List of Current Patriarchs

Patriarchs of Autocephalous or Independent Eastern Orthodox Churches

Patriarch of the Autocephalous Greek International Orthodox Christian Church Canonical

Patriarchate of Pietermaritzburg and all the States of the East

See	Bishop	Election
Pietermaritzburg	Patriarch Christopher M Maier	2016

Patriarch of Saint Thomas Orthodox Christians of the East

See	Bishop	Election
India	Patriarch Mar Mikhail Michael C Foster	1985

Patriarch of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church – Canonical

See	Bishop	Election
Kiev	Patriarch Moses	2005

Patriarch of the Russian Old-Orthodox Church

See	Bishop	Election
Moscow	Patriarch Alexander	2002

Patriarch of the Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Church

See	Bishop	Election
Istanbul	Papa Eftim IV	2002

Popes and Patriarchs of Independent Catholic Churches

Patriarch of Venezuelan Catholic Apostolic Church

See	Bishop	Election
San Juan Bautista	Patriarch Guillermo Bornacelli	1961

Pope of Palmarian Catholic Church

See	Bishop	Election
El Palmar de Troya	Pope Peter III	2016

Patriarch of Ukrainian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church

See	Bishop	Election
Pidhirtsi	Patriarch Elijah Anthony Dohnal	2008

Patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church

See	Bishop	Election
Prague	Patriarch Tomáš Butta	2006

See also

• List of current Christian leaders
• Patriarchs
• List of Primates in the Anglican Communion

External links

• "Patriarchs". GCatholic.org.

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Background Crucifixion / Resurrection / Ascension of Jesus Christianity Christian Church Apostolic succession Four Marks of the Church Orthodoxy
Organization Autocephaly Patriarchate Ecumenical Patriarch Episcopal polity Clergy Bishops Priests Deacons Monasticism Degrees of monasticism
Autocephalous jurisdictions Autocephalous Churches who are officially part of the communion: Constantinople Alexandria Antioch Jerusalem Russia Serbia Romania Bulgaria Georgia Cyprus Greece Poland Albania Czech lands and Slovakia Autocephaly recognized universally de facto, by some Autocephalous Churches de jure. America Partially recognized autocephaly by Constantinople, the Church of Greece, and Alexandria. Ukraine
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Liturgical calendar Paschal cycle 12 Great Feasts Other feasts: Feast of Orthodoxy Intercession of the Theotokos The four fasting periods: Nativity Fast Great Lent Apostles' Fast Dormition Fast
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Other topics Architecture Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs Orthodox cross Saint titles Statistics by country

The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria has the title Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa.

The following list contains all the incumbents of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria.

Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East

See	Bishop	Election
Assyrian Church of the East	Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Gewargis III	2015

Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East

See	Bishop	Election
Ancient Church of the East	Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Addai II	1970

Patriarchs in the Mainstream Eastern Orthodox Church

See	Bishop	Election
Constantinople	Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I	1991
Alexandria	Patriarch Theodoros II	2004
Antioch	Patriarch John X (Yazigi)	2012
Jerusalem	Patriarch Theophilus III	2005
Pietermaritzburg	Patriarch Christopher Maier	2017
Georgia	Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II	1977
Peć	Patriarch Irinej	2010
Romania	Patriarch Daniel	2007
Bulgaria	Patriarch Neophyte	2013

Pope, Patriarchs, and Catholicos in the Oriental Orthodox Church

See	Bishop	Election
Alexandria	Pope Tawadros II	2012
Antioch	Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II	2014
Armenia	Catholicos Karekin II	1999
Ethiopia	Patriarch Catholicos Mathias	2013
India (Indian Orthodox)	Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II	2010
Eritrea	Patriarch Antonios	2004
Jerusalem (Armenian)	(Titular) Patriarch Nourhan	2013
Cilicia (Armenian)	(Titular) Catholicos Aram I	1995
Constantinople (Armenian)	(Titular) Patriarch Mesrob II	1998

Popes and Patriarchs of Independent Catholic Churches

Patriarch of Venezuelan Catholic Apostolic Church

See	Bishop	Election
San Juan Bautista	Patriarch Guillermo Bornacelli	1961

Pope of Palmarian Catholic Church

See	Bishop	Election
El Palmar de Troya	Pope Peter III	2016

Patriarch of Ukrainian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church

See	Bishop	Election
Pidhirtsi	Patriarch Elijah Anthony Dohnal	2008

Patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church

See	Bishop	Election
Prague	Patriarch Tomáš Butta	2006

Patriarchs in the Mainstream Eastern Orthodox Church

See	Bishop	Election
Constantinople	Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I	1991
Alexandria	Patriarch Theodoros II	2004
Antioch	Patriarch John X (Yazigi)	2012
Jerusalem	Patriarch Theophilus III	2005
Moscow	Patriarch Kirill I	2009
Georgia	Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II	1977
Peć	Patriarch Irinej	2010
Romania	Patriarch Daniel	2007
Bulgaria	Patriarch Neophyte	2013

Patriarchs of Autocephalous and Independent [Eastern] Orthodox Churches

Autocephalous Greek International Orthodox Christian Church Canonical of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Pietermaritzburg and all the States of the East

See	Bishop	Election
Pietermaritzburg	Patriarch Christopher M Maier	2016

Patriarch of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church – Canonical

See	Bishop	Election
Kiev	Patriarch Moses	2005

Patriarch of the Russian Old-Orthodox Church

See	Bishop	Election
Moscow	Patriarch Alexander	2002

Patriarch of the Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Church

See	Bishop	Election
Istanbul	Papa Eftim IV	2002

Pope, Patriarchs, and Catholicos in the Oriental Orthodox Church

See	Bishop	Election
Alexandria	Pope Tawadros II	2012
Antioch	Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II	2014
Armenia	Catholicos Karekin II	1999
Ethiopia	Patriarch Catholicos Mathias	2013
India (Indian Orthodox)	Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II	2010
Eritrea	Patriarch Antonios	2004
Jerusalem (Armenian)	(Titular) Patriarch Nourhan	2013
Cilicia (Armenian)	(Titular) Catholicos Aram I	1995
Constantinople (Armenian)	(Titular) Patriarch Mesrob II	1998

Popes and Patriarchs of Independent Catholic Churches

Patriarch of Venezuelan Catholic Apostolic Church

See	Bishop	Election
San Juan Bautista	Patriarch Guillermo Bornacelli	1961

Pope of Palmarian Catholic Church

See	Bishop	Election
El Palmar de Troya	Pope Peter III	2016

Patriarch of Ukrainian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church

See	Bishop	Election
Pidhirtsi	Patriarch Elijah Anthony Dohnal	2008

Patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church

See	Bishop	Election
Prague	Patriarch Tomáš Butta	2006

See also

• List of current Christian leaders
• Patriarchs
• List of Primates in the Anglican Communion

External links

• "Patriarchs". GCatholic.org.

Part of a series on the
Eastern Orthodox Church
Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator, Hagia Sophia
Overview
Structure Theology (History of theology) Liturgy Church history Holy Mysteries View of salvation View of Mary View of icons
Background Crucifixion / Resurrection / Ascension of Jesus Christianity Christian Church Apostolic succession Four Marks of the Church Orthodoxy
Organization Autocephaly Patriarchate Ecumenical Patriarch Episcopal polity Clergy Bishops Priests Deacons Monasticism Degrees of monasticism
Autocephalous jurisdictions Autocephalous Churches who are officially part of the communion: Constantinople Alexandria Antioch Jerusalem Russia Serbia Romania Bulgaria Georgia Cyprus Greece Poland Albania Czech lands and Slovakia Autocephaly recognized universally de facto, by some Autocephalous Churches de jure. America Partially recognized autocephaly by Constantinople, the Church of Greece, and Alexandria. Ukraine
Noncanonical jurisdictions Old Believers Spiritual Christianity True Orthodoxy Catacomb Church Old Calendarists American Orthodox Catholic Church American World Patriarchs National: Abkhazina Belarus Italy Montenegro North Macedonia Turkey Russian Orthodox Church in America Syncretic Eastern Orthodox Churches: Evangelical Orthodox Western Orthodoxy Celts France Gaul
Ecumenical councils Seven Ecumenical Councils: First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Other important councils: Quinisext Council Constantinople IV Constantinople V Jassy Jerusalem (Synod of) Constantinople
History Church Fathers Pentarchy Byzantine Empire Christianization of Bulgaria Christianization of Kievan Rus' Great Schism Russia Ottoman Empire North America Moscow–Constantinople schism 15th–16th c. 1996 2018
Theology History of Eastern Orthodox theology (20th century (Neo-Palamism)) Apophaticism Chrismation Contemplative prayer Essence vs. Energies Hesychasm Holy Trinity Hypostatic union Icons Metousiosis Mystical theology Nicene Creed Nepsis Oikonomia vs Akribeia Ousia Palamism Philokalia Phronema Sin Theosis Theotokos Differences from the Catholic Church Opposition to the Filioque Opposition to papal supremacy
Liturgy and worship Divine Liturgy Divine Services Akathist Apolytikion Artos Ectenia Euchologion Holy Water Iconostasis Jesus Prayer Kontakion Liturgical entrances Liturgical fans Lity Memorial service Memory Eternal Omophorion Orthodox bowing Orthodox marriage Praxis Paraklesis Paschal greeting Paschal Homily Paschal troparion Prayer rope Prosphora Russian bell ringing Semantron Sign of the cross Sticheron Troparion Vestments Use of incense
Liturgical calendar Paschal cycle 12 Great Feasts Other feasts: Feast of Orthodoxy Intercession of the Theotokos The four fasting periods: Nativity Fast Great Lent Apostles' Fast Dormition Fast
Major figures Athanasius of Alexandria Ephrem the Syrian Basil of Caesarea Cyril of Jerusalem Gregory of Nazianzus Gregory of Nyssa John Chrysostom Cyril of Alexandria John Climacus Maximus the Confessor John of Damascus Theodore the Studite Kassiani Cyril and Methodius Photios I of Constantinople Gregory Palamas
Other topics Architecture Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs Orthodox cross Saint titles Statistics by country

The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria has the title Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa.

The following list contains all the incumbents of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria.

Patriarchs of Alexandria before the Council of Chalcedon

1. Mark the Evangelist (43–68)
2. Anianus (68–82)
3. Avilius (83–95)
4. Kedronus (96–106)
5. Primus (106–118)
6. Justus (118–129)
7. Eumenes (131–141)
8. Markianos (142–152)
9. Celadion (152–166)
10. Agrippinus (167–178)
11. Julian (178–189)
12. Demetrius I (189–232)
13. Heraclas (232–248)
14. Dionysius (248–264)
15. Maximus (265–282)
16. Theonas (282–300)
17. Peter I (300–311)
18. Achillas (312–313)
19. Alexander I (313–326) First ecumenical Council occurred
20. vacant (326–328)
21. Athanasius I (328–339) Served as a Deacon for the First Council; became Pope of Alexandria
22. Gregory of Cappadocia (339–346), Arian Patriarch; not accepted by the adherents of the Nicene creed (and thus not counted by Coptic Orthodox, Byzantine Orthodox or Catholic lineages).
23. Athanasius I (346–373) (restored)
24. Peter II (373–380)
25. Lucius of Alexandria (373–377), an Arian installed by the Emperor and not recognized by the adherents of the Nicene Creed
26. Timothy I (380–385) Second Ecumenical Council occurred
27. Theophilus I (385–412)
28. Cyril I (412–444) Third Ecumenical Council occurred
29. Dioscorus I (444–451) Fourth Ecumenical Council occurred - Schism between Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy - Dioscorus was deposed by the Council of Chalcedon

Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Alexandria after Chalcedon

1. Proterius (451–457)

   vacant (457–460)

2. Timothy III Salophakiolos (460–475)

   vacant (475–477)

3. Timothy III Salophakiolos (477–482) (restored)
4. John I Talaias (482)

   vacant (482–536)

5. Gainas (536–537)
6. Paul (537–542)
7. Zoilus (542–551)
8. Apollinarius (551–569)
9. John IV (569–579)

   vacant (579–581)

10. Eulogius I (581–608)
11. Theodore I (608–610)
12. John V the Merciful (610–621)
13. George I (621–630)
14. Cyrus (631–641) Islam entered Egypt

    vacant (641–642)

15. Peter IV (642–651)
16. Theodore II
17. Peter V
18. Peter VI
19. Theophylactus
20. Onopsus
21. Cosmas I (727–768)
22. Politianus (768–813)
23. Eustatius (813–817)
24. Christopher I (817–841)
25. Sophronius I (841–860)
26. Michael I (860–870)
27. Michael II (870–903)

    vacant (903–907)

28. Christodoulos (907–932)
29. Eutychius (932–940)
30. Sophronius II (941)
31. Isaac (941–954)
32. Job (954–960)

    vacant (960–963)

33. Elias I (963–1000)
34. Arsenius (1000–1010)
35. Theophilus (1010–1020)
36. George II (1021–1051)
37. Leontius (1052–1059)
38. Alexander II (1059–1062)
39. John VI Kodonatos (1062–1100)
40. Eulogius II (1100–1117) Coadjutor?
41. Cyril II (1100– )
42. Sabbas (1117– )
43. Theodosius II ( –1137) Coadjutor?
44. Sophronius III (1137–1171)
45. Elias II (1171–1175)
46. Eleutherius (1175–1180)
47. Mark III (1180–1209)
48. Nicholas I (1210–1243)
49. Gregory I (1243–1263)
50. Nicholas II (1263–1276)
51. Athanasius III (1276–1316)
52. Gregory II (1316–1354)
53. Gregory III (1354–1366)
54. Niphon (1366–1385)
55. Mark IV (1385–1389)
56. Nicholas III (1389–1398)
57. Gregory IV (1398–1412)
58. Nicholas IV (1412–1417)
59. Athanasius IV (1417–1425)
60. Mark V (1425–1435)
61. Philotheus (1435–1459)
62. Mark VI (1459–1484)
63. Gregory V (1484–1486)
64. Joachim Pany (1486–1567)

    vacant (1567–1569)

65. Silvester (1569–1590)
66. Meletius I (1590–1601)
67. Cyril III Loucaris (1601–1620)
68. Gerasimus I Spartaliotes (1620–1636)
69. Metrophanes Kritikopoulos (1636–1639)
70. Nicephorus (1639–1645)
71. Joannicius (1645–1657)
72. Paisius (1657–1678)
73. Parthenius I (1678–1688)
74. Gerasimus II Paladas (1688–1710)
75. Samuel Kapasoulis (1710–1712)
76. Cosmas II (1712–1714)
77. Samuel (restored) (1714–1723)
78. Cosmas II (restored) (1723–1736)
79. Cosmas III (1737–1746)
80. Matthew Psaltis (1746–1766)
81. Cyprian (1766–1783)
82. Gerasimus III Gimaris (1783–1788)
83. Parthenius II Pankostas (1788–1805)
84. Theophilus III Pankostas (1805–1825)
85. Hierotheus I (1825–1845)
86. Artemius (1845–1847)
87. Hierotheus II (1847–1858)
88. Callinicus (1858–1861)
89. Jacob (1861–1865)
90. Nicanor (1866–1869)
91. Sophronius IV (1870–1899)
92. Photius (1900–1925)
93. Meletius II Metaxakis (1926–1935)
94. Nicholas V (1936–1939)
95. Christopher II (1939–1966)

    vacant (1966–1968)

96. Nicholas VI (1968–1986)
97. Parthenius III (1986–1996)
98. Peter VII (1997–2004)
99. Theodore II (2004–present)

See also

• Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria
• List of Patriarchs of Alexandria, for the earlier Patriarchs of Alexandria prior to the schism.
• List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria, for the Popes of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

References

• "Chronological List of Patriarches of Alexandria". Official web site of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa. Retrieved 2011-02-06.

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