Bishopric of Edessa


Early bishops
The following list is based on the records of the Chronicle of Edessa and the Chronicle of Zuqnin.
Name of bishopStart date
or floruit		End date
or death		Notes
Thaddeus c.100According to Eusebius of Caesarea
Aggai c.190According to Eusebius
Palutc.200According to Eusebius;
He was a contemporary of Serapion of Antioch
Barsamya
Conon304
Sha'ad The Chronicle of Edessa places him between Conon and Ethalaha
Ethalaha 324The Chronicle of Edessa omits his date of death;
Abraham became bishop in 346
Abraham 346361
Barses361March 378Translated by imperial order from Harran to Edessa
Eulogius379Good Friday 387Said to have been ordained the same year Theodosius I became emperor
Cyrus I22 July 396
Silvanus39717 October 398
Pakida 23 November 398"neomenia of the month of Ab" 409
Diogenes409411
Rabbula4118 August 435
Ibas4351 January 448The Chronicle of Edessa states he was deposed 1 January 448 and restored two years later
Nonnus21 July 448450The Chronicle of Edessa states he left the see in 450, but was restored to Edessa after Ibas' death in 457
Ibas 45028 October 457
Nonnus 457471
Cyrus II4715 June 498Cyrus convinced Emperor Zeno to close the School of the Persians in Edessa
Peter49810 April 510Entered Edessa on 12 September
Paul51027 July 522Deposed for monophysitism
Asclepius23 October 52227 June 526Died in Antioch;
Paul had appointed him bishop of Harran
Paul 8 March 52630 October 526Accepted the council of Chalcedon and restored after Asclepius' death
Andrew7 February 5276 December 532
Addi 28 August 533541Died after the completion of the Chronicle of Edessa
Amazonius553
Thomas
Theodorec.570600Perhaps bishop of Bostra

Jacobite (Syriac) bishops

These bishops belonged to the Syriac Orthodox Church. During the later period there were also Byzantine rite bishops alongside them.

Armenian bishops

These bishops belonged to the Armenian church. They ruled alongside Jacobite, Byzantine and Latin bishops.
Name of bishopStart dateEnd date
or death		Notes
Johnbefore 1144after 1144Also called Ananias

Latin archbishops

In the first half of the twelfth century, during the period of the Crusades and the county of Edessa, there was a Latin rite archdiocese based in the city. It seems to have displaced the Byzantine bishop, but ruled alongside the Jacobite and Armenian bishops. From the 13th century on, titular bishops were sometimes appointed.

Resident bishops

Titular bishops