Chronological List of the Patriarchs of Antioch

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Patriarchs of Antioch
Chronological List

Traditionally, lists of patriarchs have been drawn in a spiral form. Such a spiral can be found on the Patriarchal Throne at Dayro d-Mor Hananyo (Deir az-Za`faran). As is not uncommon with historical accounts, sources for the chronological lists of the Patriarchs differ on dates. The source for the following list is: Ishaaq Saaka, kaniisatii as-Suryaaniyya. (Damascus: 1985).

Linked here is a personal communication from Touma Issa (dt. 15 Jan 1998) noting errors in the following list. Errors verified have been corrected. As resources permit, SOR will verify the other observations and revise the list.

1	St. Peter the Apostle	37-67
2	St. Evodius	67-68
3	St. Ignatios I Nurono (the Illuminator)	68-107
4	St. Heron	107-127
5	St. Korneilos	127-154
6	St. Heros	154-169
7	St. Theophilos	169-182
8	St. Maximos I	182-191
9	St. Seraphion	191-211
10	St. Ascelpiadis the Confessor	211-220
11	Philitus	220-231
12	Zbina	231-237
13	St. Babulas the Martyr	237-251
14	Fabius	254-551
15	S. Demetrianos	254-260
16	Paul I of Samosate	260-268
17	Domnus I	268-273
18	Timos	273-282
19	Cyrille I	283-303
20	Tyrannos	304-314
21	Vitalis	314-320
22	St. Philogone	320-323
23	Paulinos of Tyre	323-324
24	Ostatheous	324-337
	The Arians took control of the See of Antioch and appointed the following Patriarchs:
	Eulalius	331-333
	Euphornius	333-334
	Philaclus	334-342
	Stephanos	342-344
	Leonce	344-357
	Eudoxyos	358-359
	Euzoios	360
25	Malatius	360-381
26	St. Flavin I	381-404
27	Porphyros	404-412
28	Alexander	412-417
29	Theodotos	417-428
30	John I	428-442
31	Domnus II	442-449
32	Maximos II	449-455
	Maximos abdicated and the Chalcedonians seized control over the See of Antioch and appointed the following Patriarchs:
	Basil	456-458
	Aqaq	458-459
33	Martoros	459-468
34	Peter II the Fuller (Qassar)	468-488
35	Bladius	488-498
36	Flavin II	498-512
37	St. Severius the Great	512-538
	The Chalcedonians took control of the See of Antioch in 518 and sent Mor Severius to exile and appointed the following Patriarchs whose line continues in the Byzantine (Rum/Antiochene Orthodox) Patriarchate:
	Paul the Jew	518-521
	Euphrosius	521-528
	Ephrem of Amid	528-546
	Six years after the death of Mor Severius, Sargius of Tella became the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch.
38	Sargius of Tella	544-546
	During this turbulent time, the Holy See remained vacant for 4 years.
39	Paul II the Black of Alexandria	550-575
	He was deposed in 575 for joining the Chalcedonians. The Holy See remained vacant for the next few years.
40	Peter III of Raqqa	581-591
41	Julian I	595-591
42	Athanasius I Gammolo	595-631
43	John II of the Sedre	631-648
44	Theodore	649-667
45	Severius II bar Masqeh	667-681
46	Athanasius II	683-686
47	Julian II	686-708
48	Elias I	709-723
49	Athanasius III	724-740
50	Iwanis I	740-754
	After the death of Iwanis, two Patriarchs were appointed at the behest of the Caliph:
	Euwanis I	754-?
	Athanasius al-Sandali	?-758
51	George I	758-790
52	Joseph	790-792
53	Quryaqos of Takrit	793-817
54	Dionysius I of Tellmahreh	817-845
55	John III	846-873
56	Ignatius II	878-883
57	Theodosius Romanos of Takrit	887-896
58	Dionysius II	897-909
59	John IV Qurzahli	910-922
60	Baselius I	923-935
61	John V	936-953
62	Iwanis II	954-957
63	Dionysius III	958-961
64	Abraham I	962-963
65	John VI Sarigta	965-985
66	Athanasius IV of Salah	986-1002
67	John VII bar `Abdun	1004-1033
68	Dionysius IV Yahya	1034-1044
	Due to internal conflicts within the Church, the Holy See was vacant for the next few years.
69	John VIII	1049-1057
70	Athanasius V	1058 -1063
71	John IX bar Shushan	1063-1073
72	Baselius II	1074-1075
	After the death of Baselius, John Abdun got himself appointed Patriarch and caused trouble in the Church. He was deposed but continued causing trouble until 1091.
73	Dionysius V Lazaros	1077-1078
74	Iwanis III	1080-1082
75	Dionysius VI	1088-11090
76	Athanasius VI bar Khamoro	1091-1129
77	John X bar Mawdyono	1129-1137
78	Athanasius VII bar Qutreh	1138-1166
79	Michael I the Great	1166-1199
80	Athanasius VIII	1200-1207
81	John XI	1208-1220
82	Ignatius III David	1222-1252
83	John XII bar Ma`dani	1252-1263
84	Ignatius IV Yeshu	1264-1282
85	Philoxenos I Nemrud	1283-1292
86	Michael II	1292-1312
87	Michael III Yeshu	1312-1349
88	Baselius III Gabriel	1349-1387
89	Philoxenos II the Writer	1387-1421
90	Baselius IV Shem`un	1421-1444
91	Ignatius Behnam al-Hadli	1445-1454
92	Ignatius Khalaf	1455-1483
93	Ignatius John XIII	1483-1493
94	Ignatius Nuh of Lebanon	1493-1509
95	Ignatius Yeshu I	1509-1512
96	Ignatius Jacob I	1512-1517
97	Ignatius David I	1517-1520
98	Ignatius Abd-Allah I	1520-1557
99	Ignatius Ne`met Allah I	1557-1576
100	Ignatius David II Shah	1576-1591
101	Ignatius Pilate I	1591-1597
102	Ignatius Hadayat Allah	1597-1639
103	Ignatius Simon I	1640-1659
104	Ignatius Yeshu II Qamsheh	1659-1662
105	Ignatius Abdul Masih I	1662-1686
106	Ignatius George II	1687-1708
107	Ignatius Isaac Azar	1709-1722
108	Ignatius Shukr Allah II	1722-1745
109	Ignatius George III	1745-1768
110	Ignatius George IV	1768-1781
111	Ignatius Matthew	1782-1817
112	Ignatius Yunan	1817-1818
113	Ignatius George V	1819-1837
114	Ignatius Elias II	1838-1847
115	Ignatius Jacob II	1847-1871
116	Ignatius Peter IV	1872-1894
117	Ignatius Abdul Masih II	1895-1905
	Abdul Masih was deposed in 1905.
118	Ignatius Abd Allah II	1906-1915
119	Ignatius Elias III	1917-1932
120	Ignatius Afram I Barsoum	1933-1957
121	Ignatius Jacob III	1957-1980
122	Ignatius Zakka I Iwas	1980-2014

The chronological spiral on the Patriarchal throne at Dayro d-Mor Hananyo. Click here for an enlarged drawing based on this spiral.

Last Update: March 21, 2014