List of current patriarchs
This is a list of current Christian Popes and Patriarchs, including also others whose titles (as Major Archbishop or Catholicos, for example) are equivalent to the Patriarchal dignity.
Pope, Patriarchs, and Major Archbishops in the Catholic Church
See | Bishop | Election |
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Rome | Pope Francis | 2013 |
Alexandria of the Copts | Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak | 2013 |
Antioch, Alexandria & Jerusalem of the Greek Melkites | Patriarch Gregory III Laham | 2000 |
Antioch of the Syrians | Patriarch Mar Ignatius Joseph III Yonan | 2009 |
Antioch of the Maronites | Patriarch Bechara Boutros Cardinal al-Rahi | 2011 |
Babylon of the Chaldeans | Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako | 2013 |
Cilicia of the Armenians | Patriarch Nersès Bédros XIX Tarmouni | 1999 |
Kiev-Galicia | Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk | 2011 |
Ernakulam-Angamaly | Major Archbishop George Cardinal Alencherry | 2011 |
Trivandrum | Major Archbishop Moran Mor Baselios Cardinal Cleemis Catholicos | 2007 |
Făgăraş and Alba Iulia | Major Archbishop Lucian Cardinal Mureșan | 2005[1] |
In 2006, Benedict XVI renounced the title of "Patriarch of the West" (Patriarcha Occidentis).[2]
Titular
The following patriarchs in the Latin Church are titular - that is, they have the title of patriarch for various historical reasons, but are not to be considered the same as the patriarchs and major archbishops who are heads of Churches sui iuris. These titular patriarchs are bishops of metropolitan archdioceses (except for Jerusalem) without other jurisdiction.
See | Bishop | Election |
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Jerusalem | Patriarch Fouad Twal | 2008 |
Venice | Patriarch Francesco Moraglia | 2012 |
West Indies | Vacant since 1963 | |
Lisbon | Patriarch Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente | 2013 |
East Indies | Patriarch Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão | 2004 |
Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
See | Bishop | Election |
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Assyrian Church of the East | Mar Khanania Dinkha IV | 1976 |
Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East
See | Bishop | Election |
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Ancient Church of the East | Mar Addai II | 1970 |
Patriarchs in the Eastern Orthodox Church
See | Bishop | Election |
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Constantinople (New Rome) | Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I | 1991 |
Alexandria | Pope & 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 |
Serbia | Patriarch Irinej | 2010 |
Romania | Patriarch Daniel | 2007 |
Bulgaria | Patriarch Neofit | 2013 |
Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kiev Patriarchate
See | Bishop | Election |
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Kiev | Patriarch Filaret | 1995 |
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 |
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Moscow | Patriarch Alexander | 2002 |
Pope, Patriarchs, and Catholicoses in the Oriental Orthodox Church
See | Bishop | Election |
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Alexandria | Pope & Patriarch Theodoros II | 2012 |
Antioch | Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II | 2014 |
Armenia | Catholicos Karekin II | 1999 |
Ethiopia | Patriarch Catholicos Mathias | 2013 |
East | Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II | 2010 |
Jerusalem | (Titular) Patriarch Nourhan | 2013 |
Cilicia | (Titular) Catholicos Aram I | 1995 |
Constantinople | (Titular) Patriarch Mesrob II | 1998 |
Eritrea | Patriarch Antonios | 2004 |
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 |
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Prague | Patriarch Tomáš Butta | 2006 |
Patriarch of the Apostolic Catholic Church (Philippines)
See | Bishop | Election |
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Apostolic Catholic Church | Patriarch John Florentine L. Teruel, OMJF | 1992 |
See also
- Patriarchs
- List of Primates in the Anglican Communion
References
- ↑ Lucian Mureșan became Archbishop of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia in 1994, but only became Major Archbishop in 2005. Lucian Cardinal Mureșan
- ↑ http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/general-docs/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_20060322_patriarca-occidente_fr.html | Communiqué concernant la suppression du titre «Patriarche d’Occident» dans l’Annuaire pontifical 2006
External links
- "Patriarchs". GCatholic.org.