List of Maronite Patriarchs of Antioch


This is a list of the Maronite Patriarchs of Antioch and all the East, the primate of the Maronite Church, one of the Eastern Catholic Churches. After becoming patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch, they assume the name "Peter", after the traditional first Bishop of Antioch, St. Peter, who was also the head of the Apostles. The official title that the Maronite Patriarch assumes is "Patriarch of Antioch and All the East".
For the Patriarchs of Antioch before John Maron, see List of Patriarchs of Antioch.

Maronite Patriarchs of Antioch, from John Maron

A famous list of Maronite Patriarchs of Antioch was written and published by Giuseppe Simone Assemani, and Simon Awad, which follows the Series of Maronite Patriachs written by Patriarch Estephan El Douaihy in the 17th century, but it is incomplete for the first centuries. Besides the Assemani's list, another more detailed list was written in Bejjeh in 1766 by Georges Saad.
In the list here below the names shifted on the right are not included in the incomplete Assemani's list and derive from the Bejjeh list.

Patriarchs of Antioch before the Maronite-Greek schism, 1st century–686

  1. Apostle Peter
  2. Evodius
  3. Ignatius, who was martyred in the reign of Trajan. His seven epistles are unique sources for the early Church.
  4. Heron
  5. Cornelius
  6. Eros
  7. Theophilus
  8. Maximus I of Antioch
  9. Serapion
  10. Asclepiades the Confessor
  11. Philetus
  12. Zebinnus
  13. Babylas the Martyr, who, according to Nicephorus, was martyred in the reign of Decius.
  14. Fabius
  15. Demetrius, who was taken captive by the Persians under Shapur
  16. Paul of Samosata supported by Zenobia, deposed by Emperor Aurelian; in Paul's time Lucian of Antioch was head of the Antiochene catechetical school
  17. Domnus I supported by Emperor Aurelian
  18. Timaeus
  19. Cyril
  20. Tyrannion
  21. Vitalius
  22. Philogonius
  23. Eustathius,
  24. Paulinus I, formerly bishop of Tyre, Semi-Arian and friend of Eusebius of Caesarea
  25. Eulalius
  26. Euphronius
  27. Flacillus or Facellius, in whose time renovations were made to the great church of Antioch, according to Nicephorus.
  28. Stephen I , Arian and opponent of Athanasius of Alexandria, deposed in 344.
  29. Leontius the Eunuch, Arian
  30. Eudoxius, formerly bishop of Germanicia, later bishop of Constantinople, Homoian
  31. Anianus, immediately deposed
  32. Meletius, Semi-Arian, deposed in the reign of Valens for Homoiousian leanings
  33. Paulinus II
  34. Evagrius
  35. Flavian I
  36. Porphyrus
  37. Alexander, he ended the schism with the Eustathians in 415.
  38. Theodotus
  39. John I, condemned the First Council of Ephesus in the Nestorian controversy
  40. Domnus II, deposed by the Second Council of Ephesus.
  41. Maximus II, appointed by Emperor Theodosius II, accepted the Council of Chalcedon, deposed under unclear circumstances.
  42. Basil of Antioch, Chalcedonian
  43. Acacius of Antioch, Chalcedonian
  44. Martyrius, Chalcedonian, deposed by general Zeno
  45. Julian , Chalcedonian, exiled by Peter the Fuller
  46. Stephen II , Chalcedonian
  47. Calendion, Chalcedonian, opposed the Henoticon, exiled by Zeno, replaced by Peter the Fuller
  48. Palladius, Chalcedonian, accepted the Henoticon,
  49. Flavian II, Chalcedonian, accepted the Henoticon, deposed by Emperor Anastasius I.
  50. Paul II the Jew
  51. Euphrasius
  52. Ephrem of Amid
  53. Domnus III
  54. Anastasius I
  55. Gregory I, after him : Anastasius I of Antioch
  56. Anastasius II
  57. Gregory II
  58. Anastasius III
  59. Macedonius
  60. George I
  61. Macarius
  62. Theophanes
Sede Vacante 684–686

Patriarchs during the Marada States, 686–1099

Patriarchs during the Crusades 1099–1305

Patriarchs during the Mamluk rule, 1305–1516

Patriarchs during the Ottomans, 1516–1918

Patriarch during modern Lebanon, 1918–present

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