List of patriarchs of Antioch


The Patriarch of Antioch was the head of the Church of Antioch. According to tradition, the bishopric of Antioch was established by Saint Peter in the 1st century AD and was later elevated to the status of patriarchate by the First Council of Nicaea in 325. The church first underwent schism after the deposition of Eustathius in 330 over the issue of the Arian controversy and persisted until its resolution in 414.
After the Council of Chalcedon of 451, the church suffered division until the deposition of Patriarch Severus of Antioch in 518 resulted in a permanent schism from which two separate lines of patriarchs emerged. 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.

List of patriarchs

Bishops of Antioch to 324

Unless otherwise stated, all information is derived from Chronologies of the Ancient World: Names, Dates and Dynasties and The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, as noted in the bibliography below.
  1. Peter I
  2. Evodius
  3. Ignatius
  4. Heron I
  5. Cornelius
  6. Heron II
  7. :vacant
  8. Theophilus
  9. Maximus I
  10. Serapion
  11. Asclepiades
  12. Philetus
  13. Zebinnus
  14. Babylas
  15. Fabius
  16. Demetrius
  17. Paul
  18. Domnus I
  19. Timaeus
  20. Cyril
  21. Tyrannion
  22. Vitalis
  23. Philogonius

Patriarchs of Antioch from 324 to 360

  2. Eustathius
  3. Paulinus I
  4. :Eulalius
  5. :Euphronius
  6. :Flacillus
  7. :Stephen I
  8. :Leontius
  9. :Eudoxius
  10. :Annanius

Patriarchs of Antioch from 360 to 414

Meletian line
  2. Meletius
  3. Flavian I
  4. Porphyrus
Arian line
Nicene line
Apollinarist line
  • Vitalis

Patriarchs of Antioch from 414 to 518

  2. Alexander
  3. Theodotus
  4. John I
  5. Domnus II
Chalcedonian line
  2. Maximus II
  3. Basil
  4. Acacius
  5. Martyrius
  6. :Peter II
  7. Julian
  8. :Peter II
  9. :John II Codonatus
  10. Stephen II
  11. Stephen III
  12. Calendion
  13. :Peter II
  14. Palladius
  15. Flavian II
  16. Severus
Non-Chalcedonian line
  2. Maximus II
  3. :Basil
  4. :Acacius
  5. Martyrius
  6. Peter II
  7. :Julian
  8. :Peter II
  9. :John II Codonatus
  10. :Stephen II
  11. :Stephen III
  12. :Calendion
  13. :Peter II
  14. Palladius
  15. Flavian II
  16. Severus

Patriarchs of Antioch from 518 to present