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 - 1904 Boghos Bedros XI (b. 1829 - d. 1904)
4 Aug 1904 - 1910 Boghos Bedros XII (b. 1836 - d. 1910)
23 Apr 1910 - 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 BeDaweed (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)
(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
1857 - 1881 Djordje Smiciklas (b. 1815 - d. 1881)
1883 - 1889 Elias Hranilovic (b. 1850 - d. 1889)
1891 - 1917 Iulius Drohobeczky (b. 1853 - d. 1934)
1 May 1920 - 14 Apr 1940 Dionýz Njarady (b. 1874 - d. 1940)
1942 - 1952 Janko Simrak
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 - Slavomir Miklovs (b. 1934)
Hungarian Catholic Church
Bishops of Hajdúdorog
5 Oct 1913 - 30 Oct 1937 István Miklóssy (b. 1857 - d. 1937)
14 May 1939 - 15 Jul 1972 Miklós Dudás (b. 1902 - d. 1972)
8 Feb 1975 - 30 Mar 1988 Imre Timkó (b. 1920 - d. 1988)
30 Jun 1988 - 10 Nov 2007 Szilárd Keresztes (b. 1932)
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 Théodose 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 Clément Bahous
29 Sep 1864 - 13 Jul 1897 Grégoire II Youssef-Sayour
24 Feb 1898 - 24 Apr 1902 Pierre IV Géraigiry (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 Saïgh (from 22 Feb
1965, Cardinal Maximos IV Saïgh) (b. 1878 - d. 1967)
22 Nov 1967 - 22 Nov 2000 Maximos V Hakim (b. 1908 - d. 2001)
29 Nov 2000 - Grégoire 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
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 István Pankovic (b. 1820 - d. 1874)
1875 - 1891 János Pástzélyi-Kovács (b. 1826 - d. 1891)
1891 - 1912 Gyula Firczák (b. 1836 - d. 1912)
1912 - 1924 Antal Papp (b. 1867 - d. 1945)
1924 - 1931 Péter Gebey (b. 1864 - d. 1931)
1932 - 31 May 1943 Alexander Stojka (b. 1890 - d. 1943)
1943 - 1944 Miklós Dudás (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)
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 André 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 1802 - 1810 Ignatius Michael IV
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
21 Dec 1874 - 1891 Ignatius Georges V
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 - Ignatius Pierre VIII (b. 1930)
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 - Luis Fernando Castillo Mendez (b. 1922)
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
1945 - 1953 Roman Maria Jakub Prochniewski
1953 - 1957 Waclaw Maria Bartomiej Przysiecki
1957 - 1965 Jan Maria Michel Sitek
1965 - 1972 Waclaw Maria Innocenty Golebiowski
1972 - 1997 Stanislaw Maria Tymoteusz Kowalski
1997 - Wlodzimierz Jaworski
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
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 - James Edward Bostwick (b. 1949)
Old Roman Catholic Church in North America
Archbishops
May 1963 - 20 Apr 1974 Robert Alfred Burns
1974 - 5 Jan 1975 Andrew Gordon Johnson-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
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. 1866/67)
(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. ... - d. 1888)
2 Apr 1869 - 11 Jun 1870 Nilos I (s.a.)
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)
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 Gaza (Locum Tenens) (b. ... - d. 1876?)
28 Dec 1872 - 10 Mar 1875 Prokopios II (s.a.)
10 Mar 1875 - 19 May 1875 Ioasaph of Philadelphia
(Locum Tenens)
19 May 1875 - 23 Jun 1882 Ierotheos I (b. ... - d. 1882)
23 Jun 1882 - 25 Oct 1882 Nikiphoros of Petra (1st time)
(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)
(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)
(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. ... - d. 1943)
(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. ... - 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 abolished¹
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 Trifyllios of Krutitsk (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 Moscow²
12 Sep 1742 - 21 Jun 1745 Joseph (b. ... - d. 1745)
21 Jun 1745 - 25 Jun 1754 Plato I (b. ... - d. 1754)
25 Jun 1754 - 2 Nov 1757 Hilarion of Krutitsy (Locum Tenens)
2 Nov 1757 - 29 Apr 1767 Timothy (b. 1698 - d. 1767)
29 Jan 1768 - 27 Sep 1771 Ambrosius (b. 1708 - d. 1771)
27 Sep 1771 - 31 Jan 1775 Samouel of Krutitsy (Locum Tenens)
31 Jan 1775 - 25 Jun 1811 Plato II (b. 1737 - d. 1811)
25 Jun 1811 - 15 Mar 1819 Augustin (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 Innocent (b. 1797 - d. 1879)
20 Apr 1879 - 21 Jun 1882 Macarius I (b. 1816 - d. 1882)
9 Jul 1882 - 29 Nov 1891 Joannicius (b. 1826 - d. 1900)
29 Nov 1891 - 13 Aug 1893 Leontius (b. 1822 - d. 1893)
21 Aug 1893 - 23 Feb 1898 Sergius (b. 1820 - d. 1898)
5 Mar 1898 - 6 Dec 1912 Vladimir (b. 1848 - d. 1918)
8 Dec 1912 - 2 Apr 1917 Macarius 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 Nicodim (b. ... - d. 1751)
21 Mar 1745 - 3 May 1750 Theodosy (b. 1696 - d. 1750)
6 May 1750 - 28 Apr 1761 Silvester (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 Michail (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.)
12 Apr 1925 - 10 Oct 1937 Peter of Krutitsk (b. 1862 - d. 1937)
(Locum Tenens)
Acting for Peter:
14 Dec 1925 - 8 Dec 1926 Sergius 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 Sergius of Nizhny Novgorod
(from 27 Apr 1934, Sergius of
Moscow) (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Oct 1937 - 8 Sep 1943 Sergius of Moscow (s.a.)
(Locum Tenens)
8 Sep 1943 - 15 May 1944 Sergius I (s.a.)
15 May 1944 - 2 Feb 1945 Alexius of Leningrad (b. 1877 - d. 1970)
(Locum Tenens)
2 Feb 1945 - 17 Apr 1970 Alexius I (s.a.)
18 Apr 1970 - 2 Jun 1971 Pimen of Krutitsk (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 - Alexius II (b. 1929)
¹The 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.
²Full 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 (Locum Tenens) (b. 1948)
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 (b. ... - d. 1710)
1711 - 4 May 1712 Atanasije I (b. ... - d. 1712)
17 Oct 1712 - 1725 Mojsije (b. ... - d. 1726)
1725 - 1737 Arsenije IV (b. 1698 - d. 1748)
My/Jn 1739 - 1746 Joanikije III (b. ... - d. 1793)
1747 - 12 Apr 1752 Atanasije II (b. ... - d. 1752)
Ap/My 1752 - Jn/Jl 1752 Gavrilo II (b. ... - d. 1752)
Jn/Jl 1752 - 1758? Gavrilo III
1758 Vikentije
1758 Pajsije II (b. ... - d. 1758)
1758 Gavrilo IV
1759 - 1763 Kirilo II
1763 - 1765 Vasilije (b. 1719 - d. 1772)
1765 - 22 Sep 1766 Kalinik II
Metropolitans of Belgrade
1766 - 12 Jul 1784 Ieremias
Jl/Au 1785 - 1791 Dionysios I (b. 1750 - d. 1828)
Se/Oc 1791 - 28 Feb 1801 Methodios (b. ... - d. 1801)
Ap/My 1801 - Se/Oc 1813 Leontios (b. ... - d. 1822)
1813 - 1815 Dionysios II (b. ... - d. 1815)
No/De 1815 - Au/Se 1825 Agathangelos (b. ... - d. 1831)
Au/Se 1825 - 26 Feb 1827 Kyrillos (b. ... - d. 1827)
Mr/Ap 1827 - 1830 Anthimos (b. 1759 - d. 1852)
Metropolitans of Serbia
29 Aug 1831 - 23 Jun 1833 Melentije (b. 1776 - d. 1833)
Dec 1833 - Ja/Fe 1859 Petar (b. 1800 - d. 1864)
6 Aug 1859 - 30 Oct 1881 Mihailo (1st time) (b. 1826 - d. 1898)
30 Oct 1881 - 1 Apr 1883 Mojsije of Timoc (Locum Tenens) (b. ... - d. 1896)
1 Apr 1883 - May 1889 Teodosije (b. 1815 - d. 1892)
18 May 1889 - 17 Feb 1898 Mihailo (2nd time) (s.a.)
27 Feb 1898 - 1 Jun 1905 Inokentije (b. 1840 - d. 1905)
1 Sep 1905 - 25 Nov 1920 Dimitrije (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 of Zagreb (Locum Tenens) (b. 1887 - d. 1945)
21 Feb 1938 - 7 May 1950 Gavrilo V (b. 1881 - d. 1950)
(German prisoner 25 May 1941 - 1945)
1941 - 1945 Josif of Skopje (Locum Tenens) (b. 1878 - d. 1957)
7 May 1950 - 1 Jul 1950 Arsenije 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 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 of Zagreb (Locum Tenens) (b. 1936)
1 Dec 1990 - Pavle (b. 1914)
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 (b. 1633 - d. 1706)
Metropolitans of Krusedol
6 Jan 1708 - 20 Jun 1708 Isaija I (b. ... - d. 1708)
23 Apr 1710 - 7 Jan 1711 Sofronije (b. ... - d. 1711)
Metropolitans of Karlovci
6 May 1713 - 23 Oct 1725 Vikentije I (b. ... - d. 1725)
1726 - 27 Jul 1730 Mojsije I (b. 1677 - d. 1730)
22 Mar 1731 - 6 Jun 1737 Vikentije II (b. 1689 - d. 1737
1737 - 18 Jan 1748 Arsenije IV (b. ... - d. 1748)
2 Sep 1748 - 22 Jan 1749 Isaija II (b. 1720 - d. 1749)
16 Jul 1749 - 15 Aug 1768 Pavle (b. 1703 - d. 1768)
7 Sep 1769 - 23 May 1773 Jovan (b. ... - d. 1773)
30 May 1774 - 18 Feb 1780 Vikentije III (b. 1730 - d. 1780)
21 Jun 1781 - 28 Jun 1790 Mojsije II (b. 1728 - d. 1790)
1790 - 4 Oct 1836 Stefan I (b. 1757 - d. 1836)
23 Nov 1837 - 31 Jul 1841 Stefan II (b. 1788 - d. 1841)
Aug 1842 - 15 Dec 1848 Josif (b. 1785 - d. 1861)
Metropolitans of Karlovci and Patriarchs of the Serbs
15 Dec 1848 - 1 Dec 1861 Josif (s.a.)
25 Jul 1864 - 7 Jan 1870 Samuilo (b. 1803 - d. 1870)
31 Jul 1874 - 11 Dec 1879 Prokopije (b. 1809 - d. 1881)
1882 - 26 Nov 1888 German (b. 1822 - d. 1888)
1 May 1890 - 17 Jun 1907 Georgije (b. 1830 - d. 1907)
22 Sep 1908 - 1 Sep 1913 Lukijan (b. 1867 - d. 1913)
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
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
*1697* Theodosios
*1708 - 1714 Dionysios IV (b. ... - d. 1714)
1714 - 1722 Iosiph II
1722 - 1739 Nikiphoros
1739 - 1749 Anthimos II
1749 - 1761 Theophilos (b. ... - d. 1761)
1761 - Ja/Fe 1770 Parthenios
Ja/Fe 1770 - 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 Anthim (b. 1816 - d. 1888)
6 May 1877 - 3 Jul 1915 Iosiph (b. 1840 - d. 1915)
Provisional Heads of the Holy Synod
1915 - 1918 Partheni 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 Maxim 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 Stephan of Sofia (b. 1878 - d. 1957)
Exarch of the Bulgarians
21 Jan 1945 - 8 Sep 1948 Stephan (s.a.)
Provisional Heads of the Holy Synod
8 Nov 1948 - 4 Jan 1949 Michael 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 - Maxim (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
1764 - 1788 Anton I (2nd time) (s.a.)
1788 - 22 Jun 1811 Anton II (b. 1762 - d. 1827)
Catholicos-Patriarchs of All Georgia
30 Sep 1917 - 17 Jun 1918 Kirion III (b. 1854 - d. 1918)
28 Nov 1918 - 11 Jun 1921 Leonide (b. 1862 - d. 1921)
7 Sep 1921 - 29 Mar 1927 Ambrosi (b. 1861 - d. 1927)
4 Jul 1927 - 10 Jun 1932 Kristefore III (b. ... - d. 1932)
21 Jun 1932 - 3 Feb 1952 Kalistrate (b. 1866 - d. 1952)
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
1699 - 1703 Kyrillos II (b. ... - d. 1722?)
Oc/No 1703 - 1713 Meletios II (b. 1661 - d. 1714)
1713 - 1734 Iakovos II
1734 - 1741 Zacharias
1741 - 1756 Anthimos VI (1st time) (b. c.1714 - d. 1764)
1756 - 1760 Athanasios III
1760 - 1764 Anthimos VI (2nd time) (s.a.)
1764 - 1771? Vartholomaios (1st time) (b. ... - d. 1781)
1771?- 1774 Neophytos IV
1774 - 15 Nov 1781 Vartholomaios (2nd time) (s.a.)
1781 - Jn/Jl 1785 Venediktos (1st time) (b. 17... - d. 1806?)
1785 - No/De 1787 Athanasios IV (1st time) (b. 17... - d. 1799)
3 Dec 1787 - 1789 Venediktos (2nd time) (s.a.)
1789 - 1790? Athanasios IV (2nd time) (s.a.)
1790?- 1796 Venediktos (3rd time) (s.a.)
1796 - 1 Oct 1799 Athanasios IV (3rd time) (s.a.)
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 Dionizy¹ (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 Makary¹ (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 Lódz 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 Lódz 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.)
¹Constantinople 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 Durrës and Elbasan
1694 - 26 Jan 1702 Kosmas (b. 1643 - d. 1702)
*1740 - 1749 Nikitas
8 Mar 1749 - 1760 Anthimos I (b. ... - d. 1770?)
1760 - 1761 Neophytos
1761 - 1768 Meletios (b. ... - d. af.1794)
1768 - 1772 Grigorios
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. af.1872)
22 Nov 1858 - Ja/Fe 1859 Afxentios (b. ... - d. 1865)
2 Feb 1859 - 1867 Iosiph (b. ... - d. 1867)
20 Mar 1869 - 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 Tiranë (not recognized by other Orthodox churches)
4 Dec 1923 - 24 Dec 1924 Theofan (b. 1882 - d. 1965)
18 Feb 1929 - 27 May 1936 Vissarion (b. 1887 - d. 1965)
Archbishops of Tiranë, Durrës and All Albania
3 Apr 1937 - 25 Dec 1948 Christophoros¹ (b. 1882 - d. 1958)
25 Aug 1949 - 4 Mar 1966 Paisios¹ (b. 1882 - d. 1966)
Apr 1966 - 22 Nov 1967 Damianos¹ (b. 1893 - d. 1973)
8 Jan 1991 - 24 Jun 1992 Anastasios of Androusa (Exarch) (b. 1929)
24 Jun 1992 - Anastasios (s.a.)
¹Constantinople 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 Sabbazd¹ (b. 1880 - d. 1959)
Exarch of the Patriarchate of Moscow in Czechoslovakia
4 May 1946 - 9 Dec 1951 Eleutherius¹ (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 Eleutherius¹ (s.a.)
17 May 1956 - 1964 John¹ (b. 1901 - d. 1975)
25 Oct 1964 - 30 Dec 1999 Dorotheus (b. 1913 - d. 1999)
14 Apr 2000 - 30 Jan 2006 Nicholas (b. 1927 - d. 2006)
2 May 2006 - Christopher (b. 1953)
¹Constantinople continued to recognize Sabbazd as archbishop until his death 14 Nov 1959 and never recognized Eleutherius, who was recognized by the Russian Church. Constantinople recognized John 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
1859 - 1867 Peter
1867 - 1870 Paul
1870 - 1876 John
1879 - 1882 Nestor
1888 - 1891 Vladimir
1891 - 1898 Nicholas (b. 18... - 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 - 1917 Evdokim (b. 1869 - d. 1935)
25 Feb 1919 - 1922 Alexander (b. 1876 - d. 1960)
Metropolitans of All America and Canada
7 Nov 1922 - 20 Apr 1934 Platon (s.a.)
22 Nov 1934 - 27 Jun 1950 Theophilus (b. 1874 - d. 1950)
6 Dec 1950 - 14 May 1965 Leonty (b. 1876 - d. 1965)
23 Sep 1965 - 25 Oct 1977 Ireney (b. 1892 - d. 1981)
25 Oct 1977 - 22 Jul 2002 Theodosius (b. 1933)
22 Jul 2002 - Herman (b. 1932)
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)
Sep 1920 autocephaly abolished; merged with Serbian Church
Metropolitans (vladikas)
Se/Oc 1766 - 9 Mar 1781 Sava II (b. 1700 - d. 1781)
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)
25 Jan 1852 - 25 Mar 1852 Danilo II (b. 1826 - d. 1860)
(not consecrated)
Metropolitans
1853 - Aug 1860 Nikanor (b. ... - d. 1894)
(consecrated Dec 1858/Jan 1859)
17 Aug 1860 - 27 Jan 1882 Ilarion (b. 1828 - d. 1882)
(consecrated 4 Jun 1863)
18 Dec 1882 - 26 Apr 1884 Visarion III (b. 1823 - d. 1884)
Jun 1884 - 12 Oct 1920 Mitrofan (b. 1841 - d. 1920)
(consecrated 30 Apr 1885)
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 Seraphim (b. 1879 - d. 1959)
Archbishops of Karelia and All Finland
1925 - 1 Jul 1960 Germanus (b. 1878 - d. 1961)
29 Aug 1960 - 1987 Paul (b. 1914 - d. 1988)
15 Oct 1987 - 1 Oct 2001 John (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 - vacant