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Bishops/Patriarchs of Alexandria
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DATES1
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DATES2
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NAME
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SAINT
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FEAST DAY(S)
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| 1st Cent |
aft 54 |
Mark the Evangelist? |
y
|
|
| bef 68 |
bef 82 |
Annianos |
|
|
| c.82 |
98 |
Avilios |
|
|
| 98 |
aft 117 |
Kerdo |
|
|
|
|
Primos |
|
|
|
|
Justos |
|
|
|
|
Eumenes |
|
|
|
|
Mark II |
|
|
|
|
Keladiou |
|
|
|
|
Agripinnios |
|
|
|
|
Julian |
|
|
|
|
Demetrios |
|
|
|
|
Herakles |
|
|
|
|
Dionysios |
|
|
|
|
Maximus |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 282 |
300 Dec 28 |
Theonas |
|
|
| 300 end |
311 Nov 26 |
Peter I, martyr |
y
|
11/25 |
|
312 Jun 312 |
Achilas |
|
|
|
328 Apr 17 |
Alexander |
|
|
| 328 Jun 8 |
373 May 2 |
Athanasios I |
y
|
01/18, 05/02 |
|
|
Arian intruders |
|
|
| 336 or 338 |
|
Pistos |
|
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| 339 or 341 Mar 22 |
344 or 348 Jun 26 |
Gregory |
|
|
| 357 Feb 22 |
361 Dec 24 |
George |
|
|
| 365 Dec |
|
Lucius (1) |
|
|
| 373 Apr 28 |
380 Feb 15 |
Peter II |
|
|
| 375 |
378 May 30 |
Lucius (2) |
|
|
| 380 |
384 Jul 20 |
Timothy I |
|
|
| 384 |
412 Oct 15 |
Theophilos |
|
|
| 412 Oct 17 |
444 Jun 27 |
Kyril |
y
|
01/18, 06/07 |
| 444 |
451 Oct 13
[d. 454 Sep 4] |
Dioskoros |
|
|
| 451 Mar |
460 Jan |
Proterios |
|
|
| 457 Mar |
460 Jan |
Timothy II Eluros (monophys.) (1) |
|
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| 460 Jun |
475 Dec |
Timothy II Salofakiolos (chalced.) (1) |
|
|
| 475 |
477 Jul 31 |
Timothy II Eluros (monophys.) (1) |
|
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| 477 Jul 31 |
477 Sep 4 |
Peter III Monge (monophys.) (1) |
|
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| 477 Sep |
482 Jun |
Timothy II Salofakiolos (chalced.) (1) |
|
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| 482 Jun |
482 Dec |
John I Talaia (chalced.) |
|
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| 482 Dec |
489 Oct 29 |
Peter III Monge (monophys.) (1) |
|
|
| 489 |
496 Oct 17 |
Athanasios II Keletes (monophys.) |
|
|
| 496 |
505 May 22 |
John II (monophys.) |
|
|
| 505 |
516 May 22 |
John II (monophys.) |
|
|
| 516 |
517 Oct 14 |
Dioskoros II |
|
|
| 517 |
535 Feb 2 |
Timothy III (monophys.) |
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|
|
|
|
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MELKITE PATRIARCHS
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|
|
| 537 |
540 early months |
Paul of Tabennensi |
|
|
| 549 |
551 Jul |
Zoilos |
|
|
| 551 |
570 |
Apollinarios |
y
|
[BHG 2037] |
| 570 |
580 |
John II |
|
|
| 581 |
608 Feb |
Eulogios |
|
|
| 608 |
609 |
Theodore Skribon |
|
|
| 610 |
619 Nov 11 |
John III the Almoner |
y
|
11/12 |
| 620? |
630? |
George |
|
|
| 630 or 631 |
643 end/644 beg |
Kyros |
|
|
| 643/644 |
651 |
Peter III |
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|
|
|
Topoteretes |
|
|
| at synod of 655 |
Theodore |
|
|
| at 6th ecumenical council of 680 |
Peter IV |
|
|
| at council of Alexandria 695 |
Theophylakt |
|
|
| about 711 |
Onopsos (?) - ordained patriarch but immediately became monophysite |
|
|
| ? |
|
Eusebios |
|
|
| 742 |
768 |
Kosmos I |
|
|
| 768 |
813 |
Politianos |
|
|
| 813 |
817 |
Eustathios |
|
|
| 817 |
848 |
Christopher |
|
|
| 848 |
860 |
Sophronios I |
|
|
| 860 |
870 |
Michael I |
|
|
| 870 |
903 Aug 21 |
Michael II |
|
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| 907 Jun 17 |
932 Nov 21 |
Christodoulos |
|
|
| 933 Feb 7 |
940 May 11 |
Eutychios |
|
|
| ? |
|
Sophronios II |
|
|
| 941-954 Aug/Sep |
|
Isaac |
|
|
| 954 |
960 Sep 7 |
Job |
|
|
| 963 |
1000 May 12 |
Elijah |
|
|
| 1000 Jun 17 |
1010 Jul 7 |
Arsenios |
|
|
| 1010 |
1020 |
Theophilos II |
|
|
| 1021 Apr 2 |
1052? |
George II |
|
|
| 1052? |
1059? |
Leontios |
|
|
| 1059? |
1062? |
Alexander II |
|
|
| 1062? |
1100? |
John IV |
|
|
| about 1110 |
|
Eulogios II |
|
|
| ? |
|
Kyril II |
|
|
| 1117 at council in CP |
Sabas |
|
|
| ? |
|
Theodosios |
|
|
| 1166 present in CP |
|
Sophronios III |
|
|
| about 1180 |
|
Eleutherios or Elijah |
|
|
| 1195 at council in CP |
Mark III |
|
|
| 1210 bef Feb |
1243 |
Nicholas I |
|
|
| 1243 |
1263 |
Gregory I |
|
|
| 1263 |
1276 |
Nicholas II |
|
|
| 1276 |
1316 |
Athanasios II |
|
|
| 1316? |
1354? |
Gregory II |
|
|
| 1354? |
1366? |
Gregory III |
|
|
| 1366? |
1385? |
Niphon |
|
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| 1385? |
1389 |
Mark IV |
|
|
| 1389? |
1398? |
Nicholas III |
|
|
| 1398? |
1412? |
Gregory IV |
|
|
| 1412? |
1417? |
Nicholas IV |
|
|
| 1417? |
1425? |
Athanasios III |
|
|
| 1425? |
1435? |
Mark V |
|
|
| 1435? Invited to council of Florence |
1459? |
Philotheos |
|
|
| 1459 |
1484? |
Mark VI |
|
|
| 1484 |
1486? |
Gregory |
|
|
| 1487 |
1565 |
Joachim, ho Panu [92 years old in 1540, a document from 1565 survives] |
|
|
| about 1597 |
|
Meletios Pigas [given direction of CP 1597-98] |
|
|
| about 1612 |
|
Kyril Lukaris [given direction of CP in 1612] |
|
|
|
d.1920 |
Nektarios Kephalas |
y
|
11/08 |
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COPTIC PATRIARCHS
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|
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| 535 Feb 9 |
566 Jun 19 or 22 |
Theodosios |
|
|
|
|
Julianists |
|
|
| 535 Feb 10 |
535 May/Jun |
Gaïanos |
|
|
| -? |
565 |
Elpidios |
|
|
| 565 |
after 580 |
Dorotheos |
|
|
| 575 |
587 |
Theodore
[not recognized by majority] |
|
|
| 575 |
578 Jun 19 |
Peter IV |
|
|
| 578 |
607 Jun 12 |
Damien |
|
|
| 607 |
619 Dec 19 |
Anastasios ho Apozugarios |
|
|
| 619 |
665 Jan 3 |
Andronikos |
|
|
| 626 Jan |
665 Jan 3 |
Benjamin |
|
|
634 |
|
Julianist
Menas |
|
|
| 665 |
681 Oct 13 |
Agathon |
|
|
| 681 |
689 Oct 29 |
John III |
|
|
| 692 |
700 Jul 18 |
Simon I |
|
|
about 695 |
|
Julianist
Theodore |
|
|
| 3 years |
|
vacancy |
|
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| 704 Apr 25 |
729 Feb 1 |
Alexander II |
|
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| 729 Mar |
730 Jun 24 |
Kosmos |
|
|
| 730 Aug |
742 Feb 1 |
Theodore II |
|
|
| 1 year |
|
vacancy |
|
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| 743 Sep 15 |
767 Mar 12 |
Michael I |
|
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| 767 |
775 Dec 27 |
Menas |
|
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| 776 Jan 12 |
799 Jan 11 |
John IV |
|
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| 799 Jan 27 |
819 Apr 17 |
Mark II |
|
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| 819 Jun |
830 Feb 8 |
Jacob |
|
|
| 830 Apr 17 |
830 Sep 30 |
Simon II |
|
|
| 1 year 47 days |
|
vacancy |
|
|
| 831 Nov 18 |
849 Oct 20 |
Joseph |
|
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| 849 Nov 20 |
851 Apr 17 |
Michael (Khael) II |
|
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| 851 Jul 8 |
858 Nov 17 |
Kosmos II |
|
|
| 859 Jan 8 |
880 Apr 19 |
Sanythios (Sanudha) |
|
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| 880 |
907 Mar 7 |
Michael (Khael) III |
|
|
| 4 years |
|
vacancy |
|
|
| 910 May |
921 Feb 15 |
Gabriel I |
|
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| 921 Apr |
933 Mar 27 |
Kosmos III |
|
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| 953 Jun 19 |
956 Dec 6 |
Theophanes |
|
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| 956 |
974 Nov 11 |
Menas II |
|
|
| 1 year |
|
vacancy |
|
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| 975 Sep 19 |
978 Dec 2 |
Ephrem |
|
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| 979 Mar 28 |
1003 Nov 9 |
Philotheos |
|
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| 1004 Jan 16 |
1032 Jan 4 |
Zachariah |
|
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| 1032 19 Mar |
1046 Oct 29 |
Sanythios II |
|
|
| 1 year 5 months |
|
vacancy |
|
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| 1047 Dec |
1077 Dec 10 |
Christodoulos |
|
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| 1078 Mar 13 |
1092 June 6 |
Kyril II |
|
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| 1092 Nov 9 |
1102 May 25 |
Michael IV |
|
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| 1102 Nov 9 |
1128 Dec 19 |
Makarios II |
|
|
| 2 years 2 months |
|
vacancy |
|
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| 1131 Feb 3 |
1145 Apr |
Gabriel II |
|
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| 1145 Jul 25 |
1146 Mar 29 |
Michael IV (sic. Grumel) |
|
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| 1146 Aug 25 |
1166 Apr 29 |
John V |
|
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| 1166 Jun 12 |
1189 Jan 1 |
Mark III |
|
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| 1189 Jan 29 |
1216 Jan 7 |
John VI |
|
|
| 19 years 5 months, |
10 days |
vacancy |
|
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| 1235 Jun 17 |
1243 Mar 10 |
Kyril III |
|
|
| 7 years 7 months |
|
vacancy |
|
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| 1250 Oct 12 |
1261 Nov 27 |
Athanasios III |
|
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| 1262 Jan 1 |
1268 Oct 21 |
John VII (1) |
|
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| 1268 Oct 21 |
1271 Jan 1 |
Gabriel III |
|
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| 1271 Jan 1 |
1293 Apr 21 |
John VII (2) |
|
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| 1294 Jul 4 |
1300 Jan 1 |
Theodosios II |
|
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| 1300 Jan |
1320 May 29 |
John VIII |
|
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| 1320 Sep 28 |
1327 Mar 18 |
John IX |
|
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| 1327 May 10 |
1339 Jan 6 |
Benjamin II |
|
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| 1340 Jan 2 |
1348 Jul 8 |
Peter V |
|
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| 1348 Aug 5 |
1363 Jan 31 |
Mark IV |
|
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| 1363 Apr 30 or May 7 |
1369 Jul 13 |
John X |
|
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| 1370 Jan 6 |
1378 Apr 27 |
Gabriel IV |
|
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| 1378 Jul 25 |
1408 Jan 4 |
Matthew I |
|
|
| 1409 Apr 21
[Makrizi has - 1408 Jul 4 |
1428 Jan 4
1427 Jan 31] |
Gabriel V |
|
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| 1427 Mar 12 |
1427 May |
Michael IV [known only through Makrizi] |
|
|
| 1428 May 11 |
1453 May 4 |
John XI |
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Notes
Note: I am willing to add the names and dates of Patriarchs
since the 15th century, if someone will send them to me.
The table presents the following information
Date1: date of election/appointment/installation
Date2: date of death/exile/deposition
Under "Date",
beg = beginning of
btw = between
dep = deposed
end = end of
exile = exiled
prob = probably
Name: Name of holder of
position. Since many patriarchs held the title more than once,
the (ºnumber) inside parentheses indicates which of various
times this particular time is.
Saint: if the holder was
later celebrated in calendars.
Feast Day(s): Date on
which celebration was/is held.
CAVEATS
Since canonization was long a haphazard affair in the Orthodox Church, the indicated saintliness of the various patriarchs, based on a variety of pieces of information is not meant to be definitive in this listing. Corrections and suggestions welcome.
Sources:
c.54-282
Eusebios, History of the Church from Constantine
to Christ, trans. G.A. Williamson, (New York: Penguin, 1965),
Appendix A:, pp. 415-417
282-1500
Venance Grumel, La Chronologie, Vol. 1 of Traité d'etudes byzantines, ed. Paul Lemerle, (Paris:
Presses universitaires de France, 1958), 442-445
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