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The Patriarch of Antioch is one of the Eastern Orthodox patriarchs, sometimes called the Greek Patriarch of Antioch to distinguish from the Oriental Orthodox Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
(For Patriarchs prior to 518, see List of Patriarchs of Antioch.)
(For Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch from 1724 to present, see List of Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch.)
Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch[]
- Paul II (518-521)
- Euphrasius (521-526)
- Ephraim (526-546)
- Domnus III (546-561)
- Anastasius the Sinaite (561-571)
- Gregory (571-594)
- Anastasius the Sinaite (restored) (594-599)
- Anastasius II (599-610)
- Gregory II (610-620)
- Anastasius III (620-628)
- Macedonius (628-640)
- George I (640-656)
- Macarius (656-681)
- Theophanes (681-687)
- Sebastian (687-690)
- George II (690-695)
- Alexander (695-702)
- vacant (702-742)
- Stephen IV (742-744)
- Theophylact (744-751)
- Theodore (751-797)
- John IV (797-810)
- Job (810-826)
- Nicholas (826-834)
- Simeon (834-840)
- Elias (840-852)
- Theodosius I (852-860)
- Nicholas II (860-879)
- Michael (879-890)
- Zacharias (890-902)
- George III (902-917)
- Job II (917-939)
- Eustratius (939-960)
- Christopher (960-966)
- Theodorus II (966-977)
- Agapius (977-995)
- John IV (995-1000)
- Nicholas III (1000-1003)
- Elias II (1003-1010)
- George Lascaris (1010-1015)
- Macarius the Virtuous (1015-1023)
- Eleutherius (1023-1028)
- Peter III (1028-1051)
- John VI, also known as Dionysus (1051-1062)
- Aemilian (1062-1075)
- Theodosius II (1075-1084)
- Nicephorus (1084-1090)
- John VII (1090-1155)
After 1098, the Patriachate was in exile, at first at Constantinople, having been replaced by a Latin Patriarch.
- John IX (1155-1159)
- Euthymius (1159-1164)
- Macarius II (1164-1166)
- Athanasius I (1166-1180)
- Theodosius III (1180-1182)
- Elias III (1182-1184)
- Christopher II (1184-1185)
- Theodore IV (Balsamon) (1185-1199)
- Joachim (1199-1219)
- Dorotheus (1219-1245)
- Simeon II (1245-1268)
- Euthymius (1268-1269)
- Theodosius IV (1269-1276)
With Theodosius, the Patriachate returned to Antioch.
- Theodosius V (1276-1285)
- Arsenius (1285-1293)
- Dionysius (1293-1308)
- Mark (1308-1342)
- Ignatius II (1342-1386)
With Ignatius, the Patriachate transferred to Damascus.
- Pachomius (1386-1393)
- Nilus (1393-1401)
- Michael III (1401-1410)
- Pachomius II (1410-1411)
- Joachim II (1411-1426)
- Mark III (1426-1436)
- Dorotheus II (1436-1454)
- Michael IV (1454-1476)
- Mark IV (1476)
- Joachim III (1476-1483)
- Gregory III (1483-1497)
- Dorotheus III (1497-1523)
- Michael V (1523-1541)
- Dorotheus IV (1541-1543)
- Joachim IV (Ibn Juma) (1543-1576)
- Michael VI (Sabbagh) (1577-1581)
- Joachim V (1553-1592)
- Joachim VI (1593-1604)
- Dorotheus V (1604-1611)
- Athanasius II (Dabbas) (1611-1619)
- Ignatius III (Attiyah) (1619-1631)
- Euthymius III (1635-1636)
- Euthymius IV (1636-1648)
- Michael III (Zaim) (1648-1672)
- Neophytos (1674-1684)
- Athanasius III (Dabbas) (first, or antipatriarchal, reign) (1686-1694)
- Cyril III (Zaim) (1694-1720)
- Athanasius III (Dabbas) (second reign) (1720-1724)
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch split into two factions in 1724 as the Melkite Greek Catholic Church re-established communion with the Roman Catholic Church
- Sylvester (1724-1766)
- Philemon (1766-1767)
- Daniel (1767-1791)
- Euthymius V (1792-1813)
- Seraphim (1813-1823)
- vacant (1823-1843)
- Methodius (1843-1859)
- Hierotheos (1859-1885)
- Gerasimos (1885-1891)
- Spyridon (1892-1898)
- Meletius II (Doumani) (1899-1906)
- Gregory IV (Haddad) (1906-1928)
- Alexander III (Tahan) (1928-1958)
- Arsenius II (Haddad) (1930-1931) (schism)
- Theodosius VI (Abourjaily) (1958-1970)
- Elias IV (Muawad) (1970-1979)
- Ignatius IV (Hazim) (1979-Present)