct 1845 - 11 Feb 1847 Artemios I (b. 17... - d. 1858)
2 May 1847 - 13 Jan 1858 Ierotheos II (b. 17... - d. 1858)
7 Feb 1858 - 5 Jun 1861 Kallinikos I (b. 1800 - d. 1889)
5 Jun 1861 - 12 Jan 1866 Iakovos I (or II) (b. 1803 - d. 1866)
16 Jan 1866 - 17 Jan 1866 Chrysanthos of Pentapolis (b. ... - d. 1874)
(Locum Tenens)
17 Jan 1866 - 31 Mar 1869 Nikanor I (b. ... - d. 1870)
Dec 1866 - 22 Feb 1868 Evgenios Xiropotamitis (b. ... - d. 1875)
(Locum Tenens) (in opposition)
31 Mar 1869 - 2 Apr 1869 Nilos of Pentapolis (Locum Tenens) (b. c.1800 - d. 1887)
2 Apr 1869 - 28 Oct 1870 Nilos I (s.a.)
(in opposition after 11 Jun 1870)
11 Jun 1870 - 3 Sep 1899 Sophronios IV (b. 1798 - d. 1899)
Sep 1899 - 22 Jan 1900 Meletios Apostolopoulos (b. ... - d. 1919)
(Locum Tenens)
22 Jan 1900 - 4 Sep 1925 Photios I (b. 1853 - d. 1925)
4 Sep 1925 - 20 May 1926 Theophanis of Tripolis (1st time) (b. 1864 - d. 1954)
(Locum Tenens)
20 May 1926 - 28 Jul 1935 Meletios II (b. 1871 - d. 1935)
4 Aug 1935 - 11 Feb 1936 Theophanis of Tripolis (2nd time) (s.a.)
(Locum Tenens)
11 Feb 1936 - 3 Mar 1939 Nikolaos V (b. 1876 - d. 1939)
Mar 1939 - 21 Jun 1939 Theophanis of Tripolis (3rd time) (s.a.)
(Locum Tenens)
21 Jun 1939 - 16 Nov 1966 Christophoros II (b. 1876 - d. 1967)
Nov 1966 - 10 May 1968 Konstantinos of Leontopolis (b. 1887 - d. 1980)
(Locum Tenens)
10 May 1968 - 9 Jul 1986 Nikolaos VI (b. 1915 - d. 1986)
Jul 1986 - 27 Feb 1987 Varnavas of Pilousion (b. 1921 - d. 1993)
(Locum Tenens)
27 Feb 1987 - 23 Jul 1996 Parthenios III (b. 1919 - d. 1996)
Jul 1996 - 21 Feb 1997 Pavlos of Ioannoupolis (b. 1920)
(Locum Tenens)
21 Feb 1997 - 11 Sep 2004 Petros VII (b. 1949 - d. 2004)
18 Sep 2004 - 9 Oct 2004 Petros of Axomi (Locum Tenens) (b. 1932)
9 Oct 2004 - Theodoros II (b. 1954)
Patriarchate of Antioch
c.44 Church of Antioch founded by Apostle Peter
Patriarchs
1684 - 16 Feb 1720 Kyrillos VI (2nd time) (b. 1657 - d. 1720)
5 Jul 1686 - Oc/No 1694 Athanasios III (1st time) (b. 16... - d. 1724)
(in opposition)
16 Feb 1720 - 24 Jul 1724 Athanasios III (2nd time) (s.a.)
8 Oct 1724 - 24 Mar 1766 Silvestros I (b. ... - d. 1766)
9 May 1766 - 16 Jul 1767 Philimon I (b. ... - d. 1767)
17 Aug 1767 - 26 Dec 1791 Daniil I (b. 1736? - d. 1793)
*Jan 1792 - 1 Aug 1813 Anthemios I (b. 17... - d. 1813)
Aug 1813 - 3 Mar 1823 Seraphim I (b. 17... - d. 1823)
25 May 1823 - 6 Jul 1850 Methodios I (b. 1771 - d. 1850)
21 Oct 1850 - 28 Mar 1885 Ierotheos I (b. 1800 - d. 1885)
Mar 1885 - 3 Jun 1885 Seraphim of Irinoupolis (1st time) (b. ... - d. 1906)
(Locum Tenens)
3 Jun 1885 - 24 Apr 1891 Gerasimos I (b. 1839 - d. 1897)
Apr 1891 - 14 Oct 1891 Seraphim of Irinoupolis (2nd time) (s.a.)
(Locum Tenens)
14 Oct 1891 - 12 Feb 1898 Spyridon I (b. 1839 - d. 1921)
7 Jan 1898 - 8 Mar 1899 Germanos of Tarsos (Locum Tenens)
(in opposition to 12 Feb 1898)
24 May 1898 - 27 Apr 1899 Meletios of Laodikia (b. 1839 - d. 1906)
(Locum Tenens)
(in opposition to 8 Mar 1899)
27 Apr 1899 - 21 Feb 1906 Meletios II (s.a.)
Feb 1906 - 29 Jun 1906 Athanasios of Emessa (b. 1853 - d. 1924)
(Locum Tenens)
29 Jun 1906 - 12 Dec 1928 Grigorios IV (b. 1859 - d. 1928)
Dec 1928 - 9 Feb 1931 Arsenios of Laodikia (b. ... - d. 1933)
(Locum Tenens)
9 Feb 1931 - 15 Jan 1933 Arsenios II (s.a.)
12 Feb 1931 - 17 Jun 1958 Alexandros III (b. 1869 - d. 1958)
(in opposition to 15 Jan 1933)
Jun 1958 - 14 Nov 1958 Theodosios of Tripolis (b. 1886 - d. 1970)
(Locum Tenens)
14 Nov 1958 - 19 Sep 1970 Theodosios VI (s.a.)
Sep 1970 - 25 Sep 1970 Ilias of Aleppo (Locum Tenens) (b. 1914 - d. 1979)
25 Sep 1970 - 21 Jun 1979 Ilias IV (s.a.)
Jun 1979 - 2 Jul 1979 Ilias of Tripolis (Locum Tenens) (b. 1925 - d. 2009)
2 Jul 1979 - Ignatios IV (b. 1920)
Patriarchate of Jerusalem
c.44 Church of Jerusalem founded by Apostle James
Patriarchs
2 Feb 1669 - 18 Feb 1707 Dositheos II (b. 1641 - d. 1707)
19 Feb 1707 - 18 Feb 1731 Chrysanthos I (b. 1663 - d. 1731)
Fe/Mr 1731 - Mr/Ap 1737 Meletios I (b. 16... - d. 17...)
Mr/Ap 1737 - 28 Oct 1766 Parthenios I (b. 1685 - d. 1770)
Dec 1766 - 26 Apr 1770 Ephraim II (b. ... - d. 1770)
28 Apr 1770 - 4 Jan 1775 Sophronios V (b. 17... - d. 1780)
Jn/Jl 1775 - 13 Nov 1787 Avramios I (b. 17... - d. 1787)
13 Nov 1787 - 3 Nov 1788 Prokopios I (b. 17... - d. 1788)
4 Nov 1788 - 22 Nov 1808 Anthimos I (b. 1717 - d. 1808)
22 Nov 1808 - 15 Jan 1827 Polykarpos I (b. 17... - d. 1827)
28 Jan 1827 - 28 Dec 1844 Athanasios V (b. 17... - d. 1844)
28 Mar 1845 - 18 Nov 1872 Kyrillos II (b. 1792 - d. 1877)
14 Dec 1872 - 28 Dec 1872 Prokopios of Petra (Locum Tenens) (b. ... - d. 1880)
28 Dec 1872 - 10 Mar 1875 Prokopios II (s.a.)
10 Mar 1875 - 19 May 1875 Iosaph of Philadelphia (b. ... - d. 1888)
(Locum Tenens)
19 May 1875 - 23 Jun 1882 Ierotheos I (b. ... - d. 1882)
23 Jun 1882 - 25 Oct 1882 Nikiphoros of Petra (1st time) (b. 1817 - d. 1909)
(Locum Tenens)
25 Oct 1882 - 3 Jan 1883 Photios I (not consecrated) (b. 1853 - d. 1925)
3 Jan 1883 - 16 Aug 1883 Nikiphoros of Petra (2nd time) (s.a.)
(Locum Tenens)
16 Aug 1883 - 11 Aug 1890 Nikodimos I (b. 1827 - d. 1910)
14 Aug 1890 - 11 Mar 1891 Nikiphoros of Petra (3rd time) (s.a.)
(Locum Tenens)
11 Mar 1891 - 21 Feb 1897 Gerasimos I (b. 1839 - d. 1897)
Feb 1897 - 22 Jul 1897 Damianos of Philadelphia (b. 1848 - d. 1931)
(Locum Tenens)
22 Jul 1897 - 19 Sep 1918 Damianos I (1st time) (s.a.)
(in exile from 1917)
19 Sep 1918 - 5 Jan 1919 Porphyrios of Sinai (Locum Tenens) (b. 1859 - d. 1926)
5 Jan 1919 - 14 Aug 1931 Damianos I (2nd time) (s.a.)
14 Aug 1931 - 1 Oct 1934 Keladion of Ptolemais (b. 1870 - d. 1944)
(Locum Tenens)
1 Oct 1934 - 22 Jul 1935 Meliton of Madava (Locum Tenens) (b. ... - d. 1943)
22 Jul 1935 - 31 Dec 1955 Timotheos I (b. 1878 - d. 1955)
1 Jan 1956 - 29 Jan 1957 Athinagoras of Sevastia (b. 1894 - d. 1966)
(Locum Tenens)
29 Jan 1957 - 11 Dec 1980 Venediktos I (b. 1892 - d. 1980)
Dec 1980 - 16 Feb 1981 Germanos of Petra (Locum Tenens) (b. 1920 - d. 1991)
16 Feb 1981 - 19 Dec 2000 Diodoros I (b. 1923 - d. 2000)
20 Dec 2000 - 13 Aug 2001 Kornilios of Petra (1st time) (b. 1936)
(Locum Tenens)
13 Aug 2001 - 24 May 2005 Irinaios I (b. 1939)
6 May 2005 - 30 May 2005 Commission
(in opposition to 24 May 2005)
- Kornilios of Petra (s.a.)
- Vasilios of Kaisaria (b. 1923)
- Isychios of Kapitolias (b. 1944)
30 May 2005 - 22 Aug 2005 Kornilios of Petra (2nd time) (s.a.)
(Locum Tenens)
22 Aug 2005 - Theophilos III (b. 1952)
Russian Orthodox Church
988 Metropolis of Kiev founded
1318 See transferred to Moscow
1448 autocephaly
2 Feb 1589 See elevated to Patriarchate by Constantinople
25 Feb 1721 Patriarchate abolished�
10 Sep 1917 Patriarchate restored
Patriarchs of Moscow and All Russia
3 Sep 1690 - 27 Oct 1700 Adrian I (b. 1637 - d. 1700)
27 Oct 1700 - 27 Dec 1701 Trifily of Krutitsy (b. ... - d. 1702)
(Locum Tenens)
27 Dec 1701 - 8 Dec 1722 Stefan of Ryazan (b. 1658 - d. 1722)
(Locum Tenens; from 25 Feb 1721, Head of Synod)
Metropolitans of Moscow�
12 Sep 1742 - 21 Jun 1745 Iosif (b. ... - d. 1745)
21 Jun 1745 - 25 Jun 1754 Platon I (b. ... - d. 1754)
25 Jun 1754 - 2 Nov 1757 Ilarion of Krutitsy (Locum Tenens)
2 Nov 1757 - 29 Apr 1767 Timofey (b. 1698 - d. 1767)
29 Jan 1768 - 27 Sep 1771 Amvrosy (b. 1708 - d. 1771)
27 Sep 1771 - 31 Jan 1775 Samuil of Krutitsy (Locum Tenens)
31 Jan 1775 - 25 Jun 1811 Platon II (b. 1737 - d. 1811)
25 Jun 1811 - 15 Mar 1819 Avgustin (b. 1766 - d. 1819)
27 Mar 1819 - 1 Jul 1821 Serafim (b. 1763 - d. 1843)
15 Jul 1821 - 1 Dec 1867 Filaret (b. 1784 - d. 1867)
17 Jan 1868 - 12 Apr 1879 Innokenty (b. 1797 - d. 1879)
20 Apr 1879 - 21 Jun 1882 Makary I (b. 1816 - d. 1882)
9 Jul 1882 - 29 Nov 1891 Ioanniky (b. 1826 - d. 1900)
29 Nov 1891 - 13 Aug 1893 Leonty (b. 1822 - d. 1893)
21 Aug 1893 - 23 Feb 1898 Sergy (b. 1820 - d. 1898)
5 Mar 1898 - 6 Dec 1912 Vladimir (b. 1848 - d. 1918)
8 Dec 1912 - 2 Apr 1917 Makary II (b. 1835 - d. 1926)
26 Aug 1917 - 23 Nov 1917 Tikhon (b. 1865 - d. 1925)
Metropolitans of St. Petersburg
12 Sep 1742 - 13 Feb 1745 Nikodim (b. ... - d. 1751)
21 Mar 1745 - 3 May 1750 Feodosy (b. 1696 - d. 1750)
6 May 1750 - 28 Apr 1761 Silvestr (b. 1701 - d. 1761)
26 Sep 1761 - 5 Aug 1762 Veniamin (b. ... - d. 1785)
5 Aug 1762 - 3 Oct 1770 Gavriil I (b. 1708 - d. 1783)
3 Oct 1770 - 27 Oct 1799 Gavriil II (b. 1730 - d. 1801)
27 Oct 1799 - 7 Apr 1818 Amvrosy (b. 1742 - d. 1818)
7 Apr 1818 - 5 Apr 1821 Mikhail (b. 1762 - d. 1821)
1 Jul 1821 - 29 Jan 1843 Serafim (b. 1763 - d. 1843)
29 Jan 1843 - 28 Nov 1848 Antony (b. 1789 - d. 1848)
2 Dec 1848 - 29 Sep 1856 Nikanor (b. 1787 - d. 1856)
13 Oct 1856 - 29 Jun 1860 Grigory (b. 1784 - d. 1860)
13 Jul 1860 - 19 Sep 1892 Isidor (b. 1799 - d. 1892)
30 Oct 1892 - 17 Dec 1898 Pallady (b. 1827 - d. 1898)
6 Jan 1899 - 15 Nov 1912 Antony (b. 1846 - d. 1912)
6 Dec 1912 - 6 Dec 1915 Vladimir (b. 1848 - d. 1918)
6 Dec 1915 - 19 Mar 1917 Pitirim (b. 1857 - d. 1919)
Metropolitans of Kiev
1721 - 1917 see Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Patriarchs of Moscow and All Russia
23 Nov 1917 - 7 Apr 1925 Tikhon I (s.a.)
(imprisoned May 1922 - 25 Jun 1923)
May 1922 - Jun 1922 Agafangel of Yaroslavl
(Locum Tenens)
12 Apr 1925 - 10 Oct 1937 Pyotr of Krutitsy (b. 1862 - d. 1937)
(Locum Tenens)
Acting for Pyotr:
14 Dec 1925 - 8 Dec 1926 Sergy of Nizhny Novgorod
(1st time) (b. 1867 - d. 1944)
8 Dec 1926 - 29 Dec 1926 Iosif of Leningrad (b. 1872 - d. 1937)
29 Dec 1926 - 12 Apr 1927 Serafim of Uglitsesk (b. 1881 - d. 1937)
12 Apr 1927 - 10 Oct 1937 Sergy of Nizhny Novgorod
(from 27 Apr 1934, Sergy of
Moscow) (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Oct 1937 - 8 Sep 1943 Sergy of Moscow (s.a.)
(Locum Tenens)
8 Sep 1943 - 15 May 1944 Sergy I (s.a.)
15 May 1944 - 2 Feb 1945 Aleksy of Leningrad (b. 1877 - d. 1970)
(Locum Tenens)
2 Feb 1945 - 17 Apr 1970 Aleksy I (s.a.)
18 Apr 1970 - 2 Jun 1971 Pimen of Krutitsy (Locum Tenens) (b. 1910 - d. 1990)
2 Jun 1971 - 3 May 1990 Pimen I (s.a.)
3 May 1990 - 7 Jun 1990 Filaret of Kiev (Locum Tenens) (b. 1929)
7 Jun 1990 - 5 Dec 2008 Aleksy II (b. 1929 - d. 2008)
6 Dec 2008 - 27 Jan 2009 Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad (b. 1946)
(Locum Tenens)
27 Jan 2009 - Kirill I (s.a.)
�The Russian Church was then administered by the Holy Synod in which the Metropolitans of Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Kiev were permanent members. This Synod was recognized as the Patriarchate of Russia by the rest of Orthodoxy.
�Full titles: Metropolitans of Moscow and Vladimir (1742-48); Metropolitans of Moscow and Sevsk (1748-64); Metropolitans of Moscow and Kaluga (1764-99); Metropolitans of Moscow and Kolomna (1799-1917).
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
1921 Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia established
(also called Russian Orthodox Church Abroad)
17 May 2007 church unification act signed reestablishing canonical ties
with the Russian Orthodox Church
Metropolitans
1921 - 10 Aug 1936 Antony (b. ... - d. 1936)
1936 - 31 May 1964 Anastassy (b. 1873 - d. 1965)
31 May 1964 - 21 Nov 1985 Filaret (b. 1903 - d. 1985)
Jan 1986 - 24 Oct 2001 Vitaly (b. 1910 - d. 2006)
24 Oct 2001 - 16 Mar 2008 Laurus (b. 1928 - d. 2008)
5 Nov 2001 - 25 Sep 2006 Vitaly (in opposition) (s.a.)
16 Mar 2008 - Hilarion (b. 1948)
(Locum Tenens to 12 May 2008)
Serbian Orthodox Church
16 Aug 1219 autocephaly granted by Constantinople
11 Apr 1346 unilateral elevation of See to Patriarchate (Pec)
1379 Patriarchate recognized by Constantinople
1459 Patriarchate abolished by Constantinople
1557 Patriarchate restored by Constantinople
22 Sep 1766 Patriarchate abolished by Constantinople
29 Aug 1831 autonomy restored by Constantinople
1 Nov 1879 autocephaly restored by Constantinople
12 Sep 1920 Patriarchate restored by Constantinople
Patriarchs
1693 - 27 Aug 1710 Kalinik I Skopljanac (b. ... - d. 1710)
(coadjutor 1691-93)
17 Jan 1711 - 4 May 1712 Atanasije I Ljubojevic (b. ... - d. 1712)
17 Oct 1712 - 1725 Mojsije Rajovic (b. ... - d. 1726)
1725 - 1739 Arsenije IV Jovanovic (b. 1698 - d. 1748)
My/Jn 1739 - 1746 Joanikije III Karadza (b. ... - d. 1793)
(coadjutor 1737-39)
1747 - 12 Apr 1752 Atanasije II Gavrilovic (b. ... - d. 1752)
Apr 1752 - May 1752 Gavrilo II Sarajevac (b. ... - d. 1752)
My/Jn 1752 - 1754 Gavrilo III Nikolin (1st time) (b. ... - d. 1779)
1754 - 1756 Vikentije Stefanovic
1756 - Jn/Jl 1757 Pajsije II Grk
Jn/Jl 1757 - Mr/Ap 1758 Gavrilo III Nikolin (2nd time) (s.a.)
Mr/Ap 1758 - 1763 Kirilo II Grk
1763 - Apr 1765 Vasilije Jovanovic Brkic (b. 1719 - d. 1772)
1765 - 22 Sep 1766 Kalinik II Grk
Metropolitans of Belgrade (under Ecumenical Patriarchate)
1766 - 12 Jul 1784 Jeremija Papazoglu
Jl/Au 1785 - 1791 Dionizije I Papazoglu (b. 1750 - d. 1828)
Se/Oc 1791 - 28 Feb 1801 Metodije (b. ... - d. 1801)
Ap/My 1801 - Se/Oc 1813 Leontije Lambrovic (b. ... - d. 1822)
1809 - 1811 Hadzi Melentije Stevanovic (b. 1766 - d. 1824)
(in opposition)
1813 - 1815 Dionizije II Niski (b. ... - d. 1815)
No/De 1815 - Au/Se 1825 Agatangel (b. ... - d. 1831)
1815 - 1816 Melentije Pavlovic (b. 1776 - d. 1833)
(in opposition)
Au/Se 1825 - 26 Feb 1827 Kiril (b. ... - d. 1827)
Mr/Ap 1827 - 1830 Antim (b. 1759 - d. 1852)
Metropolitans of Serbia
29 Aug 1831 - 23 Jun 1833 Melentije Pavlovic (s.a.)
Dec 1833 - Ja/Fe 1859 Petar Jovanovic (b. 1800 - d. 1864)
6 Aug 1859 - 30 Oct 1881 Mihailo II Jovanovic (1st time) (b. 1826 - d. 1898)
30 Oct 1881 - 1 Apr 1883 Mojsije Veresic of Timok (b. 1835 - d. 1896)
(Locum Tenens)
1 Apr 1883 - May 1889 Teodosije Mraovic (b. 1815 - d. 1892)
18 May 1889 - 17 Feb 1898 Mihailo II Jovanovic (2nd time) (s.a.)
27 Feb 1898 - 1 Jun 1905 Inokentije Pavlovic (b. 1840 - d. 1905)
1 Sep 1905 - 25 Nov 1920 Dimitrije Pavlovic (b. 1846 - d. 1930)
Patriarchs of the Serbs
25 Nov 1920 - 6 Apr 1930 Dimitrije (s.a.)
12 Apr 1930 - 24 Jul 1937 Varnava (b. 1880 - d. 1937)
24 Jul 1937 - 21 Feb 1938 Dositej Vasic of Zagreb (b. 1887 - d. 1945)
(Locum Tenens)
21 Feb 1938 - 7 May 1950 Gavrilo V (b. 1881 - d. 1950)
(German prisoner 25 May 1941 - 1945)
25 May 1941 - 14 Nov 1946 Josif Cvijovic of Skopje (b. 1878 - d. 1957)
(Locum Tenens)
7 May 1950 - 1 Jul 1950 Arsenije Bradvarovic of Montenegro (b. 1883 - d. 1963)
(Locum Tenens)
1 Jul 1950 - 5 Jul 1958 Vikentije (b. 1890 - d. 1958)
5 Jul 1958 - 14 Sep 1958 Hrizostom Vojnovic of Branicevo (b. 1911 - d. 1989)
(Locum Tenens)
14 Sep 1958 - 1 Jul 1989 German (b. 1899 - d. 1991)
1 Jul 1989 - 1 Dec 1990 Jovan Pavlovic of Zagreb (b. 1936)
(Locum Tenens)
1 Dec 1990 - 15 Nov 2009 Pavle (b. 1914 - d. 2009)
13 Nov 2007 - 22 Jan 2010 Amfilohije Radovic of Montenegro (b. 1938)
(acting [for Pavle to 15 Nov 2009];
president of the Synod from 17 May 2008)
22 Jan 2010 - Irinej (b. 1930)
Serbian Orthodox Church inside Austrian Empire
1691 autocephaly proclaimed
1710 autonomy granted by Patriarchate of Pec
Se/Oc 1766 autocephaly proclaimed
15 Dec 1848 Patriarchate proclaimed (recognized only by Russian
Church)
Sep 1920 autocephaly abolished; merged with Serbian Church
Metropolitan of Sent Andreja
1691 - 27 Oct 1706 Arsenije III Carnojevic (b. 1633 - d. 1706)
Metropolitans of Krusedol
6 Jan 1708 - 20 Jun 1708 Isaija Djakovic (b. ... - d. 1708)
1708 - 27 Apr 1709 Stefan Metohijac (b. ... - d. 1709)
23 Apr 1710 - 7 Jan 1711 Sofronije Podgoricanin (b. ... - d. 1711)
Metropolitans of Karlovci
6 May 1713 - 23 Oct 1725 Vikentije I Popovic (b. ... - d. 1725)
1 Apr 1727 - 27 Jul 1730 Mojsije I Petrovic (b. 1677 - d. 1730)
27 Jul 1730 - 22 Mar 1731 Nikolaj Dimitrijevic (b. ... - d. 1744)
(Locum Tenens)
22 Mar 1731 - 6 Jun 1737 Vikentije II Jovanovic (b. 1689 - d. 1737
1737 - 18 Jan 1748 Arsenije IV Jovanovic Sakabenta (b. 1698 - d. 1748)
2 Sep 1748 - 22 Jan 1749 Isaija Antonovic (b. 1687 - d. 1749)
16 Jul 1749 - 15 Aug 1768 Pavle Nenadovic (b. 1699 - d. 1768)
7 Sep 1769 - 23 May 1773 Jovan Djordjevic (b. ... - d. 1773)
1773 - 1774 Mojsije Putnik (1st time) (b. 1728 - d. 1790)
(Locum Tenens)
30 May 1774 - 18 Feb 1780 Vikentije III Jovanovic Vidak (b. 1730 - d. 1780)
1780 - 21 Jun 1781 Mojsije Putnik (2nd time) (s.a.)
(Locum Tenens)
21 Jun 1781 - 28 Jun 1790 Mojsije II Putnik (s.a.)
28 Jun 1790 - 1790 Petar Petrovic (Locum Tenens) (b. ... - d. 1800)
1790 - 4 Oct 1836 Stefan I Stratimirovic (b. 1757 - d. 1836)
1836 - 23 Nov 1837 Stefan Stankovic (Locum Tenens) (b. 1788 - d. 1841)
23 Nov 1837 - 31 Jul 1841 Stefan II Stankovic (s.a.)
1841 - Aug 1842 Georgije Hranislav (Locum Tenens) (b. 1775 - d. 1843)
Aug 1842 - 15 Dec 1848 Josif Rajacic (b. 1785 - d. 1861)
Metropolitans of Karlovci and Patriarchs of the Serbs
15 Dec 1848 - 1 Dec 1861 Josif Rajacic (s.a.)
1 Dec 1861 - 7 Jan 1870 Samuilo Masirevic (b. 1803 - d. 1870)
(Locum Tenens to 25 Jul 1864)
1870 - 1872 Arsenije Stojkovic (Locum Tenens) (b. 1804 - d. 1892)
1872 - 1874 Nikanor Grujic (Locum Tenens) (b. 1810 - d. 1887)
31 Jul 1874 - 11 Dec 1879 Prokopije Ivankovic (b. 1809 - d. 1881)
11 Dec 1879 - 26 Nov 1888 German Andjelic (b. 1822 - d. 1888)
(Locum Tenens to 1882)
Dec 1888 - 17 Jun 1907 Georgije Brankovic (b. 1830 - d. 1907)
(Locum Tenens to 1 May 1890)
1908 - 1 Sep 1913 Lukijan Bogdanovic (b. 1867 - d. 1913)
(Locum Tenens to 22 Sep 1908)
1913 Miron Nikolic (1st time) (b. 1846 - d. 1941)
(Locum Tenens)
1913 - 1914 Mihailo Grujic (Locum Tenens) (b. 1861 - d. 1914)
1914 - 1919 Miron Nikolic (2nd time) (s.a.)
(Locum Tenens)
1919 - Sep 1920 Georgije Letic (b. 1872 - d. 1935)
(Locum Tenens; coadjutor 1918-19)
Orthodox Church of Romania
15 Dec 1864 unilateral declaration of autocephaly
7 May 1885 autocephaly recognized by Constantinople
4 Feb 1925 See elevated to Patriarchate by Constantinople
Metropolitans of Hungaro-Walachia (under Ecumenical Patriarchate)
May 1679 - 7 Feb 1708 Theodosios (2nd time) (b. 1620 - d. 1708)
8 Feb 1708 - Se/Oc 1716 Anthimos (b. 1650 - d. 1716)
Se/Oc 1716 - 1719 Mitrofanis II (b. ... - d. 1720)
30 Aug 1719 - 22 Dec 1731 Daniil II (b. 1665 - d. 1731)
Ja/Fe 1732 - 4 Oct 1738 Stephanos II (b. 1680 - d. 1738)
18 Nov 1738 - 27 Jun 1753 Neophytos I (b. 1690 - d. 1753)
1753 - 1760 Philaretos I (b. ... - d. 1760)
8 Aug 1760 - 29 Sep 1787 Grigorios II (b. 1710 - d. 1787)
12 Oct 1787 - 14 Sep 1792 Kosmas (b. ... - d. 1792)
17 Sep 1792 - 6 Oct 1793 Philaretos II (b. 1735 - d. 1794)
6 Oct 1793 - 27 Jan 1810 Dositheos (b. 1734 - d. 1826)
17 May 1810 -Au/Se/Oc1812 Ignatios II (b. 1765 - d. 1829)
28 Dec 1812 - 13 May 1819 Nektarios (b. ... - d. 1825)
May 1819 - Ap/My 1821 Dionysios II (b. 1769 - d. 1831)
16 Jan 1823 - 4 Jul 1834 Grigorios III (b. 1765 - d. 1834)
3 Aug 1834 - 11 Jul 1840 Commission
- Ilarion of Arges (b. 1777 - d. 1845)
- Neophytos of Ramnic (b. 1787 - d. 1850)
- Kaisarios of Buzau (b. 1784 - d. 1846)
11 Jul 1840 - 27 Aug 1849 Neophytos II (s.a.)
5 Oct 1850 - 29 Jan 1865 Nifon II (b. 1789 - d. 1875)
Metropolitans of Hungaro-Walachia and Primates of All Romania
29 Jan 1865 - 17 May 1875 Nifon (s.a.)
12 Jun 1875 - 14 Aug 1886 Calinic (b. 1822 - d. 1886)
4 Dec 1886 - 10 Apr 1893 Iosif (1st time) (b. 1829 - d. 1909)
30 May 1893 - 1 Jun 1896 Ghenadie (b. 1836 - d. 1918)
18 Dec 1896 - 6 Feb 1909 Iosif (2nd time) (s.a.)
18 Feb 1909 - 11 Jul 1911 Athanasie (b. 1856 - d. 1931)
27 Feb 1912 - 14 Jan 1919 Conon (b. 1837 - d. 1922)
18 Dec 1919 - 4 Feb 1925 Miron (b. 1868 - d. 1939)
Patriarchs of All Romania
4 Feb 1925 - 7 Mar 1939 Miron (s.a.)
30 Jun 1939 - 27 Feb 1948 Nicodim (b. 1865 - d. 1948)
24 May 1948 - 26 Mar 1977 Justinian (b. 1901 - d. 1977)
12 Jun 1977 - 31 Jul 1986 Iustin (b. 1910 - d. 1986)
9 Nov 1986 - 30 Jul 2007 Teoctist (b. 1915 - d. 2007)
31 Jul 2007 - 12 Sep 2007 Daniel of Moldavia and Bucovina (b. 1951)
(Locum Tenens)
12 Sep 2007 - Daniel (s.a.)
Orthodox Church of Bulgaria
911 unilateral elevation of See to Patriarchate (Preslav)
927 Patriarchate recognized by Constantinople (Dristra)
971 Patriarchate abolished by Constantinople
976 unilateral elevation of See to Patriarchate (Ohrid)
1018 Patriarchate abolished by Constantinople
1235 Patriarchate restored (Turnovo)
1393 Patriarchate abolished
11 Mar 1870 unilateral establishment of Autocephalous Exarchate
22 Feb 1945 autocephaly recognized by Constantinople
10 May 1953 unilateral elevation of See to Patriarchate
1 Aug 1961 Patriarchate recognized by Constantinople
Metropolitans of Turnovo (under Ecumenical Patriarchate)
*1697* Theodosios
*1708 - 1714 Dionysios IV (b. ... - d. 1714)
1714 - 1722 Iosiph II
1722 - 1739 Nikiphoros
1739 - Ja/Fe 1751 Anthimos II
Ja/Fe 1751 - Jan 1764 Theophilos (b. ... - d. 1764)
Jan 1764 - Ja/Fe 1770 Parthenios (b. ... - d. 1777)
Ja/Fe 1770 - Dec 1791 Kallinikos (b. ... - d. 1791)
De1791/Ja1792-23 Feb 1797 Mattheos (1st time) (b. ... - d. 1802)
23 Feb 1797 - 3 Nov 1797 Philotheos (b. ... - d. 1816)
3 Nov 1797 - 1802 Mattheos (2nd time) (s.a.)
Mr/Ap 1802 - 1805 Daniil (b. ... - d. 1805)
Ja/Fe 1806 - Jn/Jl 1817 Makarios II (b. ... - d. 1830)
Jn/Jl 1817 - 16 Jun 1821 Ioannikios (b. ... - d. 1821)
Jn/Jl 1821 - 7 Jul 1827 Ilarion (1st time) (b. ... - d. 1838)
7 Jul 1827 - No/De 1830 Konstantios (b. 1760? - d. 1859)
No/De 1830 - 1838 Ilarion (2nd time) (s.a.)
Fe/Mr 1838 - 10 May 1840 Panaretos (b. ... - d. 1878)
My/Jn 1840 - Jn/Jl 1846 Neophytos (1st time) (b. ... - d. af.1874)
Jn/Jl 1846 - 1848 Athanasios II (b. ... - d. 1848)
Au/Se 1848 - 7 Feb 1858 Neophytos (2nd time) (s.a.)
7 Feb 1858 - 1878 Grigorios (b. 1801 - d. 1882)
(in exile from 1872)
Exarchs of the Bulgarians
24 Feb 1872 - 28 Feb 1872 Ilarion (b. 1800 - d. 1884)
28 Feb 1872 - 24 Apr 1877 Antim (b. 1816 - d. 1888)
6 May 1877 - 3 Jul 1915 Iosif (b. 1840 - d. 1915)
Provisional Heads of the Holy Synod
1915 - 1918 Parteni of Sofia (b. 1845 - d. 1918)
1918 - 1920 Vasili of Dorostolum (b. 1847 - d. 1927)
1920 - 1921 Boris of Ohrid (b. 1875 - d. 1938)
1921 - 1927 Maksim of Plovdiv (b. 1850 - d. 1938)
28 Mar 1928 - 3 May 1930 Kliment of Vratsa (b. 1873 - d. 1930)
1930 - 16 Oct 1944 Neofit of Vidin (b. 1868 - d. 1971)
16 Oct 1944 - 21 Jan 1945 Stefan of Sofia (b. 1878 - d. 1957)
Exarch of the Bulgarians
21 Jan 1945 - 8 Sep 1948 Stefan (s.a.)
Provisional Heads of the Holy Synod
8 Nov 1948 - 4 Jan 1949 Mikhail of Dorostolum (b. 1884 - d. 1961)
1949 - 3 Jan 1951 Paisi of Vratsa (b. 1888 - d. 1974)
3 Jan 1951 - 10 May 1953 Kiril of Plovdiv (b. 1901 - d. 1971)
Patriarchs of All Bulgaria
10 May 1953 - 7 Mar 1971 Kiril (s.a.)
4 Jul 1971 - Maksim (b. 1914)
4 Jul 1996 - 1 Oct 1998 Pimen (in opposition) (b. 1906 - d. 1999)
Orthodox Church of Georgia
467 autonomy granted by Antioch
750 autocephaly granted by Antioch
1008 adoption of the Catholicos-Patriarch title
12 Jul 1811 Patriarchate abolished by Russia
25 Mar 1917 Patriarchate restored
31 Oct 1943 autocephaly recognized by Russia
3 Mar 1990 Patriarchate recognized by Constantinople
Catholicos-Patriarchs of Iberia
1696 - 1700 Ioan VII (2nd time)
1700 - 1703 Evdemoz II
1704 - 1725 Domenti III (1st time)
1725 - 1737 Besarion
1737 - 1739 Kirile
1739 - 1741 Domenti III (2nd time)
1742 - 1744 Nikoloz VII
1744 - 1755 Anton I (1st time) (b. 1721 - d. 1788)
1755 - 1764 Ioseb (b. ... - d. 1770)
1764 - 1788 Anton I (2nd time) (s.a.)
1788 - 22 Jun 1811 Anton II (b. 1762 - d. 1827)
Exarchs of Georgia (appointed by the Russian Church)
20 Jul 1811 - 26 May 1817 Varlaam (b. ... - d. 1830)
26 May 1817 - 31 Jul 1821 Theophilakt (b. 1765 - d. 1821)
13 Oct 1821 - 17 Mar 1832 Iona (b. 1763 - d. 1849)
24 Mar 1832 - 25 Jul 1834 Moisey (b. 1783 - d. 1834)
13 Sep 1834 - 24 Nov 1844 Evgeniy (b. 1784 - d. 1862)
24 Nov 1844 - 13 Mar 1858 Isidor (b. 1799 - d. 1892)
13 Mar 1858 - 20 Dec 1877 Evseviy (b. 1809 - d. 1879)
20 Dec 1877 - 9 Jul 1882 Ioannikiy (b. 1826 - d. 1900)
28 Jul 1882 - 11 Oct 1887 Pavel (b. 1827 - d. 1892)
11 Oct 1887 - 30 Oct 1892 Palladiy (b. 1827 - d. 1898)
30 Oct 1892 - 5 Mar 1898 Vladimir (b. 1848 - d. 1918)
5 Mar 1898 - 23 Nov 1901 Flavian (b. 1840 - d. 1915)
23 Nov 1901 - 14 Jul 1905 Alexiy I (b. 1837 - d. 1914)
14 Jul 1905 - 22 Jun 1906 Nikolay (b. 1852 - d. 1914)
22 Jun 1906 - 10 Jun 1908 Nikon (b. 1861 - d. 1908)
20 Dec 1909 - 22 Sep 1913 Innokentiy (b. 1862 - d. 1913)
17 Oct 1913 - 2 Jun 1914 Alexiy II (b. 1853 - d. 1914)
9 Jul 1914 - 6 Dec 1915 Pitirim (b. 1858 - d. 1919)
18 Dec 1915 - 26 Aug 1917 Platon (b. 1866 - d. 1934)
1917 - 30 Sep 1917 Leonide (Locum Tenens) (b. 1862 - d. 1921)
Catholicos-Patriarchs of All Georgia
30 Sep 1917 - 17 Jun 1918 Kirion III (b. 1854 - d. 1918)
28 Nov 1918 - 11 Jun 1921 Leonide (s.a.)
7 Sep 1921 - 29 Mar 1927 Ambrosi (b. 1861 - d. 1927)
1923 - 1926 Kalistrate (b. 1866 - d. 1952)
(Locum Tenens during imprisonment of Ambrosi)
4 Jul 1927 - 10 Jun 1932 Kristefore III (b. ... - d. 1932)
21 Jun 1932 - 3 Feb 1952 Kalistrate (s.a.)
5 Apr 1952 - 10 Jan 1960 Melkisedek III (b. 1872 - d. 1960)
20 Feb 1960 - 8 Apr 1972 Efrem II (b. 1896 - d. 1972)
2 Jul 1972 - 9 Nov 1977 Davit V (b. 1903 - d. 1977)
9 Nov 1977 - 23 Dec 1977 Ilia of Sukhumi (Locum Tenens) (b. 1933)
23 Dec 1977 - Ilia II (s.a.)
Orthodox Church of Cyprus
30 Jul 431 autocephaly granted by Antioch
1260 abolition of Orthodox hierarchy by western rulers
1571 restoration of Orthodox hierarchy
Archbishops of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus
1694 - 1705 Germanos II
1705 - 1710 Athanasios II (b. 16... - d. 1724)
24 Feb 1707 - 1718 Iakovos II
(in opposition to 1710)
1718 - 1734 Silvestros (b. ... - d. 1734)
1734 - 1745 Philotheos (1st time) (b. c.1700 - d. 1759)
6 Mar 1745 - Jn/Jl 1745 Neophytos III (b. ... - d. 1745)
1745 - Jn/Jl 1759 Philotheos (2nd time) (s.a.)
1759 - Au/Se 1761 Paisios (1st time) (b. 1712 - d. 1767)
1761 - 1762 Kyprianos (Locum Tenens) (b. 1723? - d. 1783)
4 May 1762 - 12 Jan 1767 Paisios (2nd time) (s.a.)
Ja/Fe 1767 - 10 Nov 1783 Chrysanthos (1st time) (b. ... - d. 1810)
No/De 1783 - 1784 Ioannikios (not consecrated)
1784 - Jn/Jl 1810 Chrysanthos (2nd time) (s.a.)
Jn/Jl 1810 - 21 Jul 1821 Kyprianos (b. 1756 - d. 1821)
Dec 1821 - 2 Jun 1824 Ioakim
19 Jun 1824 - 1827 Damaskinos (b. ... - d. 1846)
1827 - 25 Oct 1840 Panaretos (b. ... - d. 1842)
26 Oct 1840 - 15 Apr 1849 Ioannikios (b. ... - d. 1849)
Ap/My 1849 - 5 Aug 1854 Kyrillos I (b. ... - d. 1854)
Au/Se 1854 - 16 Aug 1865 Makarios I (b. ... - d. 1865)
Au/Se 1865 - 23 May 1900 Sophronios III (b. 1825 - d. 1900)
23 May 1900 - 3 Mar 1908 vacant
3 Mar 1908 - 3 Mar 1910 Kyrillos II (1st time) (b. 1859 - d. 1933)
21 Apr 1909 - 19 Jul 1916 Kyrillos II (b. 1844 - d. 1916)
(in opposition to 3 Mar 1910)
19 Jul 1916 - 24 Nov 1916 Iakovos of Paphos (Locum Tenens) (b. 1872 - d. 1929)
24 Nov 1916 - 16 Nov 1933 Kyrillos III (2nd time) (s.a.)
18 Nov 1933 - 20 Jun 1947 Leontios of Paphos (Locum Tenens) (b. 1896 - d. 1947)
20 Jun 1947 - 26 Jul 1947 Leontios (s.a.)
26 Jul 1947 - 24 Dec 1947 Makarios of Kyrenia (b. 1870 - d. 1950)
(Locum Tenens)
24 Dec 1947 - 28 Jun 1950 Makarios II (s.a.)
28 Jun 1950 - 18 Oct 1950 Kleopas of Paphos (Locum Tenens) (b. 1878 - d. 1951)
18 Oct 1950 - 13 Apr 1973 Makarios III (1st time) (b. 1913 - d. 1977)
13 Apr 1973 - 8 Jul 1973 Gennadios of Paphos (Locum Tenens) (b. 1893 - d. 1986)
8 Jul 1973 - 3 Aug 1977 Makarios III (2nd time) (s.a.)
3 Aug 1977 - 12 Nov 1977 Chrysostomos of Paphos (b. 1927 - d. 2007)
(Locum Tenens)
12 Nov 1977 - 17 May 2006 Chrysostomos I (s.a.)
17 May 2006 - 5 Nov 2006 Chrysostomos of Paphos (b. 1941)
(Locum Tenens [de facto from 27 Apr 2002])
5 Nov 2006 - Chrysostomos II (s.a.)
Orthodox Church of Greece
4 Aug 1833 unilateral declaration of autocephaly
11 Jul 1850 autocephaly recognized by Constantinople
31 Dec 1923 See elevated to Archdiocese
Metropolitans of Athens (under Ecumenical Patriarchate)
1699 - 1703 Kyrillos II (b. ... - d. 1722?)
Oc/No 1703 - 1713 Meletios II (b. 1661 - d. 1714)
1713 - 1734 Iakovos II
1734 - Jan 1741 Zacharias (b. ... - d. 1741)
15 Jan 1741 - 1756 Anthimos VI (1st time) (b. c.1714 - d. 1764)
1756 - 1760 Athanasios III
1760 - 23 Jan 1764 Anthimos VI (2nd time) (s.a.)
Ja/Fe 1764 - 1771? Vartholomaios (1st time) (b. ... - d. 1781)
1771?- 1774 Neophytos IV
1774 - 15 Nov 1781 Vartholomaios (2nd time) (s.a.)
11 Dec 1781 - Jn/Jl 1785 Venediktos (1st time) (b. 17... - d. af.1806)
Jn/Jl 1785 - No/De 1787 Athanasios IV (1st time) (b. 17... - d. 1799)
3 Dec 1787 - 30 Sep 1789 Venediktos (2nd time) (s.a.)
30 Sep 1789 - No/De 1789 Athanasios IV (2nd time) (s.a.)
No/De 1789 - Oc/No 1796 Venediktos (3rd time) (s.a.)
Oc/No 1796 - 28 Sep 1799 Athanasios IV (3rd time) (s.a.)
Oct 1799 - Fe/Mr 1820 Grigorios III (b. 17... - d. 1821)
Fe/Mr 1820 - 23 May 1823 Dionysios II (b. 17... - d. 1823)
23 May 1823 - Se/Oc 1827 vacant
Se/Oc 1827 - Mr/Ap 1828 Grigorios IV (b. 17... - d. 1828)
Mr/Ap 1828 - 27 Jul 1833 Anthimos VII (b. 17... - d. 1836)
Metropolitans of Athens and All Greece
2 Dec 1833 - 10 Jan 1862 Neophytos V (b. 1762 - d. 1862)
(Bishop of Attiki to 11 Jul 1850)
13 Jan 1862 - 2 Aug 1862 Misail (b. 1789 - d. 1862)
8 Aug 1862 - 15 Jul 1873 Theophilos (b. 1780 - d. 1873)
9 Aug 1873 - 15 May 1874 Antonios (b. 1825 - d. 1892)
8 Jun 1874 - 11 Feb 1889 Prokopios I (b. 1813 - d. 1889)
11 Feb 1889 - 17 Jul 1889 Panaretos of Messinia (b. 1839 - d. 1897)
(Locum Tenens)
17 Jul 1889 - 30 Jan 1896 Germanos II (b. 1844 - d. 1896)
30 Jan 1896 - 12 Oct 1896 Nikandros of Argolida (b. 1836 - d. 1912)
(Locum Tenens)
13 Oct 1896 - 23 Oct 1896 Parthenios of Akarnania (b. 1836 - d. 1914)
(Locum Tenens)
23 Oct 1896 - 21 Nov 1901 Prokopios II (b. 1837 - d. 1902)
21 Nov 1901 - 13 Oct 1902 Methodios of Syros (Locum Tenens) (b. 1833 - d. 1903)
14 Oct 1902 - 17 Nov 1902 Theoklitos of Monemvasia (b. 1848 - d. 1931)
(Locum Tenens)
17 Nov 1902 - 11 Oct 1917 Theoklitos I (1st time) (s.a.)
11 Oct 1917 - 13 Mar 1918 Efthymios of Fanarion (1st time) (b. 1847 - d. 1934)
(Locum Tenens)
13 Mar 1918 - 29 Nov 1920 Meletios III (b. 1871 - d. 1935)
29 Nov 1920 - 16 Dec 1922 Theoklitos I (2nd time) (s.a.)
16 Dec 1922 - 8 Mar 1923 Efthymios of Fanarion (2nd time) (s.a.)
(Locum Tenens)
8 Mar 1923 - 31 Dec 1923 Chrysostomos I (b. 1868 - d. 1938)
Archbishops of Athens and All Greece
31 Dec 1923 - 22 Oct 1938 Chrysostomos I (s.a.)
22 Oct 1938 - 5 Nov 1938 Amvrosios of Fthiotida (1st time) (b. 1880 - d. 1958)
(Locum Tenens)
5 Nov 1938 - 1 Dec 1938 Damaskinos (1st time) (b. 1891 - d. 1949)
1 Dec 1938 - 12 Dec 1938 Amvrosios of Fthiotida (2nd time) (s.a.)
(Locum Tenens)
12 Dec 1938 - 2 Jul 1941 Chrysanthos (b. 1881 - d. 1949)
2 Jul 1941 - 20 May 1949 Damaskinos (2nd time) (s.a.)
20 May 1949 - 4 Jun 1949 Ioakim of Xanthi (Locum Tenens) (b. 1875 - d. 1953)
4 Jun 1949 - 21 Mar 1956 Spyridon (b. 1873 - d. 1956)
21 Mar 1956 - 29 Mar 1956 Alexandros of Veria (Locum Tenens) (b. 1878 - d. 1958)
29 Mar 1956 - 26 Jul 1957 Dorotheos III (b. 1888 - d. 1957)
26 Jul 1957 - 7 Aug 1957 Ierotheos of Aitoloakarnania (b. 1877 - d. 1961)
(Locum Tenens)
7 Aug 1957 - 8 Jan 1962 Theoklitos II (b. 1890 - d. 1962)
8 Jan 1962 - 13 Jan 1962 Germanos of Mantinia (1st time) (b. 1880 - d. 1964)
(Locum Tenens)
13 Jan 1962 - 25 Jan 1962 Iakovos III (b. 1895 - d. 1984)
25 Jan 1962 - 14 Feb 1962 Germanos of Mantinia (2nd time) (s.a.)
(Locum Tenens)
14 Feb 1962 - 11 May 1967 Chrysostomos II (b. 1880 - d. 1968)
11 May 1967 - 14 May 1967 Konstantinos of Patra (b. 1901 - d. 1975)
(Head of Extraordinary Synod)
14 May 1967 - 12 Dec 1973 Ieronymos I (b. 1905 - d. 1988)
12 Dec 1973 - 12 Jan 1974 Georgios of Kalavryta (b. 1903 - d. 1978)
(Locum Tenens)
12 Jan 1974 - 10 Apr 1998 Seraphim (b. 1913 - d. 1998)
10 Apr 1998 - 28 Apr 1998 Chrysostomos of Messinia (b. 1918 - d. 2007)
(Locum Tenens)
28 Apr 1998 - 28 Jan 2008 Christodoulos (b. 1939 - d. 2008)
28 Jan 2008 - 7 Feb 2008 Seraphim of Karystia (b. 1929)
(Locum Tenens)
7 Feb 2008 - Ieronymos II (b. 1938)
Orthodox Church of Poland
1921 semi-autonomy granted by Russia
13 Nov 1924 autocephaly granted by Constantinople
22 Jun 1948 autocephaly recognized by Russia
Exarch of Poland
27 Sep 1921 - 30 Jan 1922 Jerzy (b. 1872 - d. 1923)
Metropolitans of Warsaw and All Poland
30 Jan 1922 - 6 Feb 1923 Jerzy (s.a.)
27 Feb 1923 - 17 Apr 1947 Dionizy� (b. 1876 - d. 1960)
17 Apr 1947 - 7 Aug 1951 Tymoteusz of Bialystok and Gdansk
(1st time) (Locum Tenens) (b. 1901 - d. 1962)
7 Aug 1951 - 8 Dec 1959 Makary� (b. 1884 - d. 1961)
8 Dec 1959 - 5 May 1961 Tymoteusz of Bialystok and Gdansk
(2nd time) (Locum Tenens) (s.a.)
5 May 1961 - 20 May 1962 Tymoteusz (s.a.)
24 May 1962 - 25 May 1965 Jerzy of L�dz and Poznan
(1st time) (Locum Tenens) (b. 1900 - d. 1979)
25 May 1965 - 26 Mar 1969 Stefan (b. 1891 - d. 1969)
26 Mar 1969 - 1 Mar 1970 Jerzy of L�dz and Poznan
(2nd time) (Locum Tenens) (s.a.)
1 Mar 1970 - 11 Feb 1998 Bazyli (b. 1914 - d. 1998)
11 Feb 1998 - 12 May 1998 Sawa of Bialystok and Gdansk
(Locum Tenens) (b. 1938)
12 May 1998 - Sawa (s.a.)
�Constantinople continued to recognize Dionizy as metropolitan until his death 15 Mar 1960 and never recognized Makary, who was recognized by the Russian Church. After the death of Dionizy, Constantinople recognized Tymoteusz.
Orthodox Church of Albania
23 Sep 1922 unilateral declaration of autocephaly
30 Mar 1937 autocephaly granted by Constantinople
22 Nov 1967 - Nov 1990 religious practice outlawed in Albania
Metropolitans of Durr�s (under Archdiocese of Ohrid)
1694 - 26 Jan 1702 Kosmas (b. 1643 - d. 1702)
1702 - 17.. Nikodimos
*1740 - 1749 Nikitas
8 Mar 1749 - 1760 Anthimos I (b. ... - d. 1770?)
1760 - 1761 Neophytos
1761 - Jan 1767 Meletios (b. ... - d. af.1794)
Metropolitans of Durr�s and Gora (under Ecumenical Patriarchate)
31 Jan 1767 - 1772 Grigorios II
My/Jn 1772 - 1783 Konstantios (b. ... - d. 1783)
Ap/My 1783 - Ja/Fe 1805 Efthymios (b. ... - d. 1805)
Ja/Fe 1805 - My/Jn 1820 Samouil (b. ... - d. 1830)
My/Jn 1820 - Jl/Au 1833 Chrysanthos (b. ... - d. 1846)
Jl/Au 1833 - 1837 Gerasimos (b. ... - d. 1837)
De1837/Ja1838- 1844 Anthimos II (b. ... - d. 1844)
Mr/Ap 1844 - 1845 Anthimos III (b. ... - d. 1845)
Jl/Au 1845 - 18 Nov 1858 Ioannikios (b. ... - d. 1859)
18 Nov 1858 - 22 Nov 1858 Gennadios (b. ... - d. 1876)
22 Nov 1858 - Ja/Fe 1859 Afxentios (b. ... - d. 1865)
2 Feb 1859 - 24 Jan 1867 Iosiph (b. ... - d. 1867)
20 Mar 1867 - Mr/Ap 1899 Vissarion (b. ... - d. 1899)
17 May 1899 - 23 Oct 1906 Prokopios (b. ... - d. 1923)
23 Oct 1906 - 28 Feb 1911 Ioannis (b. ... - d. 1913)
28 Feb 1911 - 20 Jan 1925 Iakovos (b. 1878 - d. 1958)
(in exile since 8 Nov 1921)
Metropolitans of Tiran� (not recognized by other Orthodox churches)
4 Dec 1923 - 24 Dec 1924 Theofan (b. 1882 - d. 1965)
Dec 1924 - 18 Feb 1929 Jerotheu (Locum Tenens)
18 Feb 1929 - 27 May 1936 Visarion (b. 1887 - d. 1965)
Archbishops of Tiran�, Durr�s and All Albania
3 Apr 1937 - 25 Dec 1948 Kristofor� (b. 1882 - d. 1958)
25 Aug 1949 - 4 Mar 1966 Paisi� (b. 1882 - d. 1966)
Apr 1966 - 22 Nov 1967 Damian� (b. 1893 - d. 1973)
8 Jan 1991 - 24 Jun 1992 Anastas of Androusa (Exarch) (b. 1929)
24 Jun 1992 - Anastas (s.a.)
�Constantinople continued to recognize Christophoros as archbishop until his death 19 Jun 1958 and never recognized Paisios or Damianos, who were only recognized by the Russian Church. The Russian Church continued to recognize Damianos as archbishop until his death 18 Oct 1973.
Orthodox Church of Czech Lands and Slovakia
3 Mar 1923 autonomy under Constantinople
23 Nov 1951 autocephaly under Russia
27 Aug 1998 autocephaly recognized by Constantinople
Archbishop of All Czechoslovakia
4 Apr 1923 - 1948 Sabbazd� (b. 1880 - d. 1959)
Exarch of the Patriarchate of Moscow in Czechoslovakia
4 May 1946 - 9 Dec 1951 Jelevferij� (b. 1892 - d. 1959)
(in opposition to 1948)
Metropolitans of All Czechoslovakia (later, of the Czech Lands and Slovakia)
9 Dec 1951 - 28 Nov 1955 Jelevferij� (s.a.)
17 May 1956 - 1964 J�n� (b. 1901 - d. 1975)
25 Oct 1964 - 30 Dec 1999 Dorotej (b. 1913 - d. 1999)
14 Apr 2000 - 30 Jan 2006 Nikolaj (b. 1927 - d. 2006)
2 May 2006 - Krystof (b. 1953)
�Constantinople continued to recognize Sabbazd as archbishop until his death 14 Nov 1959 and never recognized Jelevferij, who was recognized by the Russian Church. Constantinople recognized J�n only after the death of Sabbazd (the Russian Church never recognized Sabbazd).
Orthodox Church in America
1840 a Russian Orthodox diocese is founded in Sitka, Alaska
1872 See transferred to San Francisco
1905 See transferred to New York
1924 unilateral declaration of autonomy
1946 autonomy under Russia
10 Apr 1970 autocephaly granted by Russia (not recognized by the
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and the
majority of the Orthodox Churches)
Bishops
1840 - 1858 Innocent (b. 1797 - d. 1879)
29 Mar 1859 - 9 Nov 1866 Peter (b. 1820 - d. 1889)
9 Nov 1866 - 10 Jun 1870 Paul (b. 1813 - d. 1877)
5 Jul 1870 - 12 Apr 1877 John (b. 1836 - d. 1914)
17 Dec 1878 - 30 Jun 1882 Nestor (b. 1825 - d. 1882)
20 Dec 1887 - 8 Jun 1891 Vladimir (b. 1852 - d. 1931)
8 Jun 1891 - Sep 1891 Nicholas (I) (b. 1849 - d. 1896)
(did not go to America)
29 Sep 1891 - 1898 Nicholas (II) (b. 1851 - d. 1915)
1898 - 1905 Tikhon (b. 1865 - d. 1925)
Archbishops of All America and Canada
1905 - 25 Jan 1907 Tikhon (s.a.)
6 Jun 1907 - 20 Mar 1914 Platon (b. 1866 - d. 1934)
29 Jul 1914 - 25 Feb 1919 Evdokim (b. 1869 - d. 1935)
(left America 6 Aug 1917)
25 Feb 1919 - 7 Jun 1922 Alexander (b. 1876 - d. 1960)
(administrator 6 Aug 1917 - 25 Feb 1919)
Metropolitans of All America and Canada
7 Jun 1922 - 20 Apr 1934 Platon (s.a.)
(administrator to 7 Nov 1922)
Apr 1934 - 27 Jun 1950 Theophilus (b. 1874 - d. 1950)
(Locum Tenens to 22 Nov 1934)
27 Jun 1950 - 14 May 1965 Leonty (b. 1876 - d. 1965)
(Locum Tenens to 6 Dec 1950)
14 May 1965 - 25 Oct 1977 Ireney (b. 1892 - d. 1981)
(Locum Tenens to 23 Sep 1965)
15 May 1974 - 25 Oct 1977 Sylvester (administrator) (b. 1914 - d. 2000)
25 Oct 1977 - 21 Jul 2002 Theodosius (b. 1933)
22 Jul 2002 - 4 Sep 2008 Herman (b. 1932)
(administrator 1 May - 1 Sep 2001)
4 Sep 2008 - 12 Nov 2008 Dmitri of Dallas and the South (b. 1923)
(Locum Tenens)
12 Nov 2008 - Jonah (b. 1959)
Orthodox Church of Mount Sinai
1567 autonomy under Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Archbishops of Sinai
Se/Oc 1671 - Fe/Ma 1702 Ioannikios I (b. ... - d. 1703)
Se/Oc 1702 - 13 Feb 1706 Kosmas (b. 16... - d. 1736)
7 May 1707 - 1720 Athanasios (b. ... - d. 1720)
1721 - 1728 Ioannikios II (b. ... - d. 1728)
1728 - 1747 Nikiphoros (b. ... - d. af.1747)
1748 - 1759 Konstantios I (b. ... - d. 1759/60)
28 Oct 1759 - 23 Jan 1790 Kyrillos I (b. c.1700 - d. 1790)
1794 - Jn/Jl 1797 Dorotheos (b. ... - d. 1797)
1804 - 17 Jan 1859 Konstantios II (b. 1770 - d. 1859)
19 Jan 1859 - 5 Sep 1867 Kyrillos II (b. ... - d. 1882)
2 Feb 1867 - 21 Apr 1885 Kallistratos (b. 1818 - d. 1885)
21 Aug 1885 - 20 Apr 1904 Porphyrios I (b. 1838 - d. 1909)
7 May 1904 - 14 Jul 1926 Porphyrios II (b. 1859 - d. 1926)
11 Aug 1926 - 24 Nov 1968 Porphyrios III (b. 1878 - d. 1968)
4 Jan 1969 - 11 Sep 1973 Grigorios (b. 1912 - d. 1973)
10 Dec 1973 - Damianos (b. 1935)
Montenegrin Orthodox Church
Se/Oc 1766 autocephaly proclaimed (recognized only by Russian
Church)
Aug 1920 autocephaly abolished; merged with Serbian Church
Metropolitans (vladikas)
Se/Oc 1766 - 9 Mar 1781 Sava II (b. 1700 - d. 1781)
10 Mar 1781 - Mar 1782 Arsenije II Plamenac (b. 1700 - d. 1784)
(Locum Tenens)
Mar 1782 - 30 Oct 1830 Petar I (b. 1747 - d. 1830)
(consecrated 24 Oct 1784)
30 Oct 1830 - 31 Oct 1851 Petar II (b. 1813 - d. 1851)
(consecrated 18 Aug 1833)
1 Nov 1851 - 13 Jan 1852 Pero Petrovic-Njegos (b. 1811 - d. 1854)
(Locum Tenens)
13 Jan 1852 - 13 Mar 1852 Danilo II (b. 1826 - d. 1860)
(not consecrated)
Metropolitans
1853 - Aug 1860 Nikanor Ivanovic-Njegos (b. ... - d. 1894)
(consecrated Dec 1858/Jan 1859)
17 Aug 1860 - 27 Jan 1882 Ilarion Roganovic (b. 1828 - d. 1882)
(consecrated 4 Jun 1863)
18 Dec 1882 - 26 Apr 1884 Visarion III Ljubisa (b. 1823 - d. 1884)
Jun 1884 - 12 Oct 1920 Mitrofan Ban (b. 1841 - d. 1920)
(consecrated 30 Apr 1885; coadjutor 1877-84)
Orthodox Church of Finland
26 Nov 1918 unilateral declaration of autonomy
Feb 1921 autonomy under Russia
7 Jul 1923 autonomy under Ecumenical Patriarchate
1957 Russia recognizes autonomy under Ecumenical Patriarchate
Archbishop of Vyborg and All Finland
26 Nov 1918 - 1925 Serafim (b. 1879 - d. 1959)
Archbishops of Karelia and All Finland
1925 - 1 Jul 1960 Herman (b. 1878 - d. 1961)
29 Aug 1960 - 16 Sep 1987 Paavali (b. 1914 - d. 1989)
15 Oct 1987 - 1 Oct 2001 Johannes (b. 1923)
25 Oct 2001 - Leo (b. 1948)
Orthodox Church of Estonia
28 Jun 1920 autonomy under Russia
7 Jul 1923 autonomy under Ecumenical Patriarchate
30 Mar 1941 autonomy abolished by Russia
30 Jun 1941 autonomy under Ecumenical Patriarchate restored
9 Mar 1945 autonomy abolished by Russia
13 Apr 1978 autonomous status deemed inactive by Constantinople
24 Feb 1996 autonomy under Ecumenical Patriarchate restored
Archbishop of Tallinn and All Estonia
14 Sep 1920 - 7 Jul 1923 Aleksander (b. 1872 - d. 1953)
Metropolitans of Tallinn and All Estonia
7 Jul 1923 - 18 Oct 1953 Aleksander (s.a.)
(in exile from Sep 1944)
Oct 1953 - 15 Oct 1962 Athinagoras I of Thyatira and
Great Britain (Locum Tenens) (b. 1885 - d. 1962)
10 Dec 1963 - 13 Apr 1978 Athinagoras II of Thyatira and
Great Britain (Locum Tenens) (b. 1912 - d. 1979)
20 Feb 1996 - 16 Mar 1999 John of Finland (Locum Tenens) (b. 1923)
16 Mar 1999 - Stephanos (b. 1940)
Orthodox Church of Latvia
Jul 1921 autonomy under Russia
Feb 1936 autonomy under Ecumenical Patriarchate
30 Mar 1941 autonomy abolished by Russia
20 Jul 1941 autonomy under Ecumenical Patriarchate restored
15 Jul 1942 autonomy abolished by Russia
Archbishops of Riga and All Latvia
Jul 1921 - 12 Oct 1934 Janis (b. 1876 - d. 1934)
12 Oct 1934 - 17 Mar 1936 vacant
Metropolitan of Riga and All Latvia
17 Mar 1936 - 5 Oct 1955 Augustins (b. 1873 - d. 1955)
(in exile from Sep 1944)
Orthodox Church of Japan
1880 a Russian Orthodox diocese is founded in Tokyo
1945 unilateral declaration of autonomy
10 Apr 1970 autonomy under Russia
(not recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate)
Bishop
1880 - 1906 Nicholas (b. 1836 - d. 1912)
Metropolitans of All Japan
1906 - 1912 Nicholas (s.a.)
1912 - 1945 Sergius (b. 1871 - d. 1945)
1946 - 1952 Benjamin
1952 - 1962 Ireneus (b. ... - d. 1962)
14 Oct 1962 - 28 Mar 1972 Vladimir (b. 1922 - d. 1997)
28 Mar 1972 - 9 May 1999 Theodosius (b. 1935 - d. 1999)
5 Mar 2000 - 6 May 2000 Peter (b. 1931 - d. 2000)
6 May 2000 - Daniel (b. 1938)
Orthodox Church of China
1686 first Orthodox community established in China
May 1957 autonomy under Russia (not recognized by the Ecumenical
Patriarchate)
Bishop of Peking and All China
30 May 1957 - 3 Jan 1962 Basil (b. 1888 - d. 1962)
3 Jan 1962 - 3 Mar 1965 Simeon of Shanghai (b. 1886 - d. 1965)
(de facto Locum Tenens)
3 Mar 1965 - vacant
Orthodox Church of Ukraine
1 Oct 1990 autonomy under Russia
Metropolitans of Kiev
31 Aug 1690 - 22 Aug 1707 Varlaam I (b. ... - d. 1707)
15 Aug 1708 - 1 Jul 1718 Ioasaf I (b. ... - d. 1718)
1 Jul 1718 - 30 May 1722 vacant
30 May 1722 - 1 Dec 1730 Varlaam II (b. ... - d. 1751)
24 Apr 1731 - 2 Nov 1747 Raphail (b. 1677 - d. 1747)
21 Mar 1748 - 2 Nov 1757 Timothei (b. 1698 - d. 1767)
2 Nov 1757 - 19 Jun 1770 Arseniy I (b. 1704 - d. 1770)
3 Oct 1770 - 19 Aug 1783 Gavriil I (b. 1708 - d. 1783)
3 Oct 1783 - 16 Jan 1796 Samuil (b. 1731 - d. 1796)
12 Apr 1796 - 13 Sep 1799 Ierofei (b. 1727 - d. 1799)
10 Oct 1799 - 2 Sep 1803 Gavriil II (b. 1746 - d. 1821)
23 Dec 1803 - 5 Feb 1822 Serapion (b. 1747 - d. 1824)
5 Feb 1822 - 7 Mar 1837 Eugene (b. 1769 - d. 1837)
30 Apr 1837 - 2 Jan 1858 Filaret I (b. 1779 - d. 1858)
13 Mar 1858 - 13 Jul 1860 Isidor (b. 1799 - d. 1892)
13 Jul 1860 - 10 May 1876 Arseniy II (b. 1797 - d. 1876)
17 May 1876 - 10 Feb 1882 Filofei (b. 1808 - d. 1882)
16 Feb 1882 - 13 Oct 1891 Plato (b. 1803 - d. 1891)
29 Nov 1891 - 20 Jun 1900 Ioannikiy (b. 1826 - d. 1900)
26 Aug 1900 - 4 Feb 1903 Feognost II (b. 1829 - d. 1903)
14 Feb 1903 - 17 Nov 1915 Flavian (b. 1840 - d. 1915)
6 Dec 1915 - 6 Feb 1918 Vladimir I (b. 1848 - d. 1918)
30 May 1918 - 10 Aug 1936 Antoniy II (b. 1863 - d. 1936)
(from 1919 in exile, from 1924 not recognized)
1919 - 1921 Nazary of Cherkass (b. 1852 - d. af.1928)
(Locum Tenens)
1921 - 1924 Michael of Grodno and Brest (b. 1862 - d. 1929)
(Locum Tenens)
1924 - 30 Mar 1929 Michael III (s.a.)
Apr 1930 - 1 Feb 1932 Dmitriy (b. 1869 - d. 1932)
21 Mar 1932 - 26 Jun 1934 Sergiy (b. 1889 - d. 1943)
26 Jun 1934 - 10 Nov 1937 Konstantin III (b. 1871 - d. 1937)
15 Jul 1941 - 28 Jan 1944 Nikolai II (b. 1892 - d. 1961)
12 Feb 1944 - 30 Mar 1964 Ioann V (b. 1877 - d. 1968)
30 Mar 1964 - 24 Apr 1966 Ioasaf II (b. 1903 - d. 1966)
14 Mar 1966 - 1 Oct 1990 Filaret II (b. 1929)
Metropolitans of Kiev and All Ukraine
1 Oct 1990 - 2 Apr 1992 Filaret II (s.a.)
27 May 1992 - Vladimir II (b. 1935)
Orthodox Church of Macedonia
1018 autocephalous Archdiocese of Ohrid under the Ecumenical
Patriarchate established by Byzantine Emperor Vasilios II
27 Jan 1767 autocephaly abolished by Constantinople
6 Oct 1958 autonomy under Serbia
16 Jul 1967 unilateral elevation to autocephaly results in schism
(see Macedonian Orthodox Church-Archbishopric of Ohrid)
24 May 2005 autonomy under Serbia
Archbishops of Ohrid
18 Jun 1699 - 1702 Raphail
1702 - 1703 Germanos II
1703 - 1706 Ignatios III (2nd time)
1706 - 1707 Dionysios II (1st time)
1707 - My/Jn 1708 Zosimas II (2nd time)
8 Jun 1708 - 1709 Methodios I
1709 - Jul 1714 Dionysios II (2nd time)
27 Jul 1714 - 16 Jul 1718 Philotheos
16 Jul 1718 - 2 Nov 1745 Ioasaph II (b. ... - d. 1745)
24 Jan 1746 - 1752 Iosiph (1st time)
1752 - 1753 Dionysios III (1st time)
1753 - 1756 Iosiph (2nd time)
1756 - 1757 Dionysios III (2nd time)
1757 - 1759 Methodios II
Mr/Ap 1759 - 1763 Kyrillos (b. ... - d. 1765)
1763 - My/Jn 1763 Ieremias (b. ... - d. 1763)
My/Jn 1763 - 1764 Ananias (b. ... - d. 1764)
1764 - 27 Jan 1767 Arsenios II
Metropolitans of Skopje (under Ecumenical Patriarchate)
1767 - 6 Nov 1775 Anthimos II
6 Nov 1775 - 19 Oct 1799 Zacharias
11 Nov 1799 - 1820 Anthimos III (b. ... - d. 1820)
Mr/Ap 1820 - 1823 Ioasaph (b. ... - d. 1823)
Au/Se 1823 - Jn/Jl 1828 Ananias (b. 1788 - d. 1854)
Jn/Jl 1828 - Ja/Fe 1831 Neophytos (b. ... - d. 1831)
Ja/Fe 1831 - Jl/Au 1832 Gennadios
Jl/Au 1832 - Jn/Jl 1844 Gavriil III
Jn/Jl 1844 - 11 Mar 1868 Ioakim (b. ... - d. 1868)
23 Mar 1868 - 15 Aug 1891 Paisios (b. 1806 - d. 1892)
15 Aug 1891 - 28 Nov 1896 Methodios II (b. ... - d. 1896)
30 Nov 1896 - 31 Oct 1899 Amvrosios (b. 1854 - d. 1931)
31 Oct 1899 - 1903 Firmilianos (b. 1852 - d. 1903)
28 Jan 1904 - 5 Feb 1905 Sevastianos (b. 1869 - d. 1905)
24 Oct 1905 - 1915 Vikentios (b. 1853 - d. 1915)
Metropolitans of Skopje (under Serbian Patriarchate)
17 Nov 1920 - 12 Apr 1930 Varnava Rosic (b. 1880 - d. 1937)
Jan 1932 - 3 Jul 1957 Josif Cvijovic (b. 1878 - d. 1957)
Archbishops of Ohrid and Metropolitans of Skopje
6 Oct 1958 - 19 Jul 1967 Dositej II Stojkovski (b. 1906 - d. 1981)
24 May 2005 - Jovan VI Vraniskovski (b. 1966)
26 Jul 2005 - 3 Mar 2006 Marko Kimev of Dremvica (b. 1977)
(acting for imprisoned Jovan)
8 Aug 2006 - 1 May 2007 Marko Kimev of Dremvica (s.a.)
+ Joakim Jovcevski of Polog and
Kumanovo (b. 1949)
(acting for imprisoned Jovan)
Orthodox Church of Crete
27 Oct 1900 semi-autonomy under Ecumenical Patriarchate
28 Feb 1967 See elevated to Archdiocese
Metropolitans of Crete
1699 - 1701 Arsenios II
1702 - 1711? Ioasaph (b. ... - d. 1747)
1711 - 1715 Konstantios (1st time) (b. ... - d. 1725)
1715 - 1718 Gerasimos I
18 Dec 1718 - 1722 Konstantios (2nd time) (s.a.)
1723 - 1725 Daniil
1725 - 13 Jan 1756 Gerasimos II
17 Feb 1756 - 1769 Gerasimos III
1769 - May 1786 Zacharias
30 May 1786 - 16 May 1800 Maximos (b. ... - d. 1800)
6 Jun 1800 - 6 Jul 1821 Gerasimos IV (b. 17... - d. 1821)
Mr/Ap 1823 - 5 Sep 1830 Kallinikos III (b. ... - d. 1830)
9 Feb 1831 - 1 Aug 1839 Meletios I (b. 1801 - d. 1839)
Au/Se 1839 - 21 Sep 1839 Porphyrios (b. ... - d. 1852)
Se/Oc 1839 - 24 Feb 1842 Kallinikos IV
13 Mar 1842 -De1843/Ja1844 Kallinikos V (b. ... - d. 1845)
De1843/Ja1844- 5 Sep 1850 Chrysanthos (b. ... - d. 1869)
5 Sep 1850 - 26 Dec 1850 Sophronios I (b. ... - d. 1855)
29 Dec 1850 - 9 Sep 1856 Dionysios I (b. ... - d. 1860)
9 Sep 1856 - 28 Jul 1858 Ioannikios (b. ... - d. 1858)
7 Aug 1858 - 28 Nov 1868 Dionysios II (b. 1820 - d. 1891)
28 Nov 1868 - 5 Dec 1874 Meletios II (1st time) (b. 1817 - d. 1882)
5 Dec 1874 - 21 Jun 1877 Sophronios II (b. ... - d. 1890)
21 Jun 1877 - 25 Aug 1882 Meletios II (2nd time) (s.a.)
2 Oct 1882 - 2 Mar 1897 Timotheos I (b. 1841 - d. 1897)
24 May 1898 - 14 Apr 1920 Evmenios II (b. 1850 - d. 1920)
7 Mar 1922 - 25 Apr 1933 Titos II (b. 1859 - d. 1933)
22 Jul 1933 - 3 Jan 1941 Timotheos II (b. 1876 - d. 1941)
8 Apr 1941 - Jan 1950 Vasilios V (b. 1872 - d. 1950)
23 May 1950 - 28 Feb 1967 Evgenios (b. 1912 - d. 1978)
Archbishops of Crete
28 Feb 1967 - 7 Feb 1978 Evgenios (s.a.)
10 Mar 1978 - 26 Jul 2006 Timotheos III (b. 1915 - d. 2006)
30 Aug 2006 - Irinaios (b. 1933)
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
1865 a Greek Orthodox diocese is founded in New Orleans, La.
31 Mar 1908 Greek Orthodox Church of America placed under
jurisdiction of Autocephalous Church of Greece
17 Aug 1918 Archdiocese under the Church of Greece
14 Mar 1922 Greek Orthodox Church of America reverts to the
jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople
9 May 1922 Archdiocese under Ecumenical Patriarchate
Exarchs of Synod of Church of Greece
4 Aug 1918 - 30 Oct 1918 Meletios of Athens (b. 1871 - d. 1935)
(returned to the U.S. in Feb 1921, overseeing the affairs of
the American Church as Meletios of Athens [not recognizing
his dethronement from the See of Athens] and after 8 Dec 1921
as Ecumenical Patriarch Meletios IV, until his departure for
Constantinople on 14 Jan 1922)
30 Oct 1918 - 2 Jul 1921 Alexandros of Rodostolon (b. 1876 - d. 1942)
(continues in opposition to 14 Mar 1922)
2 Jul 1921 - 14 Mar 1922 Germanos of Monemvasia (b. 1870 - d. 1935)
(continues in opposition to 4 Feb 1923)
Patriarchal Exarch
14 Mar 1922 - 9 May 1922 Alexandros of Rodostolon (s.a.)
Archbishops of America
9 May 1922 - 19 Jun 1930 Alexandros (s.a.)
Feb 1924 - 19 Jun 1930 Vasilios (in opposition) (b. 1887 - d. 1941)
9 Apr 1930 - 9 Feb 1931 Damaskinos of Korinthos (Exarch) (b. 1891 - d. 1949)
9 Feb 1931 - 24 Feb 1931 Kallistos of San Francisco (b. 1878 - d. 1940)
(Locum Tenens until arrival of Athinagoras in U.S.)
12 Aug 1930 - 1 Nov 1948 Athinagoras (b. 1886 - d. 1972)
Nov 1948 - 24 Dec 1949 Germanos of Nyssa (1st time) (b. 1897 - d. 1993)
(Locum Tenens until arrival of Michail in U.S.)
7 Jun 1949 - 20 Sep 1949 Timotheos (b. 1880 - d. 1949)
11 Oct 1949 - 13 Jul 1958 Michail (b. 1892 - d. 1958)
Jul 1958 - 31 Mar 1959 Germanos of Nyssa (2nd time) (s.a.)
(Locum Tenens until arrival of Iakovos in U.S.)
14 Feb 1959 - 29 Jul 1996 Iakovos (b. 1911 - d. 2005)
30 Jul 1996 - 18 Aug 1999 Spyridon (b. 1944)
19 Aug 1999 - Dimitrios (b. 1928)
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
1897 Greek Orthodox dioceses founded in Sydney and Melbourne
31 Mar 1908 Greek Orthodox Church of Australia placed under
jurisdiction of Autocephalous Church of Greece
14 Mar 1922 Greek Orthodox Church of Australia reverts to the
jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople
9 Feb 1924 Metropolis under Ecumenical Patriarchate
25 Aug 1959 Archdiocese under Ecumenical Patriarchate
Metropolitans of Australia
9 Feb 1924 - 17 Apr 1926 Christophoros (1st time) (b. 1871 - d. 1958)
17 Apr 1926 - 24 Jun 1926 Ioakim (b. 1883 - d. 1962)
24 Jun 1926 - 4 Feb 1928 Christophoros (2nd time) (s.a.)
Mar 1928 - 30 Nov 1931 Theophylaktos Papathanasopoulos (b. 1891 - d. 1958)
(Locum Tenens)
30 Nov 1931 - 16 Jan 1947 Timotheos (b. 1880 - d. 1949)
22 Apr 1947 - 8 Aug 1958 Theophylaktos (s.a.)
Aug 1958 - 24 Feb 1959 Athenagoras I of Thyatira and
Great Britain (Exarch) (b. 1885 - d. 1962)
Archbishops of Australia
24 Feb 1959 - 27 Feb 1968 Iezekiel (1st time) (b. 1913 - d. 1987)
27 Feb 1968 - 28 Oct 1968 Dionysios of Nazianzos (b. 1916 - d. 2008)
(Locum Tenens)
28 Oct 1968 - 12 Aug 1969 Iakovos of Philadelphia (Exarch) (b. 1920 - d. 1971)
12 Aug 1969 - 5 Aug 1974 Iezekiel (2nd time) (s.a.)
5 Aug 1974 - 13 Feb 1975 Panteleimon of Theoupolis (b. 1936)
(Locum Tenens)
13 Feb 1975 - Stylianos (b. 1935)
Macedonian Orthodox Church-Archbishopric of Ohrid
19 Jul 1967 unilateral declaration of autocephaly (Macedonian Orthodox Church)
12 Nov 2009 Macedonian Orthodox Church-Archbishopric of Ohrid
Archbishops of Ohrid
19 Jul 1967 - 20 May 1981 Dositej II (b. 1906 - d. 1981)
18 Aug 1981 - 15 Jun 1986 Angelarij (b. 1911 - d. 1986)
Oct 1986 - 9 Jun 1993 Gavril II (b. 1921 - d. 1996)
9 Jun 1993 - 4 Dec 1993 Timotej of Australia (b. 1951)
+ Stefan of Bregalnica (b. 1955)
+ Mihail of Povardarie (b. 1912 - d. 1999)
(administrators)
4 Dec 1993 - 6 Jul 1999 Mihail (s.a.)
10 Oct 1999 - Stefan (s.a.)
Orthodox Church of Belorussia
23 Jul 1922 autonomy under Russia
10 Aug 1927 unilateral declaration of autocephaly
1946 autonomy abolished by Russia
Metropolitans of Minsk and All Belorussia
23 Jul 1922 - 1931 Melchizedek
1931 - 28 Aug 1942 vacant?
28 Aug 1942 - 1946 Panteleimon
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
Jun 1990 unilateral declaration of Patriarchate (not recognized
by any other Orthodox church)
1993 the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kiev Patriarchate, which
was created in an earlier split but also claimed Mstyslav
as its patriarch, now elects its own patriarch
Patriarchs
5 Jun 1990 - 11 Jun 1993 Mstyslav (b. 1898 - d. 1993)
7 Sep 1993 - 25 Feb 2000 Dimitri (b. 1915 - d. 2000)
25 Feb 2000 - 15 Sep 2000 Igor (Locum Tenens)
15 Sep 2000 - Mefody (acting)
Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kiev Patriarchate
Patriarchs
21 Oct 1993 - 14 Jul 1995 Volodymyr (b. 1926 - d. 1995)
22 Oct 1995 - Filaret (b. 1929)
Montenegrin Orthodox Church
1993 autocephaly proclaimed (not recognized)
Metropolitans (vladikas)
31 Oct 1993 - 24 Dec 1996 Antonije Abramovic (b. 1919 - d. 1996)
6 Jan 1997 - Mihailo Dedeic (b. 1938)
Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece
1937 split into two hostile synods
1984 split in line 1 creating line 3
1985 split in line 1 creating line 4
1985 split in line 1 creating line 5
1995 split in line 2 creating line 6
1996 split in line 3 creating line 7
Archbishops
- Line 1 -
26 May 1935 - 20 Sep 1955 Chrysostomos I (b. 1870 - d. 1955)
20 Sep 1955 - 9 Dec 1960 vacant
9 Dec 1960 - 1 Dec 1963 Akakios (b. ... - d. 1963)
Dec 1963 - 1984 Afxentios (b. ... - d. 1994)
1985 - Chrysostomos II
- Line 2 -
May 1938 - 16 Jul 1943 Germanos (b. ... - d. 1944)
Jul 1943 - 14 May 1950 Matthaios (b. ... - d. 1950)
1950 - 1958 Demetrios
1958 - 1972 Agathangelos
1972 - 2003 Andreas
12 Jun 2003 - Nikolaos
- Line 3 -
1984 - Nov 1994 Afxentios (s.a.)
1995 - Maximos
- Line 4 -
1985 - 19.. Dorotheos (b. ... - d. 19...)
19.. - Isaias
- Line 5 -
18 Apr 1985 - Kyprianos (b. 1935)
(president of the Holy Synod in Resistance)
Oct 2007 - Kyprianos of Oreoi (b. 1948)
(acting for Kyprianos)
- Line 6 -
1995 - Grigorios
- Line 7 -
1996 - Athanasios
Old Calendar Church of Romania
Metropolitans
13 Apr 1955 - 1956 Galaction (b. ... - d. 1956)
1956 - 1985 Glicherie (b. 1891 - d. 1985)
1985 - Apr 1992 Sylvester (b. ... - d. 1992)
1992 - Vlasie
Old Believers
1666 split from Russian Orthodox Church
1847 hierarchy established
1923 another group of Old Believers obtains a hierarchy
Belaya Krynitsa hierarchy
Archbishops of Moscow
1847 - 1863 Sofrony
1863 - 20 Nov 1881 Antony (b. ... - d. 1881)
1863 - 1870 Antony Guslitsky (in opposition)
1871 - 1912 Iov (in opposition)
1881 - 20 Sep 1898 Savvaty (b. ... - d. 1898)
1898 - 7 May 1915 Ioann
1915 - 1934 Melety
1934 - 12 Apr 1938 Vikenty of Kazan (Locum Tenens)
1938 - 1940 vacant
1940 - 23 Feb 1952 Irinarch (b. ... - d. 1952)
1952 - 12 Dec 1960 Flavian (b. ... - d. 1960)
1961 - 1970 Iosif
1970 - 29 Jan 1986 Nikodim
1986 - 1988 Alimpy (b. 1929 - d. 2003)
Metropolitans of Moscow and All Russia
1988 - 31 Dec 2003 Alimpy (s.a.)
3 Jan 2004 - 12 Feb 2004 Ioann of Kostroma and Yaroslavl
(1st time) (Locum Tenens) (b. 1926)
12 Feb 2004 - 10 Aug 2005 Andrian (b. 1951 - d. 2005)
11 Aug 2005 - 18 Oct 2005 Ioann of Kostroma and Yaroslavl
(2nd time) (Locum Tenens) (s.a.)
18 Oct 2005 - Kornily (b. 1947)
Novozybkov hierarchy
Archbishops of Novozybkov, Moscow and All Russia
4 Nov 1923 - 1 Sep 1934 Nikola (b. 1853 - d. 1934)
1 Sep 1934 - 2 Sep 1937 Stefan (b. 1858 - d. 1937)
(Locum Tenens to Jul 1935)
May 1938 - 1944 Mikhail (b. 1860 - d. 1944)
14 Oct 1944 - 27 Aug 1956 Ioann (b. 1868 - d. 1956)
1956 - 1965 Epifany
1965 - 1969 Ieyermiya
1969 - 1980 Pavel
1980 - Feb 1996 Gennady
Feb 1996 - 4 May 2000 Aristarkh (b. 1907 - d. 2000)
(Locum Tenens to 9 Jun 1996)
9 May 2000 - Aleksandr (b. 1957)
(titled Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia from 3 Mar 2002)
Pomorian Church
Supreme Old Believer Council (Vilnius)
1925 - 1939 headed the church in Poland
1944 restored as supreme in Lithuania
Chairmen
1925 - 1939 Arseny Pimenov
7 Jan 1939 - Sep 1939 Boris Pimenov (1st time)
1943 - 1944 Boris Pimenov (2nd time)
1944 - 1948 Ivan Romanov
1948 - 1965 Fyodor Kuznetsov
1965 - 1969 Iosif Nikitin
1969 - 1993 Ivan Yegorov
1993 - 1998 Vladimir Vasilyev
1998 - 2001 Evstignei Nikitin
2001 - 2002 Andrey Kartashev
1995 - Nikolay Pilnikov
(in opposition to 2002)
Central Old Believer Council (Kaunas)
1922 - 1944 headed the church in Lithuania
1940 stopped functioning
1942 restored
1944 merged into Supreme Old Believer Council (Vilnius)
Chairmen
1922 - 1934 Vasily Prozorov
1934 - 2 Apr 1938 Anatoly Efremov
22 Apr 1938 - 1940 Ivan Prozorov
1942 - 1944 Boris Leonov
Central Council of Old Believer Pomorian Church in Belarus
Chairman
2001 - Petr Orlov
Supreme Old Believer Pomorian Church Council in Poland
Chairmen
1983 - 1993 Leonid Pimenov
1993 - Feodosij Novichenko
Renewal Church
spring 1922 some Renewal-type churches split from the Russian Orthodox
Church
end 1923 almost all of them merge in one Renewal Church (also called
Living Church)
1946 last communities return to Russian Orthodox Church
Metropolitans
1923 - 1925 Evdokim (b. 1869 - d. 1935)
1925 - 6 May 1930 Veniamin (b. 1855 - d. 1930)
1930 - 1941 Vitaly (b. 1870 - d. 1950)
1941 - 25 Jul 1946 Aleksandr (b. 1889 - d. 1946)
Eastern non-Chalcedonian churches
Armenian Apostolic Church
43 church founded
506 synod of Armenian Church rejects Council of Chalcedon
1815 See of Aluank' abolished
Catholicoses of All Armenians (at Etchmiadzin)
1691 - 1705 Nahapet I
1706 - 1714 Alek'sandr I
1715 - 1725 Astuatsatur I
1726 - 1729 Karapet II
1730 - 1734 Abraham II
1734 - 1737 Abraham III
1737 - 1751 Lazar I
1751 - 1753 Minas I
1753 - 1755 Alek'sandr II
1755 Sahak V
(elected but never consecrated)
1755 - 1759 vacant
1759 - 1763 Yakob V
1763 - 1780 Simeon
1780 - 1799 Lukas
1800 - 1801 Hovsep' Arlut'ean (b. 17... - d. 1801)
(elected but never consecrated)
1801 - 1807 Dawit' V
1802 - 1808 Daniel (in opposition)
6 Nov 1810 - 8 Oct 1830 Yeprem (b. ... - d. 1835)
30 Jun 1831 - 25 May 1842 Hovhannes VIII (b. ... - d. 1842)
13 Apr 1843 - 13 Feb 1857 Nerses V (b. 1761 - d. 1857)
17 May 1858 - 1865 Matevos I (b. ... - d. 1865)
16 Sep 1866 - 6 Dec 1882 Gevorg IV (b. 1813 - d. 1882)
1882 - 1885 vacant
18 Jul 1885 - 16 Apr 1891 Makar (b. 1813 - d. 1891)
5 May 1892 - 29 Oct 1907 Mkrtich (b. 1820 - d. 1907)
30 Oct 1908 - 11 Dec 1910 Matevos II (b. 1845 - d. 1910)
11 Dec 1910 - 8 May 1930 Gevorg V (b. 1847 - d. 1930)
(Locum Tenens to 13 Dec 1911)
8 May 1930 - 12 Apr 1938 Khoren (b. 1893 - d. 1938)
(Locum Tenens to 12 Nov 1932)
12 Apr 1938 - 9 May 1954 Gevorg VI (b. 1868 - d. 1954)
(Locum Tenens to Jun 1945)
2 Oct 1955 - 17 Aug 1994 Vazgen (b. 1908 - d. 1994)
4 Apr 1995 - 29 Jun 1999 Karekin I (b. 1932 - d. 1999)
4 Jul 1999 - 4 Nov 1999 Nerses Pozapalyan (acting) (b. 1937)
4 Nov 1999 - Karekin II (b. 1951)
Catholicoses of Aluank'
1676 - 1701 Eremia II
1702 - 1728 Esayi Hasan-Jalalean
1706 - 1763 Nerses V (anti-catholicos)
1763 - 1765 Israyel I (anti-catholicos)
1763 - 1786 Hovhannes X Hasan-Jalalean
1794 - 1810 Simeon V
1810 - 1815 Sargis Hasan-Jalalean (b. ... - d. 1828)
Catholicoses of Cilicia
1694 - 1705 Matevos I
1705 - 1721 Hovhannes V
1721 - 1729 Krikor III
1729 - 1731 Hovhannes VI
1731 - 1737 Ghougas I
1737 - 1758 Mikael I
1758 - 1770 Gabriel I
1771 - 1784 Yeprem I
1784 - 1796 Teotoros I
1797 - 1822 Giragos I
1822 - 1833 Yeprem II
1833 - 1855 Mikael II
1855 - 1865 Giragos II
1866 - 1871 Giragos (Locum Tenens)
1871 - 1894 Mkrtich I
1895 Grigor (Locum Tenens)
1902 - 1939 Sahak II
1940 Bedros II
1940 - 1942 Eghishe (Locum Tenens)
1942 - 1945 Khad (1st time) (Locum Tenens)
1943 - 21 Jun 1952 Karekin I (b. ... - d. 1952)
1952 - Oct 1955 Khad (2nd time) (Locum Tenens)
Oct 1955 - 20 Feb 1956 Khoren (Locum Tenens) (b. ... - d. 1983)
20 Feb 1956 - 18 Feb 1963 Zareh I (b. 1914? - d. 1963)
12 May 1963 - 9 Feb 1983 Khoren I (s.a.)
9 Feb 1983 - 5 Apr 1995 Karekin II (b. 1932 - d. 1999)
28 Jun 1995 - Aram I (b. 1947)
Coptic Church
c.43 Church of Alexandria founded by Apostle Mark
451 Egyptian hierarchy rejects Council of Chalcedon
Popes and Patriarchs
18 Mar 1676 - 15 Jun 1718 Yoannis XVI (b. ... - d. 1718)
19 Aug 1718 - 2 Apr 1726 Petros VI (b. ... - d. 1726)
12 Jan 1727 - 29 Apr 1745 Yoannis XVII (b. ... - d. 1745)
30 May 1745 - 18 May 1769 Markos VIII (b. ... - d. 1769)
13 Oct 1769 - 7 Jun 1796 Yoannis XVIII (b. ... - d. 1796)
6 Sep 1796 - 21 Dec 1809 Markos IX (b. ... - d. 1809)
24 Dec 1809 - 5 Apr 1852 Petros VII (b. ... - d. 1852)
4 Jun 1854 - 31 Jan 1861 Kyrillos IV (b. ... - d. 1861)
15 Jun 1862 - 19 Jan 1870 Dimitrios II (b. ... - d. 1870)
19 Jan 1870 - 1 Nov 1874 Markos of Alexandria and Beheirah
(Locum Tenens)
1 Nov 1874 - 7 Aug 1927 Kyrillos V (b. 1831? - d. 1927)
7 Aug 1927 - 7 Dec 1928 Yoannis of Beheirah and Minufiyah (b. 1855 - d. 1942)
(Locum Tenens)
16 Dec 1928 - 22 Jun 1942 Yoannis XIX (s.a.)
22 Jun 1942 - 4 Feb 1944 Yusab of Jirja (Locum Tenens) (b. 1880 - d. 1956)
4 Feb 1944 - 31 Aug 1945 Makari III (b. ... - d. 1945)
Aug 1945 - 12 Jun 1946 Athanasios of Bani Suef (1st time)
(Locum Tenens)
12 Jun 1946 - 13 Nov 1956 Yusab II (s.a.)
13 Nov 1956 - 3 May 1959 Athanasios of Bani Suef (2nd time)
(Locum Tenens)
3 May 1959 - 9 Mar 1971 Kyrillos VI (b. 1902 - d. 1971)
9 Mar 1971 - 31 Oct 1971 Antonios of Suhaj (Locum Tenens)
31 Oct 1971 - Shenuda III (b. 1923)
Ethiopian Church
c.330 Christianity introduced as state religion
451 Ethiopians follow Copts on rejection of Chalcedon
28 Jun 1959 See elevated to Patriarchate by Coptic Church
Metropolitans of Ethiopia
1694 - 1716 Markos
c.1718 - 1745 Christodoulos
c.1747 - 1770 Yoannis
1770 - 1803 Yusab
*1808* Makari
1816 - 1829 Kyrillos
1841 - 1866 Selama III
1868 - 1876 Athanasios
1876 - 1889 Petros
1889 - 1926 Mattheos (b. 18... - d. 1926)
2 Jun 1927 - 1936 Kyrillos (1st time) (b. ... - d. 1950)
1936 - 1939 Abraham (b. ... - d. 1939)
1939 - 1945 Yohannis (b. ... - d. 1946)
1945 - 10 Oct 1950 Kyrillos (2nd time) (s.a.)
14 Jan 1951 - 28 Jun 1959 Basilios (b. ... - d. 1970)
Patriarchs of Ethiopia
28 Jun 1959 - 12 Oct 1970 Basilios (s.a.)
9 May 1971 - 18 Feb 1976 Theophilos (b. ... - d. 1979)
7 Jul 1976 - 5 Jun 1988 Tekle Haimanot (b. 1917 - d. 1988)
29 Aug 1988 - Sep 1991 Merkurios (b. 1938)
(continues in U.S. exile)
Sep 1991 - 5 Jul 1992 Yacob (Locum Tenens) (b. 1926 - d. 2003)
5 Jul 1992 - Paulos (b. 1935)
Eritrean Church
28 Sep 1993 autocephaly granted by Coptic Church
Apr 1998 See elevated to Patriarchate by Coptic Church
Archbishop of Asmara
28 Sep 1993 - 8 May 1998 Philipos (b. 1905 - d. 2002)
Patriarchs of Eritrea
8 May 1998 - 18 Sep 2002 Philipos (s.a.)
18 Sep 2002 - 1 Dec 2003 Yacob (b. 1926 - d. 2003)
(Locum Tenens to 5 Dec 2002)
1 Dec 2003 - 13 Jan 2006� Antonios (b. 1927)
(Locum Tenens to 5 Mar 2004)
2006 - Dioscoros
(Head of the Holy Synod to 19 Apr 2007)
�He was deposed in Eritrea, but does not recognize this, nor has the action been recognized by the Coptic Church.
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
1665 united with Syrian Orthodox Church
1912 declaration of autocephaly
1975 Syrian Patriarch appoints a rival Catholicos
Catholicoses of the East
14 Sep 1912 - 2 May 1913 Baselios Paulose I (b. 1836 - d. 1913)
2 May 1913 - 30 Apr 1925 vacant
30 Apr 1925 - 17 Dec 1928 Baselios Geevarghese I (b. 1870 - d. 1928)
15 Feb 1929 - 3 Jan 1964 Baselios Geevarghese II (b. 1874 - d. 1964)
12 May 1964 - 24 Sep 1975 Baselios Augen I (b. 1884 - d. 1975)
- "Patriarch faction" -
7 Sep 1975 - 1 Sep 1996 Baselios Paulose II (b. 1914 - d. 1996)
Sep 1996 - 22 Feb 1999 Gregorios Mar Geevarghese (b. 1933 - d. 1999)
(Locum Tenens)
Feb 1999 - 26 Jul 2002 Dionysios Mar Thomas (b. 1929)
(Locum Tenens)
26 Jul 2002 - Baselios Thomas I (s.a.)
- "Catholicos faction" -
27 Oct 1975 - 27 Apr 1991 Baselios Marthoma Mathews I (b. 1907 - d. 1996)
29 Apr 1991 - 30 Oct 2005 Baselios Marthoma Mathews II (b. 1915 - d. 2006)
31 Oct 2005 - Baselios Marthoma Didymos I (b. 1920)
Syrian Orthodox Church
c.44 Church of Antioch founded by Apostle Peter
451 part of Antiochian Church rejects Council of Antioch
Patriarchs of Antioch and All the East
1687 - 1708 Ignatius George II
1709 - 1723 Ignatius Isaac Azar
1723 - 1745 Ignatius Shukr Allah II
1745 - 1768 Ignatius George III
1768 - Jul 1780 Ignatius George IV (b. ... - d. 1780)
1782 - 1817 Ignatius Matthew
1817 - 1819 Ignatius Yunan
1819 - 1836 Ignatius George V
1838 - 1847 Ignatius Elias II
1847 - 1871 Ignatius Jacob II
1872 - 7 Oct 1894 Ignatius Peter IV (b. ... - d. 1894)
1895 - 1905 Ignatius Abdul Masih II (b. 18... - d. 1914/15)
18 Aug 1906 - 26 Nov 1916 Ignatius Abdallah II (b. 1833 - d. 1916)
25 Feb 1917 - 13 Feb 1932 Ignatius Elias III (b. 1867 - d. 1932)
30 Jan 1933 - 23 Jun 1957 Ignatius Afram I Barsoum (b. 1887 - d. 1957)
27 Oct 1957 - 25 Jun 1980 Ignatius Jacob III (b. 1912 - d. 1980)
14 Sep 1980 - Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (b. 1932)