List of current patriarchs

See also: List of religious leaders in 2009#Christianity and List of current Christian leaders

This is a list of current Christian Popes and Patriarchs.

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Pope, Patriarchs, and Major Archbishops in the Catholic Church

See Bishop Election
Rome Pope Benedict XVI 2005
Alexandria of the Copts Patriarch Antonios Cardinal Naguib 2006
Antioch, Alexandria & Jerusalem of the Greek Melkites Patriarch Gregory III Laham 2000
Antioch of the Maronites Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi 2011
Antioch of the Syrians Patriarch Mar Ignatius Joseph III Yonan 2009
Jerusalem Patriarch Fouad Twal 2008
Babylon of the Chaldeans Patriarch Mar Emmanuel III Cardinal Delly 2003
Cilicia of the Armenians Patriarch Nersès Bédros XIX Tarmouni 1999
Venice vacant since the resignation of Patriarch Angelo Cardinal Scola on 28 June 2011
West Indies vacant since 1963
Lisbon Patriarch José da Cruz Cardinal Policarpo 1998
East Indies Patriarch Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão 2004
Kiev-Galicia Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk 2011
Ernakulam-Angamaly Major Archbishop George Alencherry 2011
Trivandrum Major Archbishop Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis 2007
Făgăraş and Alba Iulia Major Archbishop Lucian Mureşan 1994


Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East

See Bishop Election
Assyrian Church of the East Mar Khanania Dinkha IV 1976


Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East

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


Patriarch of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church

See Bishop Election
Brazil vacant since death of Dom Luis on October 29, 2009


Pope and Patriarchs in the Eastern Orthodox Church

See Bishop Election
Constantinople (New Rome) Ecumenical Patriarch and Archbishop of Constantinople Bartholomew I 1991
Alexandria Pope & Patriarch Theodoros II 2004
Antioch Patriarch Ignatius IV (Hazim) 1979
Jerusalem Patriarch Theophilus III 2005
Moscow Patriarch Kirill I 2009
Georgia Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II 1977
Serbia Patriarch Irinej 2010
Romania Patriarch Daniel 2007
Bulgaria Patriarch Maxim I 1971


Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kiev Patriarchate

See Bishop Election
Kiev Patriarch Filaret 1995


Patriarch of the Russian Old-Orthodox Church

See Bishop Election
Moscow Patriarch Alexander 2002


Pope, Patriarchs, and Catholicoses in the Oriental Orthodox Church

See Bishop Election
Alexandria Pope & Patriarch Shenouda III 1971
Antioch Patriarch Ignatius Zakka Iwas I 1980
Armenia Catholicos Karekin II Supreme Patriarch of All Armenians 1999
Ethiopia Patriarch Catholicos Paulos I 1992
East Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II 2010
Jerusalem Titular Patriarch Torkom I 1990
Cilicia Titular Catholicos Aram I 1995
Constantinople Titular Patriarch Mesrob II 1998
Eritrea Patriarch Dioskoros 2007
India Titular Catholicos Baselios Thomas I 2002

Note: the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and the Catholicos of India, head of the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church in India (Autonomous "part of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch") are not in communion with the Catholicos of the East and the Malankara Metropolitan of the Indian Orthodox Church (Autocephalous "Independent"); likewise, the Catholicos of the East, the head of the Indian Orthodox Church is not in communion with the Catholicos of India, head of the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church in India; all the others are in full communion with each other.

Patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church

See Bishop Election
Prague Patriarch Tomáš Butta 2006


See also