List of Patriarchs of Antioch

The Patriarch of Antioch is one of the Eastern Orthodox patriarchs, sometimes called the Greek Patriarch of Antioch to distinguish from the primate of the Oriental Orthodox Syriac Orthodox Church.

List of Primates of Antioch

1. St. Peter the Apostle (c.45-c.53)
2. St. Euodios (c.53-c.68)
3. St. Ignatius I (c.68-100)
4. Eros I (100-c.127)
5. Cornelius (c.127-c.151)
6. Eros II (c.151-c.169)
7. Theophilus (c.169-182)
8. Maximinos I (182-191)
9. Serapion (191-211)
10. Ascelpiades 211-220)
11. Philetos (220-231)
12. Zebinnus Ozniophios (231-237)
13. St. Babylas (237-253)
14. Fabios (253-256)
15. Demetrianos (256-262)
16. Amphilokhos (262-267)
17. Paul of Samosata (267-270)
18. Domnus I (270-273)
19. Timaeos (273-277)
20. Cyril (277-299)
21. Tyrannos (299-308)
22. Vitalius I (308-314)
23. St. Philogonius (314-324)
24. Paulinus of Tyre (324-325)
25. St. Eustathius (325-332)
26. Eulalios (332)
27. Euphronios (333-334)
28. Philaclus (334-341)
29. Stephen I (341-345)
30. Leontius (345-350)
31. Eudoxius (350-354, 354-357)
32. Annias or Ammianus (357-360)
33. Meletius (360—361), deposed in the reign of Valens for Homoiousian leanings

This deposition resulted in the Meletian Schism, which saw several groups and several claimants to the see of Antioch:

The Homoian group Euzoius (361–378), supported by Emperor Valens Dorotheus of Antioch (378–381)

The Meletian group The largest grouping, centred around the deposed bishop Meletius. It moved towards an acceptance of the Nicene creed and participated in the Council of Constantinople, but was not recognized by Alexandria or Rome: Meletius (362–381), who attended the First Council of Constantinople. Flavian I (381–404), he obtained the recognition of Alexandria and Rome in 399 Porphyrus (404–412) Alexander (412–417), he ended the schism with the Eustathians in 415.

The Eustathian group The followers of Eustathius, strictly adhering to the Nicene creed, elected the following bishops, who were recognized by bishops of Alexandria and Rome: Paulinus (362–388) Evagrius (388–393) After his death the Eustathians did not elect another bishop. In 399 they lost the recognition of Alexandria and Rome, but remained in schism until 415.

The Apollonarist group Vitalis (376–?), formerly a follower of Meletius, consecrated by Apollinaris of Laodicea

1. Theodotus (418-428) (alternately 420–429)
2. John I (427-443)
3. Domnus II (443-450)
4. Maximus II (450-455)
   The episcopacy of Antioch was raised to a Patriarchate by the Council of Chalcedon in 451.
5. Basil (455-459)
6. Acacius (459-461)
7. Martyrius (461-469)
8. Peter the Fuller (469-471, 476-476, 485-488)
9. Julian (471-476)
10. John II (476-477)
11. Stephen II (477-479)
12. Callandion (479-485)
13. Palladius (488-498)
14. Flavian II (498-512)
15. Severus (512-518)
    In 518, Severus, a non-Chalcedonian, was deposed by the Church of Antioch. While in exile in Egypt, he was recognized by many Syriac Christians as the lawful Patriarch until his death in 538. In 544, Jacob Baradeus, a non-Chalcedonian, consecrated Sergius of Tella as Patriarch of what became called the Syrian Orthodox Church. To the year 544, both those who became the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Church of Antioch recognized the same bishops as legitimate patriarchs, afterwards, they trace different lineages. From 1100 to 1268, a Latin Patriarch of Antioch also existed.
16. Paul II (518-521)
17. Euphrasius (521-526)
18. St. Ephraim (526-546)
19. Domnus III (546-561)
20. St. Anastasius the Sinaite (561-571)
21. Gregory (571-594)
    St. Anastasius the Sinaite (594-599)
22. St. Anastasius II (599-610)
23. Gregory II (610-620)
24. Anastasius III (620-628)
25. Macedonius (628-640)
26. George I (640-656)
27. Macarius (656-681)
28. Theophanes (681-687)
29. Sebastian (687-690)
30. George II (690-695)
31. Alexander II (695-702)
    vacancy 702-742
32. Stephen IV (742-748)
33. Theophylact (748-767)
34. Theodore I (767-797)
35. John IV (797-810)
36. Job I (810-826)
37. Nicholas (826-834)
38. Simeon (834-840)
39. Elias (840-852)
40. Theodosius I (852-860)
41. Nicholas II (860-879)
42. Michael (879-890)
43. Zacharias (890-902)
44. George III (902-917)
45. Job II (917-939)
46. Eustratius (939-960)
47. Christopher (960-966)
48. Theodorus II (966-977)
49. Agapius (977-995)
50. John IV (995-1000)
51. Nicholas III (1000-1003)
52. Elias II (1003-1010)
53. George Lascaris (1010-1015)
54. Macarius the Virtuous (1015-1023)
55. Eleutherius (1023-1028)
56. Peter III (1028-1051)
57. John VI, also known as Dionysus (1051-1062)
58. Aemilian (1062-1075)
59. Theodosius II (1075-1084)
60. Nicephorus (1084-1090)
61. John VII the Oxite (1090-1155)
62. John IX (1155-1159)
63. Euthymius (1159-1164)
64. Macarius II (1164-1166)
65. Athanasius I (1166-1180)
66. Theodosius III (1180-1182)
67. Elias III (1182-1184)
68. Christopher II (1184-1185)
69. Theodore IV (Balsamon) (1185-1199)
    The Patriarchate was in exile at Constantinople.
70. Joachim (1199-1219)
71. Dorotheus (1219-1245)
72. Simeon II (1245-1268)
73. Euthymius II (1268-1269)
74. Theodosius IV (1269-1276)
    With Theodosius, the Patriachate returned to Antioch.
75. Theodosius V (1276-1285)
76. Arsenius (1285-1293)
77. Dionysius (1293-1308)
78. Mark (1308-1342)
79. Ignatius II (1342-1386)
    With Ignatius, the Patriachate transferred to Damascus.
80. Pachomius (1386-1393)
81. Nilus (1393-1401)
82. Michael III (1401-1410)
83. Pachomius II (1410-1411)
84. Joachim II (1411-1426)
85. Mark III (1426-1436)
86. Dorotheus II (1436-1454)
87. Michael IV (1454-1476)
88. Mark IV (1476)
89. Joachim III (1476-1483)
90. Gregory III (1483-1497)
91. Dorotheus III (1497-1523)
92. Michael V (1523-1541)
93. Dorotheus IV (1541-1543)
94. Joachim IV (Ibn Juma) (1543-1576)
95. Michael VI (Sabbagh) (1577-1581)
96. Joachim V (1581-1592)
97. Joachim VI (1593-1604)
98. Dorotheus V (1604-1611)
99. Athanasius II (Dabbas) (1611-1619)
100. Ignatius III (Attiyah) (1619-1634)
101. Euthymius III (1634-1635)
102. Euthymius IV (1635-1647)
103. Macarius III (Zaim) (1647-1672)
104. Neophytos (1673-1682)
105. Athanasius III (Dabbas) (1686-1694, 1720-1724)
106. Cyril III (Zaim) (1694-1720)
107. Sylvester (1724-1766)
108. Philemon (1766-1767)
109. Daniel (1767-1791)
110. Euthymius V (1792-1813)
111. Seraphim (1813-1823)
112. Methodius (1843-1859)
113. Hierotheos (1850-1885)
114. Gerasimus (1885-1891)
115. Spyridon (1892-1898)
116. Meletius II (Doumani) (1899-1906)
117. Gregory IV (Haddad) (1906-1928)
118. Alexander III (Tahan) (1928-1958)
119. Theodosius VI (Abourjaily) (1958-1970)
120. Elias IV (Muawad) (1970-1979)
121. Ignatius IV (Hazim) (1979-2012)
122. John X (Yazigi) (2012-present)

See also

• List of Patriarchs
• List of Patriarchs of Constantinople

External links

• Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East: Historical Overview (Church of Antioch)
• Primates of the Apostolic See of Antioch from the site of St. John of Damascus Faculty of Theology, University of Balamand
• Primates of the Apostolic See of Antioch (Orthodox Succession) (Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America)
• List of Patriarchs of Antioch (Wikipedia) (37-546)
• List of Patriarchs of Antioch (Wikipedia) (518-present)