List of Syriac Orthodox patriarchs of Antioch

Current Patriarch of Antioch, Ignatius Aphrem II

The Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch and All the East is the head of the Syriac Orthodox Church. According to tradition, the patriarchate of Antioch was established by Saint Peter in the 1st century AD, but split into two separate lines of patriarchs after the deposition of Patriarch Severus of Antioch in 518 over the issue of the Council of Chalcedon of 451. The non-Chalcedonian supporters of Severus went on to form what is now known as the Syriac Orthodox Church, whilst the Chalcedonians developed the church now known as the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch.

The Syriac Orthodox Church underwent schism in the medieval era, first, after the death of Patriarch Philoxenus I Nemrud in 1292 with the formation of separate patriarchates of Mardin and Melitene, and again in 1364 due to the emergence of a patriarchate of Tur Abdin. Unity was restored to the church gradually as the patriarchate at Melitene came to an end in Template:Circa, and the patriarchate of Mardin lapsed after its patriarch Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo was acknowledged as patriarch of Antioch in 1445. A line of patriarchs in communion with the Catholic Church split permanently in 1782, and thus formed the Syriac Catholic Church.

The current patriarch of Antioch of the Syriac Orthodox Church is Ignatius Aphrem II.

List of patriarchs

Syriac patriarchs from 512 to 1292

Unless otherwise stated, all information is from the Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage and the list provided in The Syriac World as noted in the bibliography below.Template:Sfnmp Numeration includes incumbents deemed legitimate by the Syriac Orthodox Church prior to the schism in 518.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

37. Severus I (512–538)Template:Efn

vacant (538–Template:Circa/557)

38. Sergius of Tella (Template:Circa–Template:Circa or Template:Circa–560)Template:Efn

    vacant (Template:Circa–Template:Circa or 560–564)

39. Paul II (Template:Circa/564–578)Template:Efn

    vacant (578–581)Template:Efn

40. Peter III (578/581–591)Template:Efn
41. Julian II (591–594)Template:Efn

    vacant (594–603)Template:Efn

42. Athanasius I Gammolo (594/595/603–631)Template:Efn
43. John III (631–648)Template:Efn
44. Theodore (649–666/667)
45. Severus II bar Masqeh (667/668–680/684)Template:Efn

    vacant (680–684)Template:Efn

46. Athanasius II Baldoyo (683/684–687)
47. Julian III (687–707/708)Template:Efn
48. Elias I (709–723/724)
49. Athanasius III (724–739/740)
50. Iwannis I (739/740–754/755)Template:Efn

    Isaac I (755–756)Template:Efn

    Athanasius Sandalaya (756–758)Template:Efn

51. George I (758/759–789/790)Template:Sfnp

    John of Raqqa (758–762)Template:Efn

    David of Dara (762–774)Template:Efn

52. Joseph (790–791/792)Template:Sfnp
53. Quriaqos of Tagrit (793–817)

    Abraham (807/808–837)Template:Efn

54. Dionysius I Telmaharoyo (818–845)

    Simeon (Template:Circa)Template:Efn

55. John IV (846/847–873/874)Template:Efn

    vacant (874–878)

56. Ignatius II (878–883)Template:Efn

    vacant (883–887)

57. Theodosius Romanus (887–896)

    vacant (896–897)Template:Efn

58. Dionysius II (896/897–908/909)Template:Sfnp
59. John V (910–922)Template:Efn
60. Basil I (923–935)
61. John VI (936–953)
62. Iwannis II (954–957)Template:Efn
63. Dionysius III (958–961)
64. Abraham I (962–963)

    vacant (963–965)

65. John VII Sarigta (965–985)Template:Efn
66. Athanasius IV Salhoyo (986/987–1002/1003)Template:Efn
67. John VIII bar Abdoun (1004–1030/1031/1033)Template:EfnTemplate:Sfnp
68. Dionysius IV Yahyo (1031–1042)

    vacant (1042–1049)Template:Efn

69. John IX bar ʿAbdun (1042/1048/1049–1057)
70. Athanasius V Yahyo (1057/1058–1062/1064)Template:Efn
71. John X bar Shushan (1063/1064–1072/1073)Template:Efn
72. Basil II (1074–1075)Template:Efn

    John bar ʿAbdun (1075–1076/1077)Template:Efn

73. Dionysius V Lazarus (1077–1078/1079)

    vacant (1078/1079–86)

74. Iwannis III (1086–1087/1088)
75. Dionysius VI (1088–1090)
76. Athanasius VI bar Khamoro (1090/1091–1129)Template:EfnTemplate:Sfnp
77. John XI bar Mawdyono (1129/1130–1137)Template:Efn
78. Athanasius VII bar Qatra (1138/1139–1166)Template:Efn
79. Michael I (1166–1199)

    Theodore bar Wahbun (1180–1193)Template:Efn

80. Athanasius VIII bar Salibi (1199–1207)Template:Efn

    Michael II the Younger (1199/1200–1215)Template:Efn

81. John XII (1207/1208–1219/1220)Template:Efn

    vacant (1220–1222)

82. Ignatius III David (1222–1252)

    Dionysius VII ʿAngur (1252–1261)Template:Sfnp

83. John XIII bar Ma'dani (1252–1263)Template:Efn
84. Ignatius IV Yeshu (1264–1282/1283)
85. Philoxenus I Nemrud (1283–1292)

Syriac Orthodox patriarchs from 1292 to 1445

On the death of Patriarch Philoxenus I Nemrud in 1292, the Syriac Orthodox Church split into the patriarchates of Antioch, Mardin, and Melitene. A separate patriarchate of Tur Abdin broke off from the patriarchate of Mardin in 1364. The patriarchate of Melitene ended in Template:Circa, and the patriarch of Mardin Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo was acknowledged as the patriarch of Antioch in 1445, thus ending the schism.

Template:Col-begin Template:Col-3 Patriarchate of Antioch

86. Michael II (1292–1312)Template:Efn
87. Michael III Yeshu (1313–1349)Template:Efn
88. Basil III Gabriel (1349–1387)
89. Philoxenus II (1387–Template:Circa)
90. Basil IV Simon (1421/1422–1444/1445)

Template:Col-3 Patriarchate of Mardin

• Ignatius bar Wahib (1293–1333)Template:Efn
• Ignatius Ismail (1333–1365/1366)Template:Efn
• Ignatius Shahab (1365/1366–1381)Template:Efn
• Ignatius Abraham bar Garib (1382–1412)Template:Efn
• Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo (1412–1445)Template:Efn

Template:Col-3 Patriarchate of Melitene

• Ignatius Constantine (1292–1293)
• Ignatius Philoxenus (1349–Template:Circa)

Patriarchate of Tur Abdin (1364–1840) Template:Main

Syriac Orthodox patriarchs from 1445 to 1782

91. Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo (1445–1455)Template:Efn
92. Ignatius Khalaf Maʿdnoyo (1455/1456–84)Template:Efn
93. Ignatius John XIV (1484–1493)Template:Efn
94. Ignatius Noah of Lebanon (1493/1494–1509)
95. Ignatius Yeshu I (1509–1510/1519)Template:Efn
96. Ignatius Jacob I (1510/1512–1517/1519)Template:Efn

    Athanasius bar Subay (1511–between 1514 and 1518)Template:Efn

97. Ignatius David I (1519–1521)Template:Efn
98. Ignatius Abdullah I (1521–1557)
99. Ignatius Ni'matallah (1557–1576)Template:Efn
100. Ignatius David II Shah (1576–1591)
101. Ignatius Pilate (1591–1597)
102. Ignatius Hidayat Allah (1597/1598–1639/1640)
103. Ignatius Simon (1640–1653)

     Ignatius Shukrallah I (1640–1670)Template:Efn

104. Ignatius Yeshu II (1653/1655–1661)Template:Efn
105. Ignatius Abdulmasih I (1661/1662–1686)
106. Ignatius George II (1687–1708)
107. Ignatius Isaac II (1709–1722)
108. Ignatius Shukrallah II (1722/1723–1745)
109. Ignatius George III (1745/1746–1768)
110. Ignatius George IV (1768–1781)

Syriac Orthodox patriarchs from 1782 to present

111. Ignatius Matthew (1782–1817)
112. Ignatius Yunan (1817–1818)Template:Sfnp
113. Ignatius George V (1819–1836)Template:Efn

     vacant (1836–1838)Template:Sfnmp

114. Ignatius Elias II (1838–1847)Template:Efn
115. Ignatius Jacob II (1847–1871)
116. Ignatius Peter IV (1872–1894)Template:Efn
117. Ignatius Abdulmasih II (1894/1895–1903)Template:Efn
118. Ignatius Abdullah II (1906–1915)

     vacant (1915–1917)

119. Ignatius Elias III (1917–1932)
120. Ignatius Aphrem I (1933–1957)
121. Ignatius Jacob III (1957–1980)
122. Ignatius Zakka I (1980–2014)
123. Ignatius Aphrem II (2014–present)

See also

• Patriarch of Tur Abdin
• Catholicos of India

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