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World Council of Churches

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WCC website
Headquarters: Geneva (Switzerland)

Note: This international ecumenical body includes most "mainline" Protestant denominations and Eastern Orthodox churches in the world.

13 May 1938                Provisional committee founded.
23 Aug 1948                World Council of Churches (WCC) formally constituted.

General Secretaries
13 May 1938 - Feb 1966     Willem Adolf Visser't Hooft        (b. 1900 - d. 1985)
                             (Netherlands) 
Feb 1966 - 16 Aug 1972     Eugene Carson Blake (U.S.)         (b. 1906 - d. 1985)
16 Aug 1972 - 31 Dec 1984  Philip Potter (Dominica)           (b. 1921 - d. 2015)
 1 Jan 1985 - 31 Dec 1992  Emilio Castro (Uruguay)            (b. 1927 - d. 2013)
 1 Jan 1993 - 31 Dec 2003  Konrad Raiser (Germany)            (b. 1938)
 1 Jan 2004 - 31 Dec 2009  Samuel Kobia (Kenya)               (b. 1947)
 1 Jan 2010 - 31 Mar 2020  Olav Fykse Tveit (Norway)          (b. 1960)
 1 Apr 2020 - 31 Dec 2022  Ioan Sauca (Romania)               (b. 1956)
                             (acting to 3 Jun 2020, then interim)
 1 Jan 2023 -              Jerry Pillay (South Africa)        (b. 1965)



Roman Catholic Church
 
[Papal State
                          Flag to c.1803]
17th cent. - c.1803
[Papal State
                          flag c.1803-1825]
c.1803 - 17 Sep 1825
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Adopted 17 Sep 1825
Holy See Website
Headquarters:  Vatican
(Vatican City)

c.60                       Church of Rome founded by Jesus's Apostle Peter (Saint Peter).
14 Apr 754                 Donation of Pepin creates a temporal Papal State for the Popes
                             of the Roman Catholic Church (also called the Papal States 
                             or the States of the Church; in Latin Status Pontificius, in
                             Italian Stato della Chiesa)(confirmed 756 and 774, codified in
                             781).

16 Jul 1054                The "Great Schism" divides the church into Eastern (Orthodox) and 
                             Western (Roman Catholic) churches.
 9 Mar 1309 - 13 Jan 1377  Popes rule from Avignon, France (often called by historians 
                             the "Babylonian captivity" of the Church).
30 Sep 1378 - 11 Nov 1417  The "Great Schism" in the Western Church (rival popes elected).
10 Jun 1809 - 24 Mar 1814  Papal State annexed to France.
19 Oct 1870                Incorporation of Rome and the Patrimony of St. Peter
                             into Kingdom of Italy.
19 Oct 1870 -  7 Jun 1929  Pope's rule as "Prisoners in the Vatican" in seclusion in
                             the Vatican Palace.
 7 Jun 1929                Independence of Vatican City from Italy under the Lateran Treaty
                             (signed 11 Feb 1929).

Popes¹
c.60 -                     see Popes of the Roman Catholic Church

 ¹full Papal title:
 (a) 1863 - 7 Jun 1929 (Latin): Episcopus Romanus, Vicarius Iesu Christi, Successor principis apostolorum, Summus Pontifex Ecclesiae Universalis, Patriarcha Occidentis, Primatus Italiae, Archiepiscopus metropolitanus provinciae Romanae, Servus Servorum Dei ("Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Servant of the Servants of God");
(b) 7 Jun 1929 - 1 Mar 2006 (Italian): Vescovo di Roma, Vicario di Gesù Cristo, Successore del principe degli apostoli, Sommo Pontefice della chiesa universale, Patriarca di Occidente, Primate d'Italia, Arcivescovo e Metropolita della Provincia Romana, Sovrano dello Stato della Città del Vaticano, Servo dei Servi di Dio; (in Latin): Episcopus Romanus, Vicarius Iesu Christi, Successor principis apostolorum, Summus Pontifex Ecclesiae Universalis, Patriarcha Occidentis, Primatus Italiae, Archiepiscopus metropolitanus provinciae Romanae, Summus Pontifex, Princeps Civitatis Vaticanae, Servus Servorum Dei ("Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan Province of the Roman Province, Sovereign of the Vatican City State, Servant of the Servants of God");
(c) from 1 Mar 2006 (Italian): Vescovo di Roma, Vicario di Gesù Cristo, Successore del principe degli apostoli, Sommo Pontefice della chiesa universale, Primate d'Italia, Arcivescovo e Metropolita della Provincia Romana, Sovrano dello Stato della Città del Vaticano, Servo dei Servi di Dio ("Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Sovereign of the Vatican City State, Servant of the Servants of God").



Eastern Catholic (Uniate) churches

Armenian Catholic Church

1650                       Armenian Catholic Church founded.
26 Nov 1740                Patriarchate established (Patriarchatus Ciliciae Armenorum).

Catholicoi and Patriarchs of Cilicia of the Armenians for All the Catholic Armenians 
26 Nov 1740 -  1 Oct 1749  Apraham Bedros I Ardzivian         (b. 1679 - d. 1749)
23 Sep 1750 -  9 Jun 1753  Hagop Bedros II Hovsepian          (b. 1689 - d. 1753)
22 Jul 1754 - 28 Nov 1780  Mikael Bedros III Kasparian        (d. 1780)
25 Jun 1781 -  6 Feb 1788  Parsegh Bedros IV Avkadian         (b. 1743 - d. 1788)
15 Sep 1788 - 17 Jun 1812  Krikor Bedros V Kupelian           (b. 1738 - d. 1812)
19 Dec 1814 - 22 Sep 1840  Krikor Bedros VI Djeranian         (d. 1840)
27 Jan 1842 -  6 Feb 1843  Hagop Bedros VII Holassian         (d. 1843)
25 Jan 1844 -  9 Jan 1866  Krikor Bedros VIII Asdvadzadourian (d. 1866)
12 Jul 1867 - Jun 1881     Andon Bedros IX Hassoun (Hassunian)(b. 1809 - d. 1884)
                             (from 13 Dec 1880, Cardinal Andon Bedros IX) 
c.1870 - ....              Jacob (anti-patriarch)
 4 Aug 1881 -  1 May 1899  Stepan Bedros X Azarian            (b. 1826 - d. 1899)
14 Dec 1899 - 18 Apr 1904  Boghos Bedros XI Emmanuelian       (b. 1829 - d. 1904)
14 Nov 1904 - Apr 1910     Boghos Bedros XII Sabbaghian       (b. 1836 - d. 1915)
27 Nov 1911 - 31 May 1931  Boghos Bedros XIII Terzian         (b. 1855 - d. 1931)
16 Oct 1931 - 26 Oct 1937  Avedis Bedros XIV Arpiarian        (b. 1856 - d. 1937)
13 Dec 1937 - 25 Aug 1962  Krikor Bedros XV Agagianian        (b. 1895 - d. 1971)
                             (from 18 Feb 1946, Cardinal Krikor Bedros XV) 
15 Nov 1962 - 22 Apr 1976  Iknadios Bedros XVI Batanian       (b. 1899 - d. 1979)
 3 Jul 1976 - 31 May 1982  Hemaiag Bedros XVII Ghedighian     (b. 1905 - d. 1998)
                             (Guedikian)

 5 Aug 1982 - 28 Nov 1998  Hovhannes Bedros XVIII Kasparian   (b. 1927 - d. 2011)
13 Oct 1999 - 25 Jun 2015  Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni         (b. 1940 - d. 2015)
25 Jun 2015 - 25 May 2021  Krikor Bedros XX Gabroyan          (b. 1934 - d. 2021)
                             (administrator to 25 Jul 2015)
26 May 2021 - 23 Sep 2021  Boutros Marayati (administrator)   (b. 1948)
23 Sep 2021 -              Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian       (b. 1946)



Byzantine Catholic Church in America

13 May 1913                Apostolic Exarchate for all the Clergy and the People of the
                             Ruthenian Rite in the United States of America.
 8 May 1924                Apostolic Exarchate for the Byzantine-Rite Faithful of
                             Carpathian Ruthenia (Foederatarum Civitatum Americae
                            
Septemtrionalis).
 6 Jul 1963                Eparchy of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenians (Pittsburgensis Ruthenorum).
21 Feb 1969                Metropolitan See of Munhall of the Ruthenians (Munhallensis
                            
Ruthenorum).
11 Mar 1977                Byzantine Catholic Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh.

Bishops
13 May 1913 - 24 Mar 1916  Soter Stephen Ortynskiy            (b. 1866 - d. 1916)
                             (apostolic administrator)
1916 - 1924                Gabriel Martyak                    (b. 1859 - d. 1934)
                             (apostolic administrator)
15 Jun 1924 - 13 May 1948  Basil Takacs (Takach)              (b. 1879 - d. 1948)
30 Jul 1946 -  2 Dec 1954  Daniel Eugene Ivancho              (b. 1908 - d. 1972)
                             (coadjutor to
13 May 1948)
 
2 Dec 1954 - 22 Dec 1967  Nicholas Thomas Elko               (b. 1909 - d. 1991)
                             (apostolic administrator to 5 Sep 1955)
 
3 Jul 1967 - 22 Dec 1967  Edward V. Rosack                   (b. 1925 - d. 2010)
                             (apostolic administrator)
22 Dec 1967 - 11 Jun 1969  Stephen John Kocisko               (b. 1915 - d. 1995)
Metropolitan Archbishop
of Munhall of the Ruthenians
11 Jun 1969 - 11 Mar 1977  Stephen John Kocisko               (s.a.)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Pittsburgh for the Byzantines
11 Mar 1977 - 12 Jun 1991  Stephen John Kocisko               (s.a.)
19 Feb 1990 - 13 Apr 1993  Thomas Victor Dolinay              (b. 1923 - d. 1993)
                             (coadjutor to 12 Jun 1991)
20 Apr 1993 -  8 Sep 1994  John Michael Bilock                (b. 1916 - d. 1994)
                             (apostolic administrator)
14 Sep 1994 - 
7 Feb 1995  Russell Andrew Duker               (b. 1943)  
                             (apostolic administrator)
 7 Feb 1995 - 15 Apr 2001  Judson Michael Procyk              (b. 1931 - d. 2001)
 1 May 2001 -  9 Jul 2002  John Michael Kudrick               (b. 1947)
                             (apostolic administrator)
 9 Jul 2002 - 10 Jun 2010  Basil Myron Schott                 (b. 1939 - d. 2010)
18 Jun 2010 - 19 Jan 2012  Eugene Paul Yackanich            
  (b. 1939)
                             (apostolic administrator)
19 Jan 2012 -              William Charles Skurla             (b. 1956)



Chaldean Catholic Church

[Chaldean flag (Iraq)]

20 Apr 1553                Rival Assyrian Patriarch accepts union with Rome
                             (Patriarchatus Babylonensis Chaldaeorum).
1607                       Regular Assyrian Patriarch Eliyya VIII also accepts union.
1617                       Heir of Eliyya VIII breaks union.
23 Jun 1681                Archbishop of Amid (Diyarbakir) is granted title of
                             Patriarch.
1692                       Patriarch of the first (1552) line breaks union;
                             only one Patriarch remains.

Catholicoi and Patriarchs of Babylon of the Chaldeans
21 May 1696 -  2 Jun 1712  Youssef II Silba-Marouf            (b. 1667 - d. 1712)
26 Feb 1713 - 23 Jan 1757  Youssef III Timotheos Maraugin     (d. 1757)
 8 Feb 1757 - 1781         Youssef IV Timotheus Lazar Hindi   (b. 1726 - d. 1791)
1781 -  3 Apr 1828         Youssef V Augustine Hindi          (b. 17.. - d. 1828)
                             (patriarchal administrator to 15 Jan 1802;
                             apostolic administrator to 8 Sep 1804;
                             apostolic delegate for the patriarchate from 1812)
 
3 Apr 1828 -  5 Aug 1830  Vacant
 5 Aug 1830 - 16 Aug 1838  Youhanan VIII
Hormez (Hormizd)     (b. 1760 - d. 1838)
                             (claimed the patriarchate from 1780;
                            
patriarchal administrator of Amid 1791-1793)
16 Aug 1838 - May 1847     Nicolaos Zaya (Zeia)               (d. 1855)
11 Sep 1848 - 29 Mar 1878  Youssef VI Audo                    (b. 1790 - d. 1878)
28 Feb 1879 - 27 Jun 1894  Eliyya XIV [XIII] Abbo-Alyonan     (b. 1840 - d. 1894)
28 Oct 1894 -  6 Nov 1899  Abdisho V Khayat                   (b. 1827 - d. 1899)
 9 Jul 1900 - 21 Jul 1947  Yousef VI Emmanuel II Toma         (b. 1852 - d. 1947)
17 Sep 1947 -  8 Jul 1958  Youssef VII Ghanima                (b. 1881 - d. 1958)
13 Dec 1958 - 13 Apr 1989  Paul II Cheikho                    (b. 1906 - d. 1989)
21 May 1989 -  7 Jul 2003  Raphael I Bidawid                  (b. 1922 - d. 2003)
 7 Jul 2003 -  3 Dec 2003  Shlemon Warduni                    (b. 1943)
                             (apostolic administrator)
 3 Dec 2003 - 19 Dec 2012  Emmanuel III Delly                 (b. 1927 - d. 2014)
                             (from 24 Nov 2007, Emmanuel III Cardinal Delly)
19 Dec 2012 -  1 Feb 2013  Jacques Ishaq                      (b. 1938 - d. 2023)
                             (apostolic administrator)
 1 Feb 2013 -
19 Feb 2022  Louis Raphaël I Sako               (b. 1948)
                             (from 28 Jun 2018, Louis Raphaël I Cardinal Sako)

Catholicos and Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans
19 Feb 2022 -              Louis Raphaël I Cardinal Sako      (s.a.)



Coptic Catholic Church

 4 Aug 1741                Apostolic Vicariate for Coptic Catholics created.
15 Aug 1824                Maximos II is granted title Patriarch for life; after his death on
                             30 Aug 1831 his successors are again only named apostolic vicars.
26 Nov 1895                Patriarchate restored (Patriarchatus Alexandrinus Coptorum).

Apostolic Vicars for Coptic Catholics
1742 - 1744?               Athanasios (Athanase)
1744? - Jul 1748           Giusto Marsghi (Juste Marsghi)
1748 - 1751                Jacques de Kremsier (Jakub Římař)
1751 - 1757                Paolo d'Angnone
1757 - 1761                Giuseppe de Sassello
1761 - 1778                Roche Abou Kodsi Sabak de
                             Ghirgha (1st time)
1778 - 1781                Gervais d'Ormeal
 7 Jan 1781 - 26 Jun 1781  Roche Abou Kodsi Sabak de
                             Ghirgha (2nd time) 
1781 - 1783                Jean Farargi
1783 - 1785                Roche Abou Kodsi Sabak de
                             Ghirgha (3rd time) 
1785 - 1787                Bishai Nosser
1787 - 1788                Michelangelo Pacelli da Tricarico
                             Minore
24 Apr 1788 - 1822         Mathieu Righet                     (d. 1822)
1822 - 30 Aug 1831         Maximos Jouwed                     (b. 1778 - d. 1831)
                             (from 15 Aug 1824, titled Patriarch Maximos II)
22 Jun 1832 - 28 Sep 1855  Théodore Abou Karim                (d. 1855)

                             (apostolic administrator) 
 2 Oct 1855 - 17 Feb 1864  Athanasios Kyriakos Khouzam        (d. 1864)
                             (apostolic administrator)
17 Feb 1864 -  3 Feb 1866  Vacant
 3 Feb 1866 - 1876         Agapios Bishai                     (b. 1831 - d. 1887)
                             (Abraham Agabio Bsciai)
                             (apostolic administrator)
1876 - 1887                Antoun di Marco
                             (visiting apostolic vicar)
1887 - 1889                Antoun Nabad (provicar)
1889 - 1892                Simon Barraia (provicar)
1892 - 1895                Antoun Kabes (provicar)
15 Mar 1895 - 19 Jun 1899  Cyrille Macaire (Kyrillos Makarios)(b. 1867 - d. 1921)
                             (apostolic administrator)
Patriarchs of Alexandria of the Copts

19 Jun 1899 - 30 May 1908  Cyrillus II Macaire                (s.a.)
1908 - 13 Jan 1925         Maximos Sedfaoui                   (b. 1863 - d. 1925)
                             (apostolic administrator)
30 Dec 1927 -  9 Aug 1947  Markos Khouzam                     (b. 1888 - d. 1958)
                             (apostolic administrator)
 9 Aug 1947 -  2 Feb 1958  Markos II Khouzam                  (s.a.)
10 May 1958 - 24 May 1986  Stephanos I Sidarouss              (b. 1904 - d. 1987)
                             (from 22 Feb 1965, Cardinal Stephanos I)
24 Feb 1984 -  9 Jun 1986  Andraos Ghattas                    (b. 1920 - d. 2009)
                             (apostolic administrator [for Stephanos I to 24 May 1986])
 9 Jun 1986 - 27 Mar 2006  Stephanos II (= Ghattas)           (s.a.)
                             (from 21 Feb 2001, Cardinal Stephanos II)
30 Mar 2006 - 18 Jan 2013  Antonios I Naguib                  (b. 1935 - d. 2022)
                             (from 20 Nov 2010, Cardinal Antonios)   
18 Jan 2013 -              Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak               (b. 1955)



Croatian Church

17 Jun 1777                Greek Catholic Diocese of Križevci (Kreutz) created.
1966                       See transferred to Zagreb. 

Bishops of Križevci 
15 Jul 1777 -  9 May 1785  Vasilije Božičković (Bosicskovich) (b. 1719 - d. 1785)
 
9 May 1785 - 30 Mar 1789  Vacant   
30 Mar 1789 - 28 Aug 1793  Jozafat
Bastasic (Bastasyc)        (b. 1740 - d. 1793)
 
8 Nov 1795 - 14 Jun 1810  Silvester Bubanović (Bubanovich)   (b. 1754 - d. 1810)
14 Jun 1810 - 10 Sep 1815  Vacant   
10 Sep 1815 - 31 Jul 1830  Konstantin Stani
ć (Stanich)        (b. 1757 - d. 1830)
31 Jul 1830 -  8 Sep 1834  Vacant 
 
8 Sep 1834 - 14 Mar 1856  Gabrijel Smičiklas                 (b. 1783 - d. 1856)
21 Dec 1857 - 20 Apr 1881  Đorđe (Djordje) Smičiklas          (b. 1815 - d. 1881)
20 Apr 1881 - 15 Mar 1883  Vacant   
15 Mar 1883 - 20 Mar 1889  Ilija (
Elias) Hranilović           (b. 1850 - d. 1889)
20 Mar 1889 - 17 Dec 1891  Vacant      
17 Dec 1891 - 18 May 1917  Julije (
Iulius) Drohobeczky        (b. 1853 - d. 1934)
18 May 1917 - 14 Apr 1940  Dionýz Njarady                     (b. 1874 - d. 1940)
                             (apostolic administrator to 1 May 1920)
16 Aug 1941 -  9 Aug 1946  Janko Šimrak                       (b. 1883 - d. 1946) 
                             (apostolic administrator to 9 May 1942)
 
9 Aug 1946 - 22 Feb 1952  Vacant
23 Feb 1952 -  2 Mar 1961  Gabrijel Bukatko (1st time)        (b. 1913 - d. 1981)
                             (apostolic administrator to 22 Jul 1960)
 2 Mar 1961 - 
4 Apr 1961  Vacant
 4 Apr 1961 - 19 Oct 1981  Gabrijel Bukatko (2nd time)        (s.a.)
                             (apostolic administrator)
24 Feb 1963 - 22 Jan 1983  Joakim Segedi (auxiliary bishop)   (b. 1904 - d. 2004)
22 Jan 1983 - 25 May 2009  Slavomir Miklovš                   (b. 1934 - d. 2011)
25 May 2009 - 18 Mar 2019  Nikola Keki
ć                       (b. 1943)
18 Mar 2019 -              Milan Stipić                       (b. 1978)

                             (apostolic administrator to 8 Sep 2020)



Hungarian Church

1873                       Hungarian (Greek) Apostolic Vicariate created.
 8 Jun 1912                Diocese of Hajdúdorog created.
20 Mar 2015                Elevated to Archdiocese of Hajdúdorog (Archidioecesis
                            
Haidudoroghensis). 

Apostolic Vicars
1873 - 1875                Vacant
1875 - 21 Oct 1895         J
ános Danilovics                   (b. 1834 - d. 1895)
21 Oct 1895 - 15 Jun 1901  Vacant 
Jun 1901 -  6 Dec 1909     Endre Lengyel                      (b. 1844 - d. 1909)
 6 Dec 1909 -  1 Jan 1911  Vacant        
 1 Jan 1911 - 23 Feb 1914  Mihály Jaczkovics                  (b. 1858 - d. 1914)

Bishops of Hajdúdorog

 
1 Jun 1912 -  5 Oct 1913  Antal Papp                         (b. 1867 - d. 1945)
                             (apostolic administrator)

 5 Oct 1913 - 30 Oct 1937  István Miklósy                     (b. 1857 - d. 1937)
30 Oct 1937 - 14 May 1939  Vacant
14 May 1939 - 15 Jul 1972  Miklós Dudás                       (b. 1902 - d. 1972)
15 Jul 1972 -  7 Jan 1975  Vacant
 7 Jan 1975 - 30 Mar 1988  Imre Timkó                         (b. 1920 - d. 1988)
                             (apostolic administrator to 8 Feb 1975)
30 Jun 1988 - 10 Nov 2007  Szilárd Keresztes                  (b. 1932)
10 Nov 2007 -  2 May 2008  Vacant
 2 May 2008 -
20 Mar 2015  Péter Fülöp Kocsis                 (b. 1963)
Archbishop of Hajdúdorog
20 Mar 2015 -             
Péter Fülöp Kocsis                 (s.a.)



Maronite Catholic Church

c.681                      Maronite Church founded.
1182                       Formally confirms union with Rome (Patriarchatus Antiochenus
                            
Maronitarum).

Patriarchs of Antioch and All the East of the Maronites 
20 May 1670 -  3 May 1704  Stephen Douaihy                    (b. 1630 - d. 1704)
12 May 1704 - 10 Oct 1705  Gabriel Blauza                     (b. 1625 - d. 1705)
 6 Nov 1705 - 12 Feb 1733  Jacob IV Awad                      (d. 1733)
25 Feb 1733 - 13 May 1742  Joseph V Dergham El-Khazen         (d. 1742)
16 Mar 1743 - 12 Feb 1756  Syméon VII Awad                    (b. 1683 - d. 1756)
28 Feb 1756 - 29 May 1766  Toubia El-Khazen                   (d. 1766)
 9 Jun 1766 - 22 Apr 1793  Joseph VI Estephan (Stephan)       (b. 1729 - d. 1793)
                             (suspended 25 Jun 1779 - 28 Sep 1784)
10 Sep 1793 - 17 May 1795  Michel Fadel                       (d. 1795)
14 Jun 1795 - 12 Apr 1796  Philip Gemayel                     (b. 1740 - d. 1796)
                             (did tot take office)
28 Apr 1796 -  8 Jun 1809  Youssif Tyan                       (b. 1760 - d. 1820)
 8 Jun 1809 - 12 May 1823  Yuhanna El-Helou                   (b. 17.. - d. 1823)
25 May 1823 - 23 May 1845  Youssif Hobeiche (Hobaish)         (b. 1787 - d. 1845)
 8 Aug 1845 -  3 Nov 1854  Youssif El-Khazen (Joseph IX)      (b. 1791 - d. 1854)
12 Nov 1854 - 18 Apr 1890  Boulos Massaad                     (b. 1806 - d. 1890)
28 Apr 1890 - 24 Dec 1898  Yuhanna El-Haj                     (b. 1817 - d. 1898)
 6 Jan 1899 - 24 Dec 1931  Elias Hoyek (Hoayek)               (b. 1843 - d. 1931)
30 Apr 1932 - 19 May 1955  Antoun Arida                       (b. 1863 - d. 1955)
28 May 1955 - 11 Jan 1975  Boulos Méouchi                     (b. 1894 - d. 1975)
                             (from 22 Feb 1965, Boulos Cardinal Méouchi) 
 
3 Feb 1975 -  3 Apr 1986  Antoine Khoraiche                  (b. 1907 - d. 1994)
                             (from 2 Feb 1983, Antoine Cardinal Khoraiche) 
19 Apr 1986 - 26 Feb 2011  Nasrallah Sfeir                    (b. 1920 - d. 2019)
                             (from 26 Nov 1994, Nasrallah Cardinal Sfeir)
15 Mar 2011 -              Béchara Ra
ï                        (b. 1940)
                             (from 24 Nov 2012, Béchara Cardinal Raï)



Melkite Catholic Church

 1 Oct 1724                Church enters union with Rome, splitting from the Antiochian
                             Orthodox church (Patriarchatus Antiochenus Melchitarum).

Patriarchs of Antioch and of All the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem
of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church

 1 Oct 1724 - 19 Jul 1759  Cyrille VI Tanas                   (b. 1680 - d. 1759)
19 Jul 1759 -  1 Aug 1760  Athanase IV Jawhar (1st time)      (b. 1733 - d. 1794)
 1 Aug 1760 -  1 Aug 1760  Maximos II Hakim                   (b. c.1689 - d. 1760)
24 Dec 1761 - 10 Apr 1788  Théodose V Dahan                   (b. 1698 - d. 1788)
16 Feb 1765 - 1768         Athanase IV Jawhar (2nd time)      (s.a.)
                             (anti-patriarch)
 5 May 1788 -  2 Dec 1794  Athanase IV Jawhar (3rd time)      (s.a.)
11 Dec 1794 -  6 Aug 1796  Cyrille VII Siage (Siaj)           (d. 1796)
11 Sep 1796 -  2 Feb 1812  Agapios II Matar                   (b. 1742 - d. 1812)
21 Feb 1812 - 18 Nov 1812  Ignace IV Sarrouf                  (b. 1761 - d. 1812)
14 Aug 1813 - 20 Nov 1813  Athanase V Matar                   (b. 17.. - d. 1813)
10 Dec 1813 - 15 Dec 1815  Macaire IV Tawil                   (b. 17.. - d. 1815)
10 Jul 1816 - 25 Mar 1833  Ignace V Cattan                    (b. 1752 - d. 1839)
 6 Apr 1833 - 23 Aug 1855  Maximos III Mazloum                (b. 1779 - d. 1855)
 1 Apr 1856 - 24 Sep 1864  Clément Bahous                     (b. 1799 - d. 1882)
29 Sep 1864 - 13 Jul 1897  Grégoire II Youssef-Sayour         (b. 1823 - d. 1897)
24 Feb 1898 - 24 Apr 1902  Pierre IV Géraigiry                (b. 1841 - d. 1902)
28 Jun 1902 - 12 Jan 1916  Cyrille VIII Geha                  (b. 1840 - d. 1916)
12 Jan 1916 -  6 Apr 1919  Vacant
 6 Apr 1919 - 25 Oct 1925  Dimitrios I Cadi                   (b. 1861 - d. 1925)
 8 Dec 1925 -  8 Sep 1947  Cyrille IX Moghabghab              (b. 1855 - d. 1947)
30 Oct 1947 -  5 Nov 1967  Maximos IV Saïgh                   (b. 1878 - d. 1967)
                             (from 22 Feb 1965, Cardinal Maximos IV Saïgh) 
22 Nov 1967 - 22 Nov 2000  Maximos V Hakim                    (b. 1908 - d. 2001)
 
6 Jun 2000 - 29 Nov 2000  Jean Assaad Haddad                 (b. 1926 - d. 2021)
                             (apostolic administrator)
29 Nov 2000 -  6 May 2017  Grégoire III Laham                 (b. 1933)
 6 May 2017 - 21 Jun 2017  Jean-Cl
ément Jeanbart              (b. 1943)
                             (apostolic administrator)
21 Jun 2017 -              Joseph I Absi                      (b. 1946)



Romanian Greek-Catholic Church

 7 May 1700                Union with Rome (at of union signed 7 Oct 1698).
16 Nov 1853
               Metropolis (Archidioecesis Fagarasiensis et Albae Iuliensis
                             Romenorum
).
 1 Dec 1948                Church outlawed.
31 Dec 1989                Church re-legalized.

Bishops of Alba Iulia
22 Jan 1698 - 19 Aug 1713  Atanasie Anghel                    (b. c.1660 - d. 1713)
                             (A
thanasie Anghel Popa)
1715 -  3 Feb 1721         Ioan Giurgiu Patachi               (b. 1680 - d. 1727)
                             (Nemes de Pataky)
Bishops of Alba Iulia and Făgăraș (and from 6 Dec 1835,
and Metropolitans)
 
3 Feb 1721 - 29 Oct 1727  Ioan Giurgiu Patachi               (s.a.)
11 Nov 1730 -  7 May 1751  Ioan Inocențiu Micu-Klein          (b. 1692 - d. 1768)
28 Feb 1752 - 27 Jan 1764  Petru Pavel Aron                   (b. 1709 - d. 1764)
22 Apr 1765 -  2 May 1772  Atanasie Rednic                    (b. 1722 - d. 1772)
 8 May 1773 - 13 Mar 1782  Grigore Maior                      (b. 1715 - d. 1785)
15 Dec 1783 -  2 Oct 1830  Ioan Bob                           (b. 1739 - d. 1830)
23 Aug 1832 - 10 Apr 1850  Ioan Lemeni                        (b. 1780 - d. 1861)
17 Feb 1851 - 16 Nov 1854  Alexandru Sterca Șuluțiu de        (b. 1794 - d. 1867)
                             Cărpiniș
Archbishops of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia and Metropolitans

16 Nov 1854 -  7 Sep 1867  Alexandru Sterca Șuluțiu de        (s.a.)
                             Cărpiniș
21 Dec 1868 - 31 Jul 1892  Ioan Vancea                        (b. 1820 - d. 1892)
18 Mar 1895 - 21 Jan 1918  Victor Mihaly de Apșa              (b. 1841 - d. 1918)
 9 Aug 1919 - 25 Jan 1935  Vasile Suciu                       (b. 1873 - d. 1935)
29 Aug 1936 -  5 Jun 1941  Alexandru Nicolescu                (b. 1882 - d. 1941)
1941 - 1947                Valeriu Traian Frentiu             (b. 1875 - d. 1952)
                             (apostolic administrator)
1947 - 27 Jun 1953         Ioan Suciu                         (b. 1907 - d. 1953)
                             (apostolic administrator)
14 Mar 1990 - 20 Jul 1994  Alexandru Todea                    (b. 1912 - d. 2002)
                             (from 28 Jun 1991, Alexandru Cardinal Todea) 
1992 - 20 Jul 1994         Gheorghe Guțiu                     (b. 1924 - d. 2011)
                             (apostolic administrator)
20 Jul 1994 - 16 Dec 2005
 Lucian Mureșan                     (b. 1931)
Major Archbishop of Fagaras and Alba Iulia
16 Dec 2005 -              Lucian Mureșan                     (s.a.)
                             (from 18 Feb 2012, Lucian Cardinal Mureșan
)       



Ruthenian Catholic Church

24 Apr 1646                Union with Rome. 
19 Sep 1771                Mukachevo Diocese formed and removed from subordination to
                             the Archdiocese of Eger (Esztergom).
 3 Jul 1939 - 1945         Re-subordinated to the Archdiocese of Esztergom.
28 Aug 1949 - 16 Jan 1991  Church outlawed by the Soviet government.
17 Mar 1950 - 1991         Absorbed into Russian Orthodox Church (not recognized by
                             the Roman Catholic Church).

Apostolic Vicars and Auxiliary Bishops of Mukachevo (Munkács) of the Byzantines
 
5 Nov 1689 - 22 Aug 1706  Iosif Ioan de Kamelis              (b. 1641 - d. 1706)
                             (Joseph de Camillis)

 7 Apr 1707 - 1710         Jurij Havryjil Vynnyc'kyj          (b. 1660 - d. 1713)
                             (Jerzy Winnicki)
1710 - 1715               
Iános József Hodermárszky          (d. 1729)
                             (Iosif Hodermarski)
 
3 Apr 1716 - 22 Jul 1733  György Bizánczy                    (b. 1657 - d. 1733)
                             (Gennadiy Bizantsiy)
26 Aug 1733 - 24 Dec 1737  Simon István Olshavskyi (Olsavszky)(b. 1695 - d. 1737)
14 Jan 1738 - 21 Dec 1742  György Gábor Blazsovszky           (b. c.1705 - d. 1742)
12 Mar 1743 -  5 Nov 1767  Mihály Emánuel Olsavszky           (b. 1697 - d. 1767)
22 Jan 1768 - 23 Sep 1771  János Bradács (Ioann Bradach)      (b. 1732 - d. 1772)
Bishops of Mukachevo of the Byzantines

23 Sep 1771 -  4 Jul 1772  János Bradács (Ioann Bradach)      (s.a.)
 8 Mar 1773 - 19 Nov 1809  Andrey Bachinsky (Andrij Bacynskyj)(b. 1732 - d. 1809)
30 Sep 1808 - 30 Dec 1815  Mikhail Bradach (Mykhaylo Bradács) (b. 1748 - d. 1815)
                            
(auxiliary bishop, from 1812 apostolic administrator)
28 Jul 1817 - 11 Jul 1831  Alexy Póvsy (Alexis Pótsy)         (b. 1753 - d. 1831)
11 Jul 1831 -  2 Oct 1837  Vacant
 2 Oct 1837 - 19 Oct 1864  Vasiliy Popovic (Vasyl Popovics)   (b. 1796 - d. 1864)
19 Oct 1864 - 22 Feb 1867  Vacant
22 Feb 1867 - 29 Aug 1874  István Pankovic (Stefano Pankovics)(b. 1820 - d. 1874)
12 Mar 1875 - 24 Mar 1891  János Pástzélyi-Kovács             (b. 1826 - d. 1891)
17 Dec 1891 -  1 Jun 1912  Gyula Firczák (Yuliy Firtsak)      (b. 1836 - d. 1912)
29 Apr 1912 - 14 Jul 1924  Antal Papp                         (b. 1867 - d. 1945)
                             (co-adjutor to 1 Jun 1912) 
16 Jul 1924 - 26 Apr 1931  Petro Gebey (Péter Gebé)           (b. 1864 - d. 1931)
 3 May 1932 - 31 May 1943  Alexander Stojka (Oleksandr Stoyka)(b. 1890 - d. 1943)
 
1 Jan 1944 - Oct? 1944    Miklós Dudás                       (b. 1902 - d. 1972)
                             (apostolic administrator)
24
Sep 1944 - 31 Oct 1947  Teodor Romzha (Tódor Romzsa)       (b. 1911 - d. 1947)
                             (apostolic administrator)
19 Dec 1944 - 28 Aug 1953  Petro Pavlo Oros                   (b. 1917 - d. 1953)
                             (auxiliary bishop [clandestine appointment])
22 Oct 1945 -  3 Jun 1948  Nestor (= Georgy Sidoruk)          (b. 1904 - d. 1951)
                             (appointed by Moscow)
 
3 Jun 1948 - 17 Mar 1950  Makary (Macarius)                  (b. 1884 - d. 1961)
                             (= Mikhail Fyodorovich Oksiyuk)
                             (archbishop of Lviv, Ternopil and Mukachevo-Uzhgorod;
                             administrator appointed by Moscow)
1956 - 26 May 1983         Alexander (Sandor) Chira           (b. 1897 - d. 1983)
                             ([clandestine appointment]
                             exiled 10 Feb 1949 - Sep 1956 to Russian
                             SFSR, from Dec 1957 to Kazakh S.S.R.)

16 Jul 1977 - 18 Nov 1982  Konstantin Sabov (
Szabó)           (b. 1926 - d. 1982)
                             (auxiliary bishop [clandestine appointment])
26 May 1983 - 12 Nov 2002  Ivan Semedi                        (b. 1921 - d. 2008)
                             (clandestine appointment to 16 Jan 1991)           
12 Nov 2002 - 14 Jul 2020  Milan Šašik                        (b. 1952 - d. 2020)
                             (apostolic administrator to 6 Jan 2003)
20 Jul 2020 -              Yuriy "Nil" Lushchak               (b. 1973)
 
                            (apostolic administrator)



Syrian Catholic Church

1662                       Patriarchate created (Patriarchatus Antiochenus Syrorum).
 
4 Mar 1702                Patriarchate abolished.
22 Jan 1782                Patriarchate restored.

Patriarchs of Antioch and All the East of the Syriacs 
1662 - 24 Jul 1677         Ignace André Akhidjan              (b. 1622 - d. 1677)
 
2 Apr 1678 -  4 Mar 1702  Ignace Pierre VI Chaahbadine       (b. 1631 - d. 1702)
 
4 Mar 1702 - 22 Jan 1782  Patriarchate abolished
22 Jan 1782 -  4 Sep 1800  Ignace Michael III Jarweh          (b. 1730 - d. 1800)
20 Dec 1801 - Sep 1810     Ignace Michael IV Daher            (b. 1761 - d. 1822)
 2 Jan 1811 -  1 Jun 1818  Ignace Simon II Zora               (b. 1754 - d. 1838)
25 Feb 1820 - 16 Oct 1851  Ignace Pierre VII Jarweh           (b. 1777 - d. 1851)
30 Mar 1853 - 14 Mar 1864  Ignace Antoun I Samhery            (b. 1801 - d. 1864)
 6 Aug 1866 -  7 Mar 1874  Ignace Philippe I Arcous           (b. 1826 - d. 1874)
21 Dec 1874 -  8 Dec 1891  Ignace Georges V Chalhat           (b. 1818 - d. 1891)
12 Oct 1893 - 13 Sep 1897  Ignace Behnam II Behni             (b. 1831 - d. 1897)
 9 Oct 1898 -  7 May 1929  Ignace Ephrem II Rahmani           (b. 1848 - d. 1929)
24 Jun 1929 - 29 Jan 1968  Ignace Gabriel I Tappouni          (b. 1879 - d. 1968)
                             (from 16 Dec 1935, Cardinal Ignatius Gabriel Tappouni) 
10 Mar 1968 - 23 Jul 1998  Ignace Antoun II Hayek             (b. 1910 - d. 2007)
13 Oct 1998 -  8 Jan 2001  Ignace Moussa I Daoud              (b. 1930 - d. 2012)
16 Feb 2001 -  2 Feb 2008  Ignace Pierre VIII Abdel-Ahad      (b. 1930 - d. 2018)
 2 Feb 2008 - 21 Jan 2009  Apostolic administrators
                           - Théophile Georges Kassab of
      (b. 1945 - d. 2013)
                               Homs, Hama, and Nabk    
                           - Athanase Matti Shaba Matoka of
   (b. 1930)
                               Baghdad                    
                           - Grégoire Elias Tabé of Damascus  (b. 1941)
21 Jan 2009 -              Ignace Joseph III Younan           (b. 1944)



Syro-Malabar Catholic Church

26 Jun 1599                St. Thomas Christians are included in the Catholic church.
28 Jul 1896                Vicariate Apostolic of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar).
21 Dec 1923                Archdiocese of Ernakulam (Syro-Malabar).
16 Dec 1992                Rank of Major Archbishop (head of the church) created,
                             renamed Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar)
                             (Archidioecesis Ernakulamensis-Angamaliensis).

Metropolitans and the Gate of All India, Major Archbishops of Ernakulam-Angamaly
of the Syro
-Malabar Catholic Church
16 Dec 1992 - 11 Nov 1996  Antony Cardinal Padiyara           (b. 1921 - d. 2000)
                             (archbishop from 23 Apr 1985)
11 Nov 1996 -  1 Apr 2011  Varkey Vithayathil                 (b. 1927 - d. 2011)
                             (apostolic administrator to 23 Dec 1999)
                             (from 21 Feb 2001, Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil)
 1 Apr 2011 - 26 May 2011  Mar Bosco Puthur                   (b. 1946)
                             (apostolic administrator)
26 May 2011 -  7 Dec 2023  George Alencherry                  (b. 1945)
                             (from 18 Feb 2012, George Cardinal Alencherry)
 7 Dec 2023 -  9 Jan 2024  Mar Sebastian Vaniyapurackal       (b. 1967)
                             (apostolic administrator)
 9 Jan 2024 -              Raphael Thattil                    (b. 1956)



Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

11 Jun 1932                Archeparchy of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara) erected
                             (Trivandrensis Syrorum Malankarensium).

Archbishops of Trivandrum
11 Jun 1932 - 15 Jul 1953  Mar Ivanios                        (b. 1882 - d. 1953)
27 Jan 1955 - 10 Oct 1994  Benedict Mar Gregorios             (b. 1916 - d. 1994)
29 Nov 1995 - 10 Jan 2005  Cyril Mar Baselios                 (b. 1935 - d. 2007)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Trivandrum, Major Archbishops Catholicos
of the Syro-Malankara Church

10 Jan 2005 - 18 Jan 2007  Cyril Mar Baselios                 (s.a.)
18 Jan 2007 - 10 Feb 2007  Geevarghese Mar Divannasios        (b. 1950 - d. 2018)
                             (administrator)
10 Feb 2007 -              Baselios Mar Cleemis
               (b. 1959)
                             (from 24 Nov 2012, Baselios Cardinal Cleemis)



Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

 3 Jan 1596                Union with Rome; church headed by Metropolitan of Galicia
                             and Kiev.
26 Sep 1808                Metropolis of Lemberg (Lviv) established in Austria-Hungary.
23 Feb 1838                Metropolis of Kiev abolished and absorbed into Russian Orthodox
                             Chruch; Lviv becomes a Metropolis of
Galicia and Lviv.
Mar 1946                   Church outlawed and in 1949 absorbed by Russian Orthodox Church.
Mar 1975                   Major Archbishop proclaims himself a Patriarch, not approved
                             by Rome.
 1 Dec 1989                Church re-legalized.
21 Aug 2005                Metropolis moved to Kiev.
 1 Sep 2023                Ukrainian Catholic Church discontinues using the Julian calendar
                             in-favor of the Revised Julian calendar.

Metropolitans of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus'
15 Feb 1693 - 24 Aug 1708  Lev Slyubych-Zalens'kyy             (b. 1648 - d. 1708)
                             (Lew Ślubičz Załęnski)
                             (administrator to 22 Sep 1695)
24 Aug 1708
- 22 Sep 1713  Yuriy Vynnyts'kyy (Jerzy Winnicki)  (b. 1660 - d. 1713)
                             (
administrator to 7 May 1710)
24 Oct 1713 - 19 Nov 1728  Lev Kyška (Luka Kiszka)             (b. 1663 - d. 1728)
                             (
administrator to 17 Sep 1714)
17 Aug 1729 - 12 Dec 1746  Atanasiy Sheptyts'kyy               (b. 1686 - d. 1746)
                             (Atanasij Šeptycki)
1747                       T
eodosiy Lyubenets'kyy-Rudnyts'kyy  (b. c.1698 - d. 1751)
                             (Theodor Liubenetsky-Rudnitsky)
                             (not confirmed by the Pope)
Dec 1746 - 18 Jul 1762     Floriyan Grabnyts'kyy               (b. 1683 - d. 1762)
                             (Florian Hrebnicki)
                             (administrator to 16 Dec 1748)
18 Jul 1762 -  1 Feb 1778  Felitsiyan Pylyp Volodkovych        (b. 1698 - d. 1778)
                            
(Felicjan Filip Wołodkowicz)
                             (
coadjutor Archbishop 12 Jan 1756 - 18 Jul 1762)
 1 Feb 1778 - 24 May 1779  Lev
Lyudvig Sheptyts'kyy            (b. 1717 - d. 1779)
                             (Lev Czeptytski)
                             (coadjutor Archbishop 20 Dec 1762 - 1 Feb 1778)
1779 - 27 Sep 1788         Yason Smogozhevs'kyy                (b. 1715 - d. 1788)
                            
(Jason Junosza Smogorževsky)
                             (administrator to 25 Jun 1781)
 1 Nov 1788 - 25 Jan 1805  T
eodosiy Rostots'kyy                (b. 1725 - d. 1805)
                            
(Tadeusz Teodozy Rostocki)
1805 - 30 Aug 1809         Irakliy Lisovs'kyy                  (b. 1734 - d. 1809)
                            
(Herakliusz Lissowski)
                             (administrator to 24 Jul 1806)
Metropolitans of Kiev
 3 Oct 1809 -  9 Aug 1814  Grygoriy Kokhanovych                (b. bf.1750 - d. 1814)
                            
(Grzegorz Kochanowicz)
 9 Aug 1814 - 27 Jan 1817  Vacant
27 Jan 1817 - 23 Feb 1838  Yosafat Bulgak (Jozafat Bułhak)     (b. 1758 - d. 1838)
                            
(administrator to 22 Sep 1818)
Metropolitans of Galicia and Archbishops of Lemberg

26 Sep 1808 -  9 Aug 1814  Antin Angelovich                    (b. 1756 - d. 1814)
                             (Antoni Angełłowicz
 8 Mar 1816 - 14 Jan 1858  Mykhaylo Levyts'kyy (Michał Lewicki)(b. 1774 - d. 1858)
                             (from 16 Jun 1856, Mikhail Cardinal Levyts'kyy;
                             from 1848, also Primate of Galicia and Lodomeria)
14 Jan 1858 - 23 Mar 1860  Vacant
23 Mar 1860 - 29 Apr 1863  Grygoriy Yakhymovych                (b. 1792 - d. 1863)
                             (Grzegorz Jachimowicz)
30 Jun 1863
-  4 Jun 1869  Spyrydon Lytvynovych                (b. 1810 - d. 1869)
                             (Spirydion Litwinowicz)
                             (administrator to 28 Sep 1863)
27 Jun 1870 - 11 Nov 1882  Yosif Sembratowicz (Sembratovych)   (b. 1821 - d. 1900)
                             (Josyf Sembratowycz)  
Nov 1882 -  4 Aug 1898     Sylvester Sembratowicz (Sembratovych(b. 1836 - d. 1898)
                             (from 29 Nov 1895, Sylvester Cardinal Sembratowicz)
  
                           (administrator to 27 May 1885) 
19 Jun 1899 -  4 May 1900  Yulian Kuyilovs'kyy                 (b. 1826 - d. 1900)
                             (Julian Sas-Kuilovsky)
17 Dec 1900 -  1 Nov 1944  Andrey Sheptyts'kyy                 (b. 1865 - d. 1944)
                             (Andrzej Szeptycki)
Metropolitans of Galicia and Archbishops (from 22 Dec 1963, Major Archbishops) of Lviv
 1 Nov 1944 - Mar 1975
    Yosyf Slipyy-Kobernyts'kyy-         (b. 1892 - d. 1984)
                             Dychkovs'kyy (Josyf Slipyi)
                            (Soviet prisoner 11 Apr 1945 - 23 Jan 1963;
                             from 9 Feb 1963
in Rome exile)
                            (from 25 Jan 1965, Josyf Cardinal Slipyy) 
1972 - 30 Mar 1991         Volodymyr Sternyuk (Sterniuk)       (b. 1907 - d. 1997)
                             (Locum Tenens in Ukraine) 
Patriarchs of Lviv, Major Archbishops of Lviv

Mar 1975 7 Sep 1984     Yosyf Cardinal Slipyy-Kobernyts'kyy-(s.a.) 
                             Dychkovs'kyy (in Rome exile) 
 7 Sep 1984 - 14 Dec 2000  Myroslav Ivan Lyubachivs'kyy        (b. 1914 - d. 2000)
                             (from 25 May 1985, Myroslav Ivan Cardinal Lyubachivs'kyy) 
                             (in Rome exile to 30 Mar 1991)
14 Dec 2000 -  6 Dec 2004  Lyubomyr Husar                      (b. 1933 - d. 2017)
                             (from 21 Feb 2001, Lyubomyr Cardinal Husar)
                             (Locum Tenens to 25 Jan 2001)
Patriarchs of Kiev, Major Archbishops of Kiev and Galicia (Kyyv-Halych)
 
6 Dec 2004 - 10 Feb 2011  Lyubomyr Cardinal Husar             (s.a.)
10 Feb 2011 - 27 Mar 2011  Ihor Voznyak (Locum Tenens)         (b. 1952)
27 Mar 2011 -              Svyatoslav Shevchuk                 (b. 1970)


Italo-Albanian Catholic Church (Italo-Greek Catholic Church)

13 Feb 1919                Eparchy of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi in Calabria erected for
                             Byzantine-Rite Albanians, directly subject to the Holy See
                             (Eparchia Lungrensis).
26 Sep 1937                Exarchic Monastery of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata in Lazio given
                             the status of a territorial abbey (Territorial Abbey of Santa
                             Maria di Grottaferrata [Italo-Albanese]),
directly subject to
                             Holy See (Abbatia Territorialis B. Mariae Cryptaeferratae).
26 Oct 1937               
Eparchy of Piana del Greci (renamed 25 Oct 1941, Piana degli
                             Albanesi)
in Sicily erected for Byzantine-Rite Albanians
                             (directly subject to the Holy See)(Eparchia Planensis Albanensium).

Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi

Bishops of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi

 8 Jun 1919 - 10 Feb 1979  Giovanni Mele                      (b. 1885 - d. 1979)
20 Feb 1979 -  7 Jun 1987  Giovanni Stamati                   (b. 1912 - d. 1987) 
                             (apostolic administrator from 25 Mar 1967)
30 Nov 1987 - 10 Aug 2010  Ercole Lupinacci                   (b. 1933 - d. 2016)
10 Aug 2010 -  1 Jul 2012 
Salvatore Nunnari                  (b. 1939)
                             (apostolic administrator)
 1 Jul 2012 -              Donato Oliverio                    (b. 1956)

Piana degli Albanesi‏

Bishops of (
Piana del Greci to 25 Oct 1941) Piana degli Albanesi
26 Oct 1937 -  5 Jun 1981  Giuseppe Perniciaro                (b. 1907 - d. 1981)
                             (auxiliary bishop to 12 Jul 1967)
 5 Jun 1981 - 30 Nov 1987  Ercole Lupinacci                   (s.a.)
15 Oct 1988 -  8 Apr 2013  Sotìr Ferrara                      (b. 1937 - d. 2017)
 8 Apr 2013 - 28 Jun 2015  Paolo Cardinal Romeo               (b. 1938)
                             (apostolic administrator)
28 Jun 2015 - 19 Jun 2023  Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro           (b.)
 
                            (apostolic administrator from 25 Feb 2020)
19 Jun 2023 -              Francesco Cardinal Montenegro      (b. 1946)
                             (apostolic administrator)

Santa Maria di Grottaferrata Monastery

Abbots of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata
18 Dec 1937 - Jul 1960     Isidoro Croce                      (b. 1892 - d. 1966)
23 Jul 1960 - 18 Jan 1972  Teodoro Minisci                    (b. 1907 - d. 1990)
 
4 Aug 1972 - 1994         Paolo Giannini                     (b. 1920 - d. 2006)
10 Aug 1994 - 31 Jan 2000  Marco Petta                        (b. 1921 - d. 2007)
31 Jan 2000 -  4 Nov 2013  Emiliano Fabbricatore              (b. 1938 - d. 2019)
 4 Nov 2013 -              Marcello Semeraro                  (b. 1947)
                             (from 28 Nov 2020, Marcello Cardinal Semeraro)
                             (apostolic administrator) 



Old and Other Schismatic Catholic Churches

Church of Utrecht

Archbishops of Utrecht
27 Apr 1723 -  3 Apr 1725  Cornelius Steenoven                (b. 1661 - d. 1725)
15 May 1725 - 13 May 1733  Cornelius Johannes Barchman        (b. 1692 - d. 1733)
                             Wuytiers
22 Jul 1733 -  9 Jun 1739  Theodorus van der Croon            (b. 1668 - d. 1739)
 2 Jul 1739 - 31 Oct 1767  Petrus Johannes Meindaerts         (b. 1684 - d. 1767)
19 Nov 1767 - 14 Apr 1797  Gualterus Michael van              (b. 1722 - d. 1797)
                             Nieuwhuyzen      
10 May 1797 - 24 Jun 1808  Johannes Jacobus van Rhijn         (b. 1742 - d. 1808)
24 Jun 1808 - 10 Feb 1814  Vacant
10 Feb 1814 - 28 Feb 1825  Willibrord van Os                  (b. 1744 - d. 1825)
14 Jul 1825 -  3 Jul 1858  Johannes van Santen                (b. 1772 - d. 1858)
 7 Jul 1858 -  4 Jul 1873  Henricus Loos                      (b. 1813 - d. 1873)
16 Dec 1874 -  8 Jan 1892  Johannes Heykamp                   (b. 1824 - d. 1892)
23 Feb 1892 -  9 Feb 1920  Gerardus Gul                       (b. 1847 - d. 1920)
 8 Mar 1920 - 10 Feb 1937  Franciscus Kenninck                (b. 1859 - d. 1937)
 6 Apr 1937 -  8 Nov 1970  Andreas Rinkel                     (b. 1889 - d. 1979)
 8 Nov 1970 - 29 Dec 1981  Marinus Kok                        (b. 1916 - d. 1999)
 6 Feb 1982 - 12 Feb 2000  Antonius Jan Glazemaker            (b. 1931 - d. 2018)
11 Mar 2000 - 11 Jan 2020  Joris August Odilius Ludovicus     (b. 1952)
                             Vercammen
15 Feb 2020 -              Barend "Bernd" Theodoor Wallet     (b. 1971)        


Old Catholic Church of Great Britain

22 Apr 1908                Old Catholic Church of Great Britain (ORCCGB)(created as a dioceses
                             of the Church of Utrecht), also known as the Ancient Catholic
                             Church, and as the English Catholic Church from 1911.
1910                       Declaration of autonomy and independence from the Church of Utrecht.
1915                       Archbishop Matthews attempted to close this church and reconcile
                             with Rome.
1916 - 1917                Uniate Western Catholic Church founded by Archbishop Matthews as the
                             church of revived order of corporate union.
1917                       Old Catholic Church of Great Britain (ORCCGB) (restored).
1950 - 1965                Old Roman Catholic Church (English Rite), split from ORCCGB (under
                             Alfred Burns from May 1963. In 1965, Barrington-Evans re-unites
                             with the ORCCGB).
1952                       Archbishop Williams ordered that the church should not continue after
                             his death and that his priests should submit to Rome. However,
                             after his death the church elected a bishop from the American
                             Old Catholic Church (Gerard George Shelley) as its head.
1967 - 1968                Another split briefly creates the Old Catholic Rite (Great Britain
                             and Ireland).
1971 - 1993                Western Orthodox Church is created by a notorious split, which on 
                             1 May 1973 named the Old Catholic Community (it effectively
                             ceases to operate 1977-1990).

Archbishop Primates
22 Apr 1908 - 19 Dec 1919  Arnold Harris Matthews             (b. 1852 - d. 1919)
19 Dec 1919 - 16 Feb 1920  Bernard Mary Williams (1st time)   (b. 1889 - d. 1952)
16 Feb 1920 -  1 Oct 1920  Francis Herbert Bacon
 
1 Oct 1920 - 19 Jun 1952  Bernard Mary Williams (2nd time)   (s.a.)
19 Jun 1952 - 1954         Geoffrey Peter Paget King          (b. 1917 - d. 1991)
                             (administrator)
1954 - 18 Apr 1965         Gerard George Shelley              (b. 1891 - d. 1980)
18 Apr 1965 - Jan 1971     Wilfrid Andrew Barrington-Evans    (b. 1903 - d. 1971)
Jan 1971 - May 1982        Geoffrey Peter Paget King          (s.a.)
                             (co-adjutor 5 Jun 1960 - 21 Jun 1963)
May 1982 - 1992            James Charles Headley-Thatcher     (b. 1921 - d. 1996)
 2 Jul 1988 - 1993         Dennis Matthew Peter St. Pierre    (b. 1932 - d. 1993)
                             (co-adjutor)
1993 - 1998                Douglas Titus Lewins (1st time)    (b. 1953)
1998 - 2006                James Phillips (administrator)
2006 - 2021                Douglas Titus Lewins (2nd time)    (s.a.)

2021 -                     William Gabriel Myers
- Old Roman Catholic Church (English Rite) -
1950 - 1965                Wilfrid Andrew Barrington-Evans    (s.a.)
- Old Catholic Rite (Great Britain and Ireland) -
1967 - 1968                John Claridge Lockhart
- Western Orthodox Church (from 1 May 1973 Old Catholic Community) -
1971 - 1992                Roger Charles Augustine Gleaves    (b. 1933)
1992 - 1993                John Christopher Simmons
- Old Roman Catholic Church of Great Britain, Ancient Diocese of Caer-Glow
-
1952 - 24 Aug 1980         Gerard George Shelley              (b. 1891 - d. 1980)
1980 - 1982                Michael J. Farrell
1982 - 1983                Emile Rodriguez y Fairfield        (b. 1912 - d. 2005)
23 Apr 1984 -              John Joseph Humphreys



Old Catholic Church of the Mariavites

Minister-General
10 Oct 1909 - 29 Jan 1935  Jan Maria Michał Kowalski         (b. 1871 - d. 1942)
Bishop-Primates
29 Jan 1935 - 1945         Klemens Maria Filip Feldman       (b. 1885 - d. 1971)
1945 - 1953                Roman Maria Jakub Próchniewski    (b. 1872 - d. 1954)
1953 - 1955                Wacław Maria Bartłomiej           (b. 1878 - d. 1961)
                             Przysiecki
1955 - 1965                Jan Maria Mich Sitek            (b. 1906 - d. 1970)
1965 - 1972                Wacław Maria Innocenty            (b. 1913 - d. 1985)
                             Gołębiowski
 6 Sep 1972 -  8 Aug 1997  Stanisław Maria Tymoteusz         (b. 1931 - d. 1997)
                             Kowalski
1997 - 10 Jul 2007         Zdzisław Maria Włodzimierz        (b. 1937)
                             Jaworski
10 Jul 2007 - 29 Sep 2015  Michał Remigiusz Maria Ludwik     (b. 1950)
                             Jabłoński (1st time)
29 Sep 2015 - 11 Feb 2023  Marek Maria Karol Babi            (b. 1975)
11 Feb 2023 -  7 Oct 2023  Michał Remigiusz Maria Ludwik     (s.a.)
                             Jabłoński (2nd time)(interim)
 7 Oct 2023 -              Jarosław Maria Jan Opala          (b. 1967)



Polish Catholic Church of the Mariavites-Felicjanów Group

29 Jan 1935                Catholic Church of the Mariavites-Felicjanów Group, split
                             from the Old Catholic Church of the Mariavites.

Archbishop
29 Jan 1935 - 18 May 1942  Jan Maria Mich Kowalski          (b. 1871 - d. 1942)
Archpriestess
1942 - 28 Nov 1946         Antonina Maria Izabela Wiłucka-    (b. 1890 - d. 1946)
                             Kowalska (f)
Archbishop

28 May 1950 - 17 Mar 2005  Józef Maria Rafael Wojciechowski
  (b. 1917 - d. 2005)
Bishopess
21 May 2005 -             
Maria Beatrycze Damiana            (b. 1935)
                             Szulgowicz (f)



Polish National Catholic Church of America

[Polish National Catholic
                      Church flag (used abroad)]

1897                       Polish National Catholic Church, split from Roman Catholic Church.

Prime Bishops
Sep 1904 - 16 Feb 1953     Franciszek Hodur                   (b. 1866 - d. 1953)
                             (administrator to 29 Sep 1907)
1953 - 17 Jul 1969         Leon Grochowski                    (b. 1886 - d. 1969)
1969 - 1978                Thaddeus F. Zielinski              (b. 1904 - d. 1990)
1978 - 1985                Francis Rowinski                   (b. 1918 - d. 1990)
1985 -  8 Oct 2002         John F. Swantek                    (b. 1933 - d. 2022)
 8 Oct 2002 -  5 Oct 2010
  Robert M. Nemkovich                (b. 1942)
 5 Oct 2010 -              Anthony Mikovsky                   (b. 1966)



North American Old Roman Catholic Church

Oct 1916                   Old Roman Catholic Church founded.
1919                       Renamed North American Old Roman Catholic Church (NAORCC).
Jan 1958                   Following the death of Archbishop Carfora, several
                             independent, but cooperating jurisdictions are established.

Archbishops and Primates
 4 Oct 1916 - 22 Dec 1919  Rudolph Francois Ghislain de       (b. 1873 - d. 1920)
                             Lorraine de Landas Berghes
                           (= Rudolph Francis Edward Hamilton
                             de Lorraine-Brabant, prince de
                             Landas Berghes)
22 Dec 1919 - 18 Jan 1958  Carmel Henry Carfora               (b. 1878 - d. 1958)
1958                       Cyrus Augustine Starkey (1st time) (b. 1873 - d. 1965)
 8 Jun 1958 - 1962         Richard Arthur Marchenna           (b. 1904 - d. 1982)
                             (continues in dissidence to 2 Sep 1982)
1962 - 18 Dec 1965         Cyrus Augustine Starkey (2nd time) (s.a.)
1965 - 29 May 1988         John Emil Schweikert               (b. 1924 - d. 1988)
1988 - 27 Jan 2016         Theodore Joseph Rematt             (b. 1945 - d. 2016)
27 Jan 2016 - 14 Oct 2018  Vacant
14 Oct 2018 -              Nioclás Kelly


North American Old Roman Catholic Church, Archdiocese of California

1940                       North American Old Roman Catholic Church, Archdiocese
                             of California incorporated (also called the North American Old
                             Roman Catholic Church – Utrecht Succession, Archdiocese of
                             California).

Presiding Archbishops, Archdiocese of California
 
7 Jan 1940 - 1985         Edgar Ramon Verostek               (b. 1909 - d. 1994)
10 Aug 1985 -  7 Jan 2022  Joseph Andrew Vellone              (b. 1935 - d. 2022)
 7 Jan 2022 -              Ivan Alberto Castaňeda             (b. 1954)

North American Old Roman Catholic Church, Archdiocese of New York

1946                       North American Old Roman Catholic Church,
                             Archdiocese of New York established.

Archbishops, Archdiocese of New York
1946 - 30 Apr 1972         Hubert Augustus Rogers             (b. 1887 - d. 1976)
20 May 1972 -  1 Sep 1990  James Hubert Rogers                (b. 1920 - d. 1991)
 1 Sep 1990 - 1991         Herve Lionel Quessy                (b. 1932 - d. 2008)
Archbishops, Metropolitan-Primates
 1 Sep 1991 - 10 Mar 2002  Edward James Ford (1st time)       (b. 1952)
10 Mar 2002 - 16 Jun 2007  Edmund F. Leeman, Jr.              (b. 1939 - d. 2011)
16 Jun 2007 -
             Edward James Ford (2nd time)       (s.a.)


Old Catholic Church of Canada

30 Jul 1948                Old Catholic Diocese of Hamilton (formerly named the Independent
                             Anglican Church of Canada) incorporated.
22 Jul 1950                Joins the North American Old Roman Catholic Church (NAORCC).
 5 Jul 1960                Old Catholic Church of Canada (OCCA)(Diocese of Hamilton and other
                             Canadian dioceses incorporated
as an independent body).
2010                       Renamed Community Catholic Church of Canada (CCCC).

Bishops, Diocese of Hamilton
30 Jul 1948 -  1 Oct 1949  Walter Peter Crossman              (b. 1896 - d. 1973)
 
1 Oct 1949 - May 1953     George Frank Davis                 (b. 1899 - d. 1968)
30 May 1953 - 3/5 Sep 1960 Patrick Mahoney                    (b. 1891? - d. 1964)
Presiding Bishops of the Old Catholic Church of Canada
3/5 Sep 1960 -  5 Mar 1962 Richard Arthur Marchenna           (s.a.)
 5 Mar 1962 -  9 Oct 1988  Robert Ritchie                     (b. 1907 - d. 1999)
 9 Oct 1988 - Jun 2001     David Charles Thomson              (b. 1937)
Jun 2001 - 10 Jul 2005     Arthur Cuthbert Keating            (b. 1926)
10 Jul 2005 - 2010         Patricia "Pat" Josephine Davies (f)
Archbishop, Presiding Bishop of the Community Catholic Church of Canada
Dec 2010 -                 Deborah "Deb" Vaughan (f)



Old Catholic Church of America

May 1925                   Archdiocese of the Old Catholic Church in America, separated
                             from the North American Old Roman Catholic Church.
1941                       Old Roman Catholic Church of America

Archbishop Metropolitans
 
7 Nov 1925 - 1942         Paul Francis Cope                  (b. 1878 - d. 1969)
1942 - 1975                Francis Xavier Resch               (b. 1878 - d. 1976)
1975 -  1 Nov 1997         Walter Xavier Brown                (b. 1931 - d. 1998)
20 Dec 1997 -  8 Mar 2009  James Edward Bostwick              (b. 1949 - d. 2009)
17 Jun 2009 -              Sherman Randall Pius Mosley        (b. 1956)
                             (co-adjutor to 8 Mar 2009)
- of Old Roman Catholic Union, in dissidence -
Presiding Bishops
Dec 2009 - 29 May 2014     Henry Pleau                        (b. 1940)
15 Oct 2013 -  9 Nov 2017  Charles Walders
                             (co-adjutor to 29 May 2014)
 9 Nov 2017 -              David Persyn    



Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church

25 Jul 1945                Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church (Igreja Católica
                             Apostólica Brasileira
)(ICAB) founded (extract of the
                             Statutes published in the Diário Oficial da União).

Patriarchs
25 Jul 1945 - 26 Mar 1961  Carlos Duarte Costa, bispo de Rio  (b. 1888 - d. 1961)
                             de Janeiro
1961                       José Ayres da Cruz, bispo          (d. 1988)
                             Auxiliar do Rio de Janeiro

1961 - Dec 1982            Antídio José Vargas, bispo de Lajes(d. 1982)
                             (general supervisor)
1982 - 1988                Pedro dos Santos Silva, bispo 
                             Diocesano de Barra de São João
                             (president of Episcopal Council)
1988 - 29 Oct 2009         Luís Fernando Castillo Méndez,     (b. 1922 - d. 2009)
                             bispo de Brasília
2009? -  9 Aug 2017        Olinto Ferreira Pinto Filho,       (b. 1918 - d. 2017)
                             bispo de Rio de Janeiro
2009 - 21 Jul 2023         Josivaldo Pereira de Oliveira,     (b. 1948)
                             bispo coadjutor de Rio de Janeiro
                             (presiding bishop)
21 Jul 2023 -              José Carlos Ferreira Lucas,        (b. 1981?)
                             bispo coadjutor de Brasília
                             (president of Episcopal Council)



Old Roman Catholic Church in North America

May 1963                   Old Roman Catholic Church (English Rite), separated from
                             North American Old Roman Catholic Church (NAORCC).
1975                       Old Roman Catholic Church in North America - Ultrajectine Tradition.
14 Jun 2019                Defunct, but the Society of Mercy claims its continuation.

Archbishops
May 1963 - 20 Apr 1974     Robert Alfred Burns                (d. 1974)
 
6 Oct 1973 -  5 Jan 1975  Andrew Gordon Johnston-Cantrell
                             (coadjutor to 20 Apr 1974)
30 Nov 1974 - 14 Jun 2019  Francis Peter Facione              (b. 1940 - d. 2019)



Mexican Catholic Apostolic Church

 4 Dec 1860                Mexican Catholic Apostolic Church (Iglesia Católica Apostólica
                             Mexicana) founded in Tamaulipas and led by priest Ramón Lozano.
                             It is promoted by the government of Benito Juárez (15 Jun 1861),
                             but it fails to attract any Catholic Church leadership and
                             dissolves after 1867.
18 Feb 1925                Mexican Catholic Apostolic Church (
Iglesia Católica Apostólica
                             Mexicana)(ICAM)(also called also the Iglesia Católica Ortodoxa
                             Apostólica Mexicana).
17 Oct 1926                Los Angeles, California dioceses of ICAM
founded by the North
                             American Old Roman Catholic Church.
1932                       The church faces several internal crises followed by consequent
                             splits and mergers.
22 May 1983                Old Catholic Church of Mexico merges with the Mexican Catholic

                             Apostolic Church.
31 May 1993                Mexican Catholic Apostolic Church is registered in the Mexican
                             Federal Registry of Religious Associations.

Archbishops and Patriarchs
17 Oct 1926 -  9 Oct 1931  José Joaquín Pérez y Budar         (b. 1851 - d. 1931)
1926 - 1929                Antonio Benicio López y Sierra     (d. 193.)
                             (co-adjutor)
1931 - Sep 1932            José Macario López y Valdés
                            
(administrator to Aug 1932)
25 May 1932 - May 1933     José Eduardo Dávila de la Garza    (b. 1908/09 - d. 1985)
                             y Pardo
Oct 1932 - 18 Dec 1937     Juan Crisóstom I                   (b. 1861 - d. 1937)
                             (= Antonio Benigno López y Sierra)
                             (of Mexican Catholic Apostolic Church)
29 Jun 1933 - 1958         José Pedro Ortíz -Primate          (d. 1958)
                             (of Mexican Old Roman Catholic Church)
 6 Jul 1934 - 193.         José Vicente Liñán
                             (of Mexican Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Church)
Patriarch Primates
(Primas)

1958 -  5 Aug 1988         Armin von Monte de Honor           (b. 1900 - d. 1988)
1991 - 13 Dec 2021         Jos
é Camargo Melo                  (b. 1942 - d. 2021)

Bishops of Los Angeles
1926 - 1928                Roberto T. Gonz
ález                (d. 1928)
1928 - 1955                Alberto Lu
ís Rodríguez y Durand    (b. 1901 - d. 1955)
1955 - 1983                Emile Federico Rodríguez y         (b. 1912 - d. 2005)
                             Fairfield


Mexican Orthodox Catholic Apostolic National Church

Pope and Supreme Pontiff of Mexico and the Americas
12 Dec 1933 - 1952         Eduardo I                          (s.a.)
                             (
= José Eduardo Dávila de la Garza y Pardo)
Archbishop and Primate
1952 - 21 Sep 1985         José Eduardo Dávila de la Garza    (s.a.)
                             y Pardo

Mexican Catholic Apostolic Church (2)

1972                       Split of the ICAM creates another Mexican Catholic Apostolic
                             Church.

Archbishop-Primates
1972 - 28 Jan 1983         José Enrique Cortés y Olmos        (b. 1923 - d. 1983)
13 Sep 1983 -  2 Jan 2005  Emile Federico Rodríguez y         (b. 1912 - d. 2005)
                             Fairfield


Tridentine Latin Rite Catholic Church

1971                       Tridentine Latin Rite Catholic Church incorporated.

Bishop
 1 Nov 1971 -  5 Nov 2006  Francis Konrad Schuckardt          (b. 1937 - d. 2006)

Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen

1967                       Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen (CMRI) as a religious
                             congregation of brothers and sisters.
1971                       Split from the Roman Catholic Church.
14 Jun 1984                Re-incorporated as Latin Rite Catholic Church.
30 Jun 1984                Bishop Schuckardt reportedly excommunicates Superoir General
                             Chicoine.

Superior Generals
1967 - 14 Jun 1984         Francis Konrad Schuckardt          (s.a.)
14 Jun 1984 - 1989         Denis P. Chicoine                  (b. 1937 - d. 1995)
Aug 1989 - 1991            Mark Anthony Pivarunas (1st time)  (b. 1958)
1991 - 1995                Casimir M. Puskorius
1995 -                     Mark Anthony Pivarunas (2nd time)  (s.a.)



Palmarian Christian Church

 6 Aug 1978                Christian Palmarian Church of the Carmelites of the Holy Face
                             (Iglesia Cristiana Palmariana de los Carmelitas de la Santa
                             Faz) in Spain, splits from the Roman Catholic Church.

Popes
15 Aug 1978 - 22 Mar 2005  Gregory XVII                       (b. 1946 - d. 2005)
                             (= Clemente Domínguez y Gómez)
22 Mar 2005 - 15 Jul 2011  Peter II                           (b. 1934 - d. 2011)
                             (= Manuel Alonso Corral)
23 Jul 2011 - 22 Apr 2016  Gregory XVIII                      (b. 1959)
                             (= Sergio María Ginés Jesús Hernández y Martínez)
23 Apr 2016 -              Peter III                          (b. 1966)
                             (= Joseph Odermatt
)


American Catholic Church in the United States

 3 Jun 1999                American Catholic Church in the United States (ACCUS), an
                             independent Catholic church founded in Frederick, Maryland.

Presiding Archbishops
 3 Jun 1999 - 26 Apr 2012  Lawrence J. Harms                  (b. 1946 - d. 2012)

26 Apr 2012 -              William A. Johnson



Philippine Independent Church

 3 Aug 1902                Philippine Independent Church (Iglesia Filipina
                             Independiente
)(IFI)
(Aglipayan Church) founded.

Supreme Bishops (Obispo Maximo)
 
6 Sep 1902 -  1 Sep 1940  Gregorio Aglipay Cruz y Labayán    (b. 1860 - d. 1940)
14 Oct 1940 - 21 Jan 1946  Santiago Fonacier y Suguítan       (b. 1885 - d. 1977)
22 Jan 1946 -  1 Sep 1946  Gerardo Bayaca y Medina            (b. 1893 - d. 1975)
 1 Sep 1946 - 10 Oct 1971  Isabelo Valentin de los Reyes      (b. 1900 - d. 1971)
                             y López
 
3 Nov 1971 - 10 May 1981  Macario Ga y Vilches               (b. 1913 - d. 2002)
10 May 1981 - 10 May 1987  Abdias de la Cruz y Rebantád       (b. 1931 - d. 2019)
10 May 1987 - 26 May 1989  Solimán Ganno y Florés             (b. 1931 - d. 1989)
22 Jun 1989 - 10 May 1993  Tito Pasco y Esquíllo              (b. 1930 - d. 2008)
10 May 1993 - 10 May 1999  Alberto Ramento y Baldovino        (b. 1936 - d. 2006)
10 May 1999 - 10 May 2005  Tomás Millamena y Amabran          (b. 1947 - d. 2014)
10 May 2005 - 10 May 2011  Godofredo David y Juico            (b. 1956)
10 May 2011 - 25 Jun 2017  Ephraim Fajutagana y Servañez
     (b. 1951)
25 Jun 2017 - 29 Jun 2023  Rhee Millena Timbang               (b. 1959)
29 Jun 2023 -              Joel Ocop Porlares                 (b. 1961)



Roman Catholic Religious Orders

Order of Malta, Knights of St. John Hospitaller: see under Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Society of Jesus (Jesuits)

27 Sep 1540                Society of Jesus (Societas Iesu) founded.
16 Aug 1773 -  7 Aug 1814  Suppressed by Papal decree (except in Russia; status
                             in Russia approved by Papal decree 7 Mar 1801).

Superior Generals
19 Apr 1541 - 31 Jul 1556  Ignacio de Loyola                  (b. 1491 - d. 1556)
 2 Jul 1558 - 19 Jan 1565  Diego Laínez Gómez de León         (b. 1512 - d. 1565)
 2 Jul 1565 -  1 Oct 1572  Francisco de Borja y Aragón        (b. 1510 - d. 1572)
23 Apr 1573 -  1 Aug 1580  Everard (Lardinois) Mercurian      (b. 1514 - d. 1580)
19 Feb 1581 - 31 Jan 1615  Claudio Acquaviva                  (b. 1543 - d. 1615)
15 Nov 1615 -  9 Feb 1645  Muzio (Mutio) Vitelleschi          (b. 1563 - d. 1645)
 7 Jan 1646 -  8 Jun 1649  Vincenzo Carafa                    (b. 1585 - d. 1649)
21 Dec 1649 - 17 Jun 1651  Francesco Piccolomini              (b. 1582 - d. 1651)
21 Jan 1652 - 12 Mar 1652  Alessandro Luigi Gottifredi        (b. 1595 - d. 1652)
17 Mar 1652 - 31 Jul 1664  Goschwin Nickel                    (b. 1582 - d. 1664)
31 Jul 1664 - 26 Nov 1681  Giovanni Paolo Oliva               (b. 1600 - d. 1681)
 5 Jul 1682 - 12 Dec 1686  Charles de Noyelle                 (b. 1615 - d. 1686)
 6 Jul 1687 - 27 Oct 1705  Tirso González de Santalla         (b. 1624 - d. 1705)
31 Jan 1706 - 28 Feb 1730  Michelangelo Tamburini             (b. 1648 - d. 1730)
30 Nov 1730 - 19 Nov 1750  Franz Retz                         (b. 1673 - d. 1750)
 4 Jul 1751 -  4 May 1755  Ignazio Visconti                   (b. 1686 - d. 1755)
30 Nov 1755 -  2 Oct 1757  Alessandro Luigi Centurione        (b. 1686 - d. 1757)
21 May 1758 - 24 Nov 1775  Lorenzo Ricci                      (b. 1703 - d. 1775)
24 Nov 1775 -  7 Aug 1814  Post abolished
Superior Generals for Russia
17 Oct 1782 - 21 Oct 1785  Stanisław Czerniewicz              (b. 1727 - d. 1786)
 8 Oct 1785 - 21 Oct 1798  Gabryel Lenkiewicz -Vicar-general  (b. 1722 - d. 1798)
12 Feb 1799 - 11 Aug 1802  Franciszek Ksawery Karü            (b. 1731 - d. 1802)
                             (vicar-general to 7 Mar 1801)
22 Oct 1802 -  6 Apr 1805  Gabryel Gruber                     (b. 1740 - d. 1805)
14 Sep 1805 -  7 Aug 1814  Tadeusz Brzozowski                 (b. 1749 - d. 1820)
Superior Generals
 7 Aug 1814 -  5 Feb 1820  Tadeusz Brzozowski                 (s.a.)
18 Oct 1820 - 27 Jan 1829  Luigi Fortis                       (b. 1749 - d. 1829)
 9 Jul 1829 -  8 May 1853  Johannes Philippus Roothaan        (b. 1785 - d. 1853)
 2 Aug 1853 -  4 Mar 1887  Pieter Jan (Pierre Jean) Beckx     (b. 1795 - d. 1887)
 5 Mar 1887 - 18 Jan 1892  Anton Maria Anderledy              (b. 1819 - d. 1892)
 2 Oct 1892 - 18 Apr 1906  Luis Martín García                 (b. 1846 - d. 1906)
 8 Sep 1906 - 19 Aug 1914  Franz Xaver Wernz                  (b. 1842 - d. 1914) 
11 Feb 1915 - 13 Dec 1942  Włodzimierz Halka-Ledóchowski      (b. 1866 - d. 1942)
14 Dec 1942 - 12 Apr 1944  Alessio Magni-Vicar-general        (b. 1872 - d. 1944)
19 Apr 1944 - 15 Sep 1946  Norbert De Boynes -Vicar-general   (b. 1870 - d. 1954)
15 Sep 1946 -  5 Oct 1964  Jean-Baptiste Janssens             (b. 1899 - d. 1964)
22 May 1965 -  3 Sep 1983  Pedro Arrupe y Gondra              (b. 1907 - d. 1991) 
 5 Oct 1981 - 13 Sep 1983  Paolo Dezza -Papal delegate        (b. 1901 - d. 1999)
13 Sep 1983 - 14 Jan 2008  Peter Hans Kolvenbach              (b. 1928 - d. 2016)
19 Jan 2008 - 14 Oct 2016  Adolfo Nicolás Pachón              (b. 1936 - d. 2020)
14 Oct 2016 -              Arturo Marcelino Sosa Abascal      (b. 1948)



Knights of the Hospital of Saint Mary of the Teutonic House in Jerusalem (Teutonic Order)
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 9 Nov 1190                Teutonic Order, or in full the Order of the Knights (or Brethren)
                             of the House of Saint Mary of the
Teutonic House in Jerusalem
                             (in Latin: Ordo domus Sanctae Mariae Theutonicorum
                             Hierosolymitanorum [in German:
Orden der Ritter (or Brüder)
                             des Haus Sankt Marien des Deutschen Hauses zu Jerusalem])
                             in the Holy Land set up by merchants from Bremen and Lübeck
                             at Crusader encampment during the siege of Akko (Acre) by 
                             Guy de Lusignan, King of Jerusalem.
 5 Mar 1198                Reorganized as a military order (on model of Templars)
                             (recognized by Pope Innocent III as such on 19 Feb 1199).
1211 - 1225                Active in Transylvania against the pagan Qypçak (Kumans).
1219 - 24 Apr 1809         Mergentheim (Marienthal) in Franconia, Germany a possession
                             of the Order.
1224                       Duke Conrad of Mazovia, appeals to the Grand Master Hermann
                             von Salza for assistance against the warlike Prussians, who
                             had periodically fought Poland. The Order promised
                             control of Courland and Livonia (see under Latvia).
1226                       Grand Master (Hochmeister) of the Teutonic Order is granted by
                             the Emperor all the privileges and (from Jun 1230) style of the
                             prince of the Empire. The knights are entitled to subject the
                             Prussians on behalf of the Empire.
1230                       Seat of the Grand Master at Montfort castle (al-Qurayn in Arabic;
                             35 km north of Haifa, originally called Castellum novum regis),
                             sold to the Order in 1228.
1256 - 1268                Lordship of the Schuf (an offshoot of the Lordship of Sidon), inland
                             from modern Saida in Lebanona, a possession of the Order.
1271                       Montfort lost, seat of the Grand Master moved to Akko/Acre.
1291                       Seat of the Grand Master moved from Akko (Akkon) to Venice
                             upon the conquest of Akko 18 May 1291.
 9 Sep 1309                Seat of the Grand Master (Hochmeister) is moved from Venice
                             to Marienburg (Malbork) in Prussia. The Grand Master takes
                             over direct administration of the Prussian branch. With the loss
                             of Marienburg 19 Oct 1466, the seat is moved to Königsberg.
1378 - 1409                During the Great Schism in the Papacy, the Order in Marienburg
                             continues to recognize the Papal court in Rome rather the rival
                             in Avignon, France.
 9 Apr 1525                The Hochmeister Albrecht Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach
                             having converted to Protestantism, he becomes hereditary
                             Duke of Prussia. Order survives under the Deutschmeister Walter
                             von Cronberg.
16 Dec 1526                Seat of the Grand Master is moved to Mergentheim.
 9 Feb 1801                By the Peace of Lunéville (and Treaty of Amiens of 25 Mar 1802) its
                             sovereign possessions on the left-bank of the Rhine River were
                             distributed among the neighboring German sovereigns.
26 Dec 1805                By article 12 of the Treaty of Pressburg, between Austria and
                             France, all the possessions of the Grand Magistery at Mergentheim
                             and all those given in exchange earlier were attached to what
                             was to be a hereditary Grand Mastership, invested in the male
                             line of the Imperial House of Austria.
17 Feb 1806                Austrian Emperor Francis I acknowledged his brother Anton as Grand
                             Master of the Teutonic Order, confirming the provisions of the
                             Treaty of Pressburg, until such time as it would become an
                             hereditary dignity and also imposed some limitations on the
                             scope of the Treaty, to the detriment of the Order. The
                             sovereign status recognized in the Treaty of Pressburg was to
                             be attributed to whichever Prince of the House of Austria would
                             in future hold the title of Grand Master, but this would be a
                             limited sovereignty, subordinated to the "Headship of the
                             Imperial House of Austria."
12 Jul 1806                Formation of the Confederation of the Rhine cost the Order its
                             possession of several more commanderies granted to Baden, Bavaria
                             and Württemberg.
24 Apr 1809                Order is dissolved in German lands by Napoléon, but survives
                             in Austrian lands under Habsburg protection. Mergentheim is
                             annexed to annexed to Frankfurt (from 24 Apr 1810, Württemberg).
12 Dec 1810                Prussian secularization commission confiscates the lands of the
                             order in Prussia (only the possessions in Austria remain).
 8 Mar 1834                Emperor of Austria returns to the Teutonic knights all the rights
                             enjoyed by the Treaty of Pressburg, abrogating the limitation on
                             those rights imposed by the Decree of 17 Feb 1806. The Order was
                             declared to be an "Autonomous, Religious and Military Institute"
                             under the protection of the Emperor, with an Archduke as
                             Hoch- und Deutschmeister (confirmed by imperial patent Jun 1840).
30 Jun 1923                The last Austrian Archduke resigns as hereditary Hoch- und
                             Deutschmeister of the Oder.
27 Nov 1929                Teutonic Order is reconstituted as a purely religious order by
                             the Pope. Fratres domus hospitalis sanctae Mariae Teutonicorum
                             in Jerusalem (Teutonic Order of Saint Marys Hospital in Jerusalem
                             - Deutscher Orden - German Order).
 6 Sep 1938 - 1947         Order was dissolved in Austria by Germany.
Masters
Sep 1190 - 1191            Sibrand (Sibrandus)                (b. c.1157 - d. 1191)
1191 - 1192                Konrad                             (b. c.1160 - d. 1202)
1192 - 1194                Gerhard
1194 - 1195                Heinrich
1195 - 1196                Ulrich
1196 -  5 Mar 1198         Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim     (b. 11.. - d. 1200)
Grand Masters¹
 5 Mar 1198 -  5 Nov 1200  Heinrich I Walpot                  (s.a.) 
1200 -  7 Feb 1208         Otto von Kerpen                    (d. 1208)
1209 -  2 Jun 1209         Heinrich II von Tunna, gen. Bart   (b. 11.. - d. 1209)
Sep 1210 - 20 Mar 1239     Hermann von Salza                  (b. c.1179 - d. 1239)
                             (first mentioned as Hochmeister 15 Feb 1211)
1239 - 24 Jul 1240         Konrad I von Thüringen             (b. 1206 - d. 1241)
24 Jul 1240 - 1244         Gerhard von Malberg                (b. c.1200 - d. 1246)
                             (acting to 1241)
 7 Jul 1244 - 15 Jul 1249  Heinrich III von Hohenlohe         (b. c.1200 - d. 1249)
1250 -  3 May 1252         Günther von Wüllersleben           (b. c.1190 - d. 1252)
1253 - 1256                Poppo von Osterna                  (b. c.1200 - d. 1267)
1253 - 1253                Wilhelm von Urenbach (in opposition)
Jul 1256 -  8 Jul 1273     Anno von Sangerhausen              (b. c.1210 - d. 1273)
1273 - 19 Aug 1283         Hartmann von Heldrungen            (b. c.1210 - d. 1283)
1283 - 1290                Burkhard (Burchard) von Schwanden  (b. c.1245 - d. 1310)
Oct 1291 -  5 Jul 1296     Konrad II von Feuchtwangen         (b. c.1230 - d. 1296)
 8 May 1297 - Sep 1303     Gottfried von Hohenlohe            (b. c.1265 - d. 1309)
18 Oct 1303 -  5 Mar 1311  Siegfried von Feuchtwangen         (d. c.1275 - d. 1311)
 9 Oct 1311 - 12 Feb 1324  Karl Bessart aus Trier             (b. c.1265 - d. 1324)
12 Feb 1324 - 18 Nov 1330  Werner von Orseln                  (b. c.1280 - d. 1330)
                             (acting to 6 Jul 1324)
17 Feb 1331 - 18 Apr 1335  Luther von Braunschweig-           (b. c.1275 - d. 1335)
                             Lüneburg
 3 May 1335 -  6 Oct 1341  Dietrich Burggraf von Altenburg    (b. c.1280 - d. 1341)
 6 Oct 1341 - 14 Sep 1345  Ludolf König von Wattzau           (b. c.1290 - d. 1348)
                             (acting to 6 Jan 1342)
14 Sep 1345 - 14 Sep 1351  Heinrich IV Dusemer von Arsberg    (b. c.1280 - d. 1353)
                             (acting to 13 Dec 1245)
14 Sep 1351 - 24 Jun 1382  Winrich von Kniprode               (b. 1310 - d. 1382)
                             (acting to 6 Jan 1352)
 2 Oct 1382 - 20 Aug 1390  Konrad III Zöllner von Rotenstein  (b. 1330 - d. 1390)
20 Aug 1390 - 25 Jul 1393  Konrad IV von Wallenrode           (b. c.1330 - d. 1393)
                             (acting to 12 Mar 1391)
25 Jul 1393 - 30 Nov 1393  Wilhelm von Helfenstein (acting)
30 Nov 1393 - 30 Mar 1407  Konrad V von Jungingen             (b. c.1355 - d. 1407)
30 Mar 1407 - 26 Jun 1407  Hermann von Gans (1st time)(acting)
26 Jun 1407 - 15 Jul 1410  Ulrich von Jungingen               (b. c.1360 - d. 1410)
15 Jul 1410 -  9 Nov 1410  Hermann von Gans (2nd time)(acting)
 9 Nov 1410 - 14 Oct 1413  Heinrich V Reuss Graf von Plauen   (b. 1370 - d. 1429)
14 Oct 1413 -  9 Jan 1414  Friedrich Graf von Zollern (acting)
 9 Jan 1414 - 10 Mar 1422  Michael Küchmeister von Sternberg  (b. 1360/70 - d. 1423)
10 Mar 1422 -  2 Jan 1441  Paul Bellinzer von Rusdorf         (b. c.1380 - d. 1441)
                             (acting to 10 Mar 1422)
 2 Jan 1441 - 16 Feb 1441  Gerlach Mertz (acting)
16 Feb 1441 -  7 Nov 1449  Konrad VI von Erlichshausen        (b. c.1390 - d. 1449)
                             (acting to 12 Apr 1441)
 7 Nov 1449 - 21 Mar 1450  Heinrich Zoller von Richtenberg    (b. 1352 - d. 1459)
                             (acting)
21 Mar 1450 -  4 Apr 1467  Ludwig von Erlichshausen           (b. 1410 - d. 1467)
 4 Apr 1467 -  2 Jan 1470  Heinrich VI Reuss Graf von Plauen  (b. c.1400 - d. 1470)
                             (acting to 20 Oct 1469)
 2 Jan 1470 - 20 Feb 1477  Heinrich VII Reffle von Richtenberg(b. c.1415 - d. 1477)
                             (acting to 29 Sep 1470)
20 Feb 1477 - 14 Apr 1477  Johann von Tiefen (1st time)       (b. c.1440 - d. 1497)
                             (acting)
14 Apr 1477 -  3 Jan 1489  Martin Truchsess von Wetzhausen    (b. c.1435 - d. 1489)
                             (acting to 4 Aug 1477)
 5 Jan 1489 - 25 Aug 1497  Johann von Tiefen (2nd time)       (s.a.)
                             (acting to 1 Sep 1489)
25 Aug 1497 - 29 Sep 1498  Wilhelm Graf von Isenburg (acting) (b. af.1460 - d. af.1535)
29 Sep 1498 - 14 Dec 1510  Friedrich Herzog von Sachsen-      (b. 1473 - d. 1510)
                             Meissen
May 1507 -  6 Jul 1511     College of Regents
                           - Simon von Drahe (Grosskomtur)
                           - Wilhelm Graf von Isenburg        (b. af.1460 - af.1535)
                              (Oberster Marschall)  
                           - Günther von Bünau, bischof       (b. 1471 - d. 1518)
                               von Samland
                           - Hiob (Job) von Dobeneck, bischof (b. c.1450 - d. 1521)
                               von Pomesanien
 6 Jul 1511 -  9 Apr 1525  Albrecht Markgraf von Brandenburg- (b. 1490 - d. 1568)
                             Ansbach
 9 Apr 1525 -  4 Jun 1543  Walther von Cronberg               (b. c.1477 - d. 1543)
                             (acting to 16 Dec 1526)
14 Jun 1543 - 11 Feb 1566  Wolfgang Schutzbar, gen. von       (b. 1483 - d. 1566)
                             Milchling
18 Feb 1566 - 17 Jun 1572  Georg Hund von Wenkheim (Wenckheim)(b. 1520 - d. 1572)
 6 Aug 1572 - 12 Dec 1590  Heinrich VIII von Bobenhausen      (b. c.1514 - d. 1595)
12 Dec 1590 -  2 Nov 1618  Maximilian Erzherzog von           (b. 1558 - d. 1618)
                             Österreich
                             (co-adjutor from 21 May 1585)
14 Jan 1619 - 28 Dec 1624  Erzherzog Karl I von Österreich    (b. 1590 - d. 1624)
                             (co-adjutor from 12 Sep 1618)
19 Mar 1625 - 25 Oct 1627  Johann Eustach von Westernach      (b. 1545 - d. 1627)
30 Dec 1627 - 21 Nov 1641  Johann Kaspar I Graf von Stadion   (b. 1567 - d. 1641)
                             zu Freudenthal
 4 May 1642 - 20 Nov 1662  Leopold Wilhelm Erzherzog von      (b. 1614 - d. 1662)
                             Österreich 
                             (co-adjutor from 24 Aug 1639)
 5 May 1662 - 27 Jan 1664  Karl Joseph Erzherzog von          (b. 1649 - d. 1664)
                             Österreich (co-adjutor) 
20 Mar 1664 -  9 Sep 1684  Johann Kaspar II von Ampringen,    (b. 1619 - d. 1684)
                             Herzog von Freudenthal
15 Jan 1685 -  4 May 1694  Ludwig Anton Pfalzgraf bei Rhein   (b. 1660 - d. 1694)
                             und Fürst zu Neuburg
                             (co-adjutor from 16 Dec 1679)
12 Jul 1694 - 18 Apr 1732  Ludwig Franz Pfalzgraf bei Rhein   (b. 1664 - d. 1732)
                             und Fürst von Neuburg
17 Jul 1732 -  4 Feb 1761  Clemens August Herzog von Bayern   (b. 1700 - d. 2761)
 3 May 1761 -  4 Jul 1780  Karl Alexander Herzog von          (b. 1712 - d. 1780)
                             Lothringen 
 3 Oct 1769 - 27 Jul 1801  Maximilian Franz Erzherzog von     (b. 1756 - d. 1801)
                             Österreich 
                             (co-adjutor to 25 Oct 1780; from 1784 
                             also Bishop of Münster & Bishop of Cologne)
27 Jul 1801 - 30 Jun 1804  Karl II Ludwig Johann Erzherzog    (b. 1771 - d. 1847)
                             von Österreich 
30 Jun 1804 -  2 Apr 1835  Anton Viktor Joseph Raymund        (b. 1779 - d. 1835)
                             Erzherzog von Österreich
22 Apr 1835 -  1 Jun 1863  Maximilian Joseph Erzherzog von    (b. 1782 - d. 1863)
                             Österreich-Este
 2 Jun 1863 - 29 Jul 1894  Wilhelm Franz Karl Erzherzog       (b. 1827 - d. 1894)
                             von Österreich
                             (acting to 25 Jun 1863)
30 Jul 1894 - 30 Jun 1923  Eugen Ferdinand Pius Bernhard      (b. 1863 - d. 1954)
                             Erzherzog von Österreich
                             (acting to 19 Nov 1894)
29 Jun 1923 -  9 Mar 1933  Norbert Johann Nepomuk Klein       (b. 1866 - d. 1933)
                             (co-adjutor to 25 Jul 1923; from
                             11 Feb 1917 also Bishop of Brünn)
30 Apr 1933 - 25 Jan 1936  Paul Heider (acting to 31 May 1933)(b. 1868 - d. 1936)
29 Mar 1936 - 26 Jan 1948  Robert Johann Schälzky             (b. 1882 - d. 1948)
10 May 1948 -  6 Oct 1970  Marian Joseph Tumler               (b. 1887 - d. 1987)
 6 Oct 1970 - 29 Aug 1988  Ildefons Pauler                    (b. 1903 - d. 1996)
29 Aug 1988 - 26 Aug 2000  Arnold Othmar Wieland              (b. 1940)
26 Aug 2000 - 22 Aug 2018  Bruno Johann Platter               (b. 1944)
22 Aug 2018 -              Frank Bayard                       (b. 1971)

  ¹Full style
(a) 1216 - 9 Apr 1525: Magister Hospitalis Domus Sanctae Mariae Teutonicorum Hierosolymitani ("Master of the Hospital House of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Germans of Jerusalem");
(b) 1530 - 24 Apr 1809: Hoch- und Deutschmeister des Deutschen Ordens in deutschen und wälschen Landen, Administratoren des Hochmeistertums in Preussen, Herrn zu Freudenthal und Eulenberg ("Grand and German Masters of the Teutonic Order in German and Welsh [=Italian or foreign] lands, Administrators of the Grand Masterdom in Prussia, Lords of Freudenthal and Eulenberg");
(c) 1809 - 1834: Administratoren des Hochmeisteramptes in Preussen, Meister teutschen Ordens in teutschen und wälschen Landen;
(d) from 1929: Hochmeister des Deutschen Ordens.


Sovereign and Military Order of the Knights of Malta (Knights of Malta): see SMOM entry



Protestant and Other Churches

The Church of England 
 
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Adopted Apr 1991

28 Nov 1534                The Act of Supremacy makes King Henry VIII head of the 
                             Church of England (Anglican Church).
15 Jan 1535                Henry VII assumes the style "Supreme Head and only
                             Protector of the Church and Clergy of England."
 5 May 1554 -  8 May 1559  National restoration of Roman Catholic Church. Period of the
                            Counter-Reformation (the church is disestablished 16 Jan 1555).
14 Apr 1563                Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion of the Protestant Church of
                             England (finalized 1571).
 9 Oct 1646 - 30 Jun 1660  The See is abolished during the Commonwealth and the Protectorate. 

Supreme Heads of the Church of England
15 Jan 1535 - 16 Jan 1555  the Kings/Queens of England
16 Jan 1555 8 May 1559  Post abolished
Supreme Governors of the Church of England
 8 May 1559 - 30 Jan 1649  the Kings/Queen of England
30 Jan 1649
- 30 Jun 1660  Post abolished
30 Jun 1660 -              the Kings/Queen of England/U.K.
Archbishops of Canterbury, Primates of All England 

30 Mar 1533 - 13 Nov 1555  Thomas Cranmer                     (b. 1489 - d. 1556)
                             (imprisoned from 14 Sep 1553)
22 Mar 1556 - 17 Nov 1558  Reginald Cardinal Pole             (b. 1500 - d. 1558)
                             (last Roman Catholic archbishop)
19 Dec 1559 - 17 May 1575  Matthew Parker                     (b. 1504 - d. 1575)
29 Dec 1575 -  6 Jul 1583  Edmund Grindal                     (b. c.1519 - d. 1583)
14 Aug 1583 - 29 Feb 1604  John Whitgift                      (b. c.1530 - d. 1604)
 9 Oct 1604 -  2 Nov 1610  Richard Bancroft                   (b. 1544 - d. 1610)
 4 Mar 1611 -  4 Aug 1633  George Abbot                       (b. 1562 - d. 1633)
 6 Aug 1633 - 10 Jan 1645  William Laud                       (b. 1573 - d. 1645)
                             (imprisoned from 18 Dec 1640)
10 Jan 1645 -  9 Oct 1646  Vacant
 9 Oct 1646 - 30 Jun 1660  Post abolished
25 Sep 1660 -  4 Jun 1663  William Juxon                      (b. 1582 - d. 1663)
 7 Sep 1663 -  9 Nov 1677  Gilbert Sheldon                    (b. 1598 - d. 1677)
27 Jan 1678 -  1 Feb 1690  William Sancroft                   (b. 1617 - d. 1693)
31 May 1691 - 22 Nov 1694  John Tillotson                     (b. 1630 - d. 1694)
16 Jan 1695 - 14 Dec 1715  Thomas Tenison                     (b. 1636 - d. 1715)
16 Jan 1716 - 24 Jan 1737  William Wake                       (b. 1657 - d. 1737)
28 Feb 1737 - 10 Oct 1747  John Potter                        (b. 1674 - d. 1747)
24 Nov 1747 - 13 Mar 1757  Thomas Herring                     (b. 1693 - d. 1757)
29 Apr 1757 - 19 Mar 1758  Matthew Hutton                     (b. 1693 - d. 1758)
21 Apr 1758 -  3 Aug 1768  Thomas Secker                      (b. 1693 - d. 1768)
30 Sep 1768 - 19 Mar 1783  Frederick Cornwallis               (b. 1713 - d. 1783)
26 Apr 1783 - 18 Jan 1805  John Moore                         (b. 1733 - d. 1805)
21 Feb 1805 - 21 Jul 1828  Charles Manners-Sutton             (b. 1755 - d. 1828)
15 Aug 1828 - 11 Feb 1848  William Howley                     (b. 1765 - d. 1848)
10 Mar 1848 -  6 Sep 1862  John Bird Sumner                   (b. 1780 - d. 1862)
26 Nov 1862 - 28 Oct 1868  Charles Thomas Longley             (b. 1794 - d. 1868)
30 Dec 1868 -  1 Dec 1882  Archibald Campbell Tait            (b. 1811 - d. 1882)
 3 Mar 1883 - 11 Oct 1896  Edward White Benson                (b. 1829 - d. 1896)
22 Dec 1896 - 22 Dec 1902  Frederick Temple                   (b. 1821 - d. 1902)
 6 Feb 1903 - 12 Nov 1928  Sir Randall Thomas Davidson        (b. 1848 - d. 1930)
30 Nov 1928 - 31 Mar 1942  Cosmo Gordon Lang                  (b. 1864 - d. 1945)
                             (from 11 May 1937, Sir Cosmo Gordon Lang)
17 Apr 1942 - 26 Oct 1944  William Temple                     (b. 1881 - d. 1944)
 2 Feb 1945 - 31 May 1961  Geoffrey Francis Fisher            (b. 1887 - d. 1972)
                             (from 1 Jun 1953, Sir Geoffrey Francis Fisher)
21 Jun 1961 - 15 Nov 1974  Arthur Michael Ramsey              (b. 1904 - d. 1988)
 5 Dec 1974 - 25 Jan 1980  Frederick Donald Coggan            (b. 1909 - d. 2000)
25 Feb 1980 - 31 Jan 1991  Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie    (b. 1921 - d. 2000)
19 Apr 1991 - 31 Oct 2002  George Leonard Carey               (b. 1935)
 2 Dec 2002 - 31 Dec 2012  Rowan Douglas Williams             (b. 1950)
 4 Feb 2013 -              Justin Portal Welby                (b. 1956)
                             (from 30 Dec 2023, Sir Justin Portal Welby)


National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S. (NCC)
 

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Headquarters:
Washington, D.C. (U.S.)
(
New York City 1950-2013)

Note: The Council's 37 member communions include Mainline Protestant, Orthodox, African American, Evangelical, Josephite, and historic peace churches in the United States.

29 Nov 1950                National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. is
                             founded.
29 Nov 1950 - 2000         Church World Service (CWS) operates as NCC's overseas relief arm.

General Secretaries
of the Council
1950 - 1954                Samuel McCrea Cavert               (b. 1888 – d. 1976)
1954 - 1963                Roy G. Ross                        (b. 1898 - d. 1978)
1963 - 1973                Robert Hamilton Edwin Espy         (b. 1908 – d. 1993)
1974 - 1984                Claire Randall (f)                 (b. 1916 - d. 2007)
1985 - Jul 1989            Arie R. Brouwer                    (b. 1935 - d. 1993)
Jul 1989 - Mar 1991        James A. Hamilton (acting)
1991 – 31 Dec 1999         Joan Brown Campbell (f)            (b. 1931)
 1 Jan 2000 -  1 Sep 2007  Robert "Bob"  W. Edgar             (b. 1943 - d. 2013)
 1 Sep 2007 -  1 Jan 2008  Clare J. Chapman (f)(1st time)
                             (acting)
 1 Jan 2008 -  1 Jan 2012  Michael Kinnamon                   (b. 1949)
20 Jan 2012 - 21 May 2012  Clare J. Chapman (f)(2nd time)
                             (interim)
21 May 2012 - 31 Dec 2013  Peg Birk (f)(transitional)         (b. 1953)
Presidents and General Secretaries
 1 Jan 2014 - 31 Jan 2022  James E. Winkler
 1 Apr 2022 -              Vashti Murphy McKenzie (f)         (b. 1947)
                             (interim to 23 May 2023)

Presidents of the Council
1950 - 1952                Henry Knox Sherrill                (b. 1890 – d. 1980)
1952 - 1954                William C. Martin                  (b. 1893 – d. 1984)
1954 - 1957                Eugene Carson Blake                (b. 1906 – d. 1985)
1957 - 1960                Edwin T. Dahlberg                  (b. 1890 – d. 1906)
1960 - 1963                J. Irwin Miller                    (b. 1909 - d. 2004)
1963 - 1966                Reuben H. Mueller                  (b. 1897 – d. 1982)
1966 - 1969                Arthur S. Flemming                 (b. 1905 – d. 1996)
1969 - 1972                Cynthia Clark Wedel (f)            (b. 1908 – d. 1986)
 7 Dec 1972 - 1975         William Sterling Cary              (b. 1927 - d. 2005)
1975 - 1978                William P. Thompson                (b. 1918 - d. 2006)
1979 - 1983                Moses William Howard, Jr.          (b. 1946)
1982 - 1983                Arthur James Armstrong             (b. 1924 - d. 2018)
1983 - 1987                Philip R. Cousin, Sr.              (b. 1933)
1988 - 1989                Patricia Ann McClurg (f)           (b. 1939 - d. 2019)
 1 Jan 1990 – 31 Dec 1991  Leonid Kishkovsky                  (b. 1943 - d. 2021)
 1 Jan 1992 – 31 Dec 1993  Syngman Rhee                       (b. 1931 - d. 2015)
 1 Jan 1994 – 31 Dec 1995  Gordon L. Sommers                  (b. 1935)         
 1 Jan 1996 – 31 Dec 1997  Melvin G. Talbert                  (b. 1934 - d. 2023)
 1 Jan 1998 – 31 Dec 1999  Craig Barry Anderson               (b. 1942)
 1 Jan 2000 – 31 Dec 2001  Andrew J. Young, Jr.               (b. 1932)
 1 Jan 2002 – 31 Dec 2003  Elenie K. Huszagh (f)              (b. 1937 - d. 2014)
 1 Jan 2004 – 31 Dec 2005  Thomas L. Hoyt, Jr.                (b. 1941 - d. 2013)
 1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2007  Michael E. Livingston
 1 Jan 2008 - 12 Nov 2009  Vicken Aykazian                    (b. 1951)
12 Nov 2009 - 31 Dec 2011  Peg Chemberlin (f)
 1 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2013  Kathryn Mary Lohre (f)             (b. 1974?)
Chairmen of the Governing Board
 1 Jan 2014 - 17 Nov 2015  A. Roy Medley                      (b. 1948)
17 Nov 2015 - 10 Nov 2017  Sharon E. Watkins (f)              (b. 1954)
10 Nov 2017 - Nov 2019     W. Darin Moore                     (b. 1960)
Nov 2019 - Nov 2021        John C. Dorhauer                   (b. 1947)
Nov 2021 - 2023            Teresa E. Jefferson-Snorton (f)    (b. 1955)
2023 -                     Elizabeth A. Eaton (f)             (b. 1955)


Lutheran World Federation

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1947                       Lutheran World Federation (LWF) founded.

Presidents
1947 - 1952                Anders Nygren (Sweden)             (b. 1890 - d. 1978)
1952 - 1957                Hanns Lilje (West Germany)         (b. 1899 - d. 1977)
1957 - 10 Aug 1963         Franklin Clark Fry (U.S.)          (b. 1900 - d. 1968)
10 Aug 1963 - 22 Jul 1970  Fredrik A. Schiotz (U.S.)          (b. 1901 - d. 1989)
22 Jul 1970 - Jun 1977     Mikko E. Juva (Finland)            (b. 1918 - d. 2004)
Jun 1977 - 1984            Josiah M. Kibira (Tanzania)        (b. 1925 - d. 1988)
1984 - 17 May 1987         Zoltán Káldy (Hungary)             (b. 1919 - d. 1987)
1987 -  8 Feb 1990         Johannes Hanselmann (West Germany) (b. 1927 - d. 1999)
 8 Feb 1990 - 16 Jul 1997  Gottfried Brakemeier (Brazil)      (b. 1937)
16 Jul 1997 - 31 Jul 2003  Christian Krause (Germany)         (b. 1940)
31 Jul 2003 - 24 Jul 2010  Mark S. Hanson (U.S.)              (b. 1946)
24 Jul 2010 - 13 May 2017  Munib A. Younan (Palestine)        (b. 1950)
13 May 2017 -              Musa Panti Filibus (Nigeria)       (b. 1960)



Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

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                        (U.S.)]

(United) Lutheran Church in America

1918                       United Lutheran Church in America (UCLA) founded.
28 Jun 1962                United Lutheran Church in America merges with Augustana Evangelical
                             Lutheran Church, Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church and American
                             Evangelical Lutheran Church to form Lutheran Church in America.
 1 Jan 1988                Merged into Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Presidents 
1918 - Oct 1944            Frederick H. Knubel                (b. 1870 - d. 1945)
Oct 1944 - 31 May 1968     Franklin Clark Fry                 (b. 1900 - d. 1968)
1968 - 1978                Robert J. Marshall                 (b. 1918 - d. 2008)
1978 - 1980                James R. Crumley, Jr.              (b. 1925 - d. 2015)
Bishop
1980 - 1988                James R. Crumley, Jr.              (s.a.)

United Evangelical Lutheran Church

 
1 Oct 1896                United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church founded.
1946                       Renamed United Evangelical Lutheran Church.
1960                       Merged with other Lutheran groups to form American Lutheran Church.

Presidents
1896 - 1921                Gottlieb Bender Christiansen       (b. 1851 - d. 1929)
1921 - 1925                Matthias N. Andreasen              (b. 1871 - d. 19..)
1925 - 1950                Niels C. Carlsen                   (b. 1884 - d. 1950)
1950 - 1956                Hans C. Jersild                    (b. 1896 - d. 1969)
1956 - 1960                William Larsen                     (b. 1909 - d. 1971)

Evangelical Lutheran Church

1917                       Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (NLCA).
1946                       Renamed Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELC).
1960                       Merges into the American Lutheran Church.

Presidents
1917 - 1925                Hans Gerhard Stub                  (b. 1849 - d. 1931)
1925 - 1954                Johan Arnd Aasgaard                (b. 1876 - d. 1966)
1954 - 1960                Fredrik A. Schiotz
                 (b. 1901 - d. 1989)

Lutheran Free Church

1893                       Friends of Augsburg
Jun 1897                   Lutheran Free Church established.
 1 Feb 1963                Merges into the American Lutheran Church (ALC).

Presidents
1893 - 1894                Christian T
ollefsen Saugstad       (b. 1838 - d. 1897)
1894 - 1897                Georg Sverdrup                     (b. 1848 - d. 1907)
1897 - 1899                Elias Peter Harbo (1st time)       (b. 1856 - d. 1927)
1899 - 1901               
Endre Eriksen Gynild (1st time)    (b. 1859 - d. 1902)
1901 - 1903                Elias Peter Harbo (2nd time)       (s.a.)
1903 - 1905                C
hristopher Knudsen Ytrehus        (b. 1856 - d. 1946)
1905 - 1907               
Endre Eriksen Gynild (2nd time)    (s.a.)
1907 - 1909                Elias Peter Harbo (3rd time)       (s.a.)
1909 - 1910                Endre E
riksen Gynild (3rd time)    (s.a.)
1910 - 1912                Paul Winter
1912 - 1914               
Endre Eriksen Gynild (4th time)    (s.a.)
1914 - 1916                Johan Mattson (1st time)           (b. 1867 - d. 1954)
1916 - 1918               
Endre Eriksen Gynild (5th time)    (s.a.)
1918 - 1920                Johan Mattson (2nd time)           (s.a.)
1920 - 1923                Olai H. Sletten                    (b. 1878 - d. 1946)
1923 - 1928               
Endre Eriksen Gynild (6th time)    (s.a.)
1928 - 1930                Hans Jorgensen Urdahl              (b. 1870 - d. 1933)
1930 - 1958                Thorvald O. Burntvedt              (b. 1888 - d. 1960)
1958 - 1963                John M. Stensvaag                  (b. 1911 - d. 1987)

(Old) American Lutheran Church

1930                       (Old) American Lutheran Church formed by merger of German Iowa
                             Synod, Buffalo Synod and Joint Synod of Ohio.
1960                       Three Lutheran groups merge to form the American Lutheran Church
                            (ALC).

Presidents
1930 - 1937                Carl Christian Hein                (b. 1868 - d. 1937)
1937 - 1950                Emmanuel Frederick Poppen          (b. 1874 - d. 1961)
1951 - 1960                Henry F. Schuh                     (b. 1890 - d. 1965)

American Lutheran Church

1960                       Three Lutheran groups merge to form the American Lutheran Church
                             (ALC).

 1 Jan 1988                Merged into the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Presidents
1960 - 31 Dec 1970         Fredrik A. Schiotz                 (s.a.)
 1 Jan 1971 - 12 Mar 1973  Kent Sigvart Knutson               (b. 1924 - d. 1973)
1973 - 31 Dec 1987         David Walter Preus                 (b. 1922 - d. 2021)


Association of Free Lutheran Congregations (AFLC)

Oct 1962                   Lutheran Free Church-Not Merged splits from the
                             Lutheran Free Church.
 
1 Feb 1963                Renamed Association of Free Lutheran Congregations (AFLC).

Presidents
1962 - 1978                John P. Strand                     (b. 1916 - d. 1997)
1978 - 1992                Richard Snipstead                  (b. 1928 - d. 1998)
1992 - 2007                Robert L. Lee                      (b. 1943)
 1 Oct 2007 - 2013         Elden K. Nelson                    (b. 1937)
 1 Oct 2013 - 2022         Lyndon C. Korhonen                 (b. 1951)
 3 Oct 2022 -              Micah Hjermstad                    (b. 1982)

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

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                        Lutheran Church in America (U.S.)]

 1 Jan 1988                Lutheran Church in America, American Lutheran Church and Association
                             of Evangelical Lutheran Churches merge to form the
                             Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Presiding Bishops
 1 Jan 1988 - 31 Oct 1995  Herbert W. Chilstrom               (b. 1931 - d. 2020)
 1 Nov 1995 - 31 Oct 2001  H. George Anderson                 (b. 1932)
 1 Nov 2001 - 31 Oct 2013  Mark S. Hanson                     (b. 1946)
 1 Nov 2013 -              Elizabeth A. Eaton (f)             (b. 1955)
16 Nov 2023 -              Michael Burk
                             (p
residing bishop pro tem for on leave Eaton)



Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod

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                        Church-Missouri Synod (U.S.)]

1847                       German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio and Other States
1947                       Renamed The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

Presidents
1847 - 1850                Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther     (b. 1811 - d. 1887)
                             (1st time) 
1850 - 1864                Friedrich Conrad Dietrich Wyneken  (b. 1810 - d. 1876)
1864 - 1878                Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther     (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1878 - 1899                Heinrich Christian Schwan          (b. 1819 - d. 1905)
1899 - 1911                Franz August Otto Pieper           (b. 1852 - d. 1931)
1911 - 1935                Friedrich Pfotenhauer              (b. 1859 - d. 1939)
1935 - 1962                John William Behnken               (b. 1884 - d. 1968)
1962 - 1969                Oliver Raymond Harms               (b. 1901 - d. 1980)
1969 - 1981                Jacob Aall Otteson Preus II        (b. 1920 - d. 1994)
1981 - 1992                Ralph Arthur Bohlmann              (b. 1932 - d. 2016)
11 Jul 1992 - 23 Mar 2001  Alvin L. Barry                     (b. 1931 - d. 2001)
23 Mar 2001 -  8 Sep 2001  Robert T. Kuhn                     (b. 1937)
 8 Sep 2001 - 11 Sep 2010  Gerald B. Kieschnick               (b. 1943)
11 Sep 2010 -              Matthew C. Harrison                (b. 1962)


Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC)

1976                       Dissident congregations withdraw from Lutheran Church-Missouri
                             Synod to form Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches.
 1 Jan 1988                Merged into Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Presidents (later Presiding Bishops)
1976 - 1984                William H. Kohn                    (b. 1915 - d. 1992)          
1984 - 31 Dec 1987         Will L. Herzfeld                   (b. 1937 - d. 2002)



Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS)

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                        Evangelical Lutheran Synod flag (U.S.)]

Presidents
 8 Dec 1849 - 1860        Johannes Muehlhaeuser (Mühlhäuser) (b. 1803 - d. 1867)
1860 - 1864               Johann Bading (1st time)           (b. 1824 - d. 1913)
1864 -  4 Jun 1865        Gottlieb Rein                      (b. 1828 - d. 1882)
 4 Jun 1865 - 1867        Wilhelm Streissguth                (b. 1827 - d. 1915) 
1867 - 1887               Johann Bading (2nd time)           (s.a.)
1887 - 22 Dec 1908        Phillip Andreas von Rohr           (b. 1843 - d. 1908)
Dec 1908 - 1933           Gustave Ernst Bergemann            (b. 1862 - d. 1954)
1933 - 1953               John Brenner                       (b. 1874 - d. 1962)
1953 - 19 Jun 1979        Oscar John Naumann                 (b. 1909 - d. 1979)
19 Jun 1979 - 1993        Carl H. Mischke (acting to 19..)   (b. 1922 - d. 2013)
1993 - 2007               Karl R. Gurgel                     (b. 1941?)
2007 -                    Mark G. Schroeder                  (b. 1954?)



Swedish Church

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                        of Sweden (Svenska kyrkan)]

Archbishops of Uppsala and Primates of Sweden
 
8 Sep 1681 - 29 Jun 1700  Olaus (Olav) Swebilius             (b. 1624 - d. 1700)
29 Sep 1700 - 17 Feb 1709  Eric Benzelius                     (b. 1632 - d. 1709)
17 Feb 1709 - 21 Apr 1711  Vacant
21 Apr 1711 - 17 Apr 1714  Haquin Spegel                      (b. 1645 - d. 1714)
 4 Dec 1714 -  2 Aug 1730  Matthias Steuchius                 (b. 1644 - d. 1730)
20 Nov 1730 - 21 Jun 1742  Johannes Steuchius                 (b. 1676 - d. 1742)
20 Sep 1742 - 23 Sep 1743  Eric Benzelius d.y.                (b. 1675 - d. 1743)
20 Mar 1744 - 19 Jun 1747  Jacob Benzelius                    (b. 1683 - d. 1747)
16 Sep 1747 - 20 May 1758  Henric Benzelius                   (b. 1689 - d. 1758)
 8 Nov 1758 - 18 Jan 1764  Samuel Troilius                    (b. 1706 - d. 1764)
26 Jun 1764 - 18 May 1775  Magnus Olai Beronius               (b. 1692 - d. 1775)
31 Aug 1775 - 22 May 1786  Carl Fredrik Mennander             (b. 1712 - d. 1786)
30 Aug 1786 - 27 Jul 1803  Uno von Troil                      (b. 1746 - d. 1803)
27 Jul 1803 -  1 Mar 1805  Vacant
 1 Mar 1805 - 15 Feb 1819  Jacob Axelsson Lindblom            (b. 1746 - d. 1819)
28 May 1819 -  2 Dec 1836  Carl von Rosenstein                (b. 1766 - d. 1836)
17 Mar 1837 - 30 Jun 1839  Johan Olof Wallin                  (b. 1779 - d. 1839)
28 Sep 1839 - 19 Sep 1851  Carl Fredrik af Wingård            (b. 1781 - d. 1851)
17 Jan 1852 - 27 Aug 1855  Hans Olof Holmström                (b. 1784 - d. 1855)
31 Jan 1856 - 28 Jun 1870  Henrik Reuterdahl                  (b. 1795 - d. 1870)
11 Nov 1870 -  2 Feb 1900  Anton Niklas Sundberg              (b. 1818 - d. 1900)
29 Jun 1900 - 30 Nov 1913  Johan August Ekman                 (b. 1845 - d. 1913)
20 May 1914 - 12 Jul 1931  Nathan Söderblom                   (b. 1866 - d. 1931)
18 Dec 1931 - 30 Apr 1950  Erling Eidem                       (b. 1880 - d. 1972)
 1 May 1950 - 30 Sep 1958  Yngve Brilioth                     (b. 1891 - d. 1959)
 1 Oct 1958 - 30 Sep 1967  Gunnar Hultgren                    (b. 1902 - d. 1991)
 1 Oct 1967 - 19 Mar 1972  Ruben Josefson                     (b. 1907 - d. 1972)
 1 Oct 1972 - 30 Jun 1983  Olof Sundby                        (b. 1917 - d. 1996)
 1 Jul 1983 - 31 Mar 1993  Bertil Werkström                   (b. 1928 - d. 2010)
 1 Apr 1993 - 31 Jan 1997  Gunnar Weman                       (b. 1932 - d. 2024)
 1 Feb 1997 -  2 Sep 2006  Karl Gustav Hilding Hammar         (b. 1943)
 2 Sep 2006 - 14 Jun 2014  Anders Wejryd                      (b. 1948)
15 Jun 2014 -              Antje Zöllner Jackelén (f)         (b. 1955)



Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

Bishops of Åbo (Turku)
 
4 Feb 1690 - 10 Apr 1718  Johannes Gezelius d.y. (nuorempi)  (b. 1647 - d. 1718)
10 Apr 1718 - 16 Sep 1721  Vacant
16 Sep 1721 - 24 Mar 1728  Herman Witte                       (b. 1666 - d. 1728)
11 Dec 1728 -  2 Jul 1733  Lars Tammelin                      (b. 1669 - d. 1733)
18 Mar 1734 - 1746         Jonas Fahlenius                    (b. 1674 - d. 1748)
                             (fled to Sweden 1742-1743)
1742 - 1743                Johan Wallenius                    (b. 1698 - d. 1746)
                             (acting for Fahlenius)
1746 -  3 Mar 1749         Vacant
 3 Mar 1749 - 25 Jul 1755  Johannes Browallius                (b. 1707 - d. 1755)
25 Jul 1755 - 10 Feb 1757  Vacant
10 Feb 1757 - 31 Aug 1775  Carl Fredrik Mennander             (b. 1712 - d. 1786)
Aug 1776 -  6 Mar 1788     Jakob Haartman                     (b. 1717 - d. 1788)
 
5 Jun 1788 - 26 Sep 1802  Jakob Gadolin                      (b. 1719 - d. 1802)
15 Feb 1803 -  7 Nov 1817  Jakob Tengström                    (b. 1755 - d. 1832)
Archbishops of Turku and Finland and Primates of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
 7 Nov 1817 - 26 Dec 1832  Jakob Tengström                    (s.a.)
1833 -  8 Jul 1847         Erik Gabriel Melartin              (b. 1780 - d. 1847)
1850 - 19 Feb 1884         Edvard Bergenheim                  (b. 1798 - d. 1884)
1884 - 16 Oct 1898         Torsten Thure Renvall              (b. 1817 - d. 1898)
1899 - 24 Jul 1930         Gustaf Johansson                   (b. 1844 - d. 1930)
1930 - 25 Oct 1934         Lars (Lauri) Johannes Ingman       (b. 1868 - d. 1934)
1935 -  9 Dec 1944         Erkki Kaila                        (b. 1867 - d. 1944)
1945 - 27 Mar 1951         Aleksi Emanuel Lehtonen            (b. 1891 - d. 1951)
1951 - 1964                Ilmari Johannes Salomies           (b. 1893 - d. 1973)
1964 - 1978                Martti Ilmari Simojoki (Simelius)  (b. 1908 - d. 1999)
1978 - 1982                Mikko Einar Juva                   (b. 1918 - d. 2004)
1982 -  1 Dec 1998         John Edvin Vikström                (b. 1931)
 6 Jan 1999 -  6 Jun 2010  Antti-Jukka Paarma                 (b. 1942)
 6 Jun 2010 -  1 Jun 2018  Kari Olavi Mäkinen                 (b. 1955)
 1 Jun 2018 -              Tapio Juhani Luoma                 (b. 1962)



Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia

28 Apr 1949                Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia
                             (Eesti Evangeelne Luterlik Kirik) formed.

Archbishops of Tallinn and Primates of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia
28 Apr
1949 - 12 Oct 1967  Jaan Kiivit, Sr.                  (b. 1906 - d. 1971)
 9 Jun 1968 -  5 Oct 1977  Alfred Tooming                    (b. 1907 - d. 1977)
31 Oct 1978 - 23 Oct 1986  Edgar Hark                        (b. 1908 - d. 1986)
15 Nov 1987 - 29 Jun 1994  Kuno Pajula                       (b. 1924 - d. 2012)
31 Oct 1994 -  2 Feb 2005  Jaan Kiivit, Jr.                  (b. 1940 - d. 2005)
 2 Feb 2005 -  2 Feb 2015  Andres Põder                      (b. 1949)
 2 Feb 2015 -              Urmas Ummi Viilma                 (b. 1973)


Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church

12 Sep 1919                Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church 
                            (Eesti Evangeeliumi Luteriusu Kirik) formed.
13 Nov 2010                United with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia.

Bishops 
12 Sep 1919 - 25 Jul 1933  Jakob Kukk (acting to 5 Jun 1921) (b. 1870 - d. 1933)
25 Jul 1933 - 16 Sep 1934  Alexander Kapp (acting)           (b. 1874 - d. 1940)
16 Sep 1934 - 14 Sep 1939  Hugo Bernhard Rahamägi            (b. 1886 - d. 1941)
14 Sep 1939 - 18 Dec 1939  Jaak Varik (guardian)             (b. 1881 - d. 1941)
18 Dec 1939 - 30 Jan 1957  Johan Kõpp                        (b. 1874 - d. 1970)
                            (never consecrated, but assumes church
                             administration after election;
                             from 20 Sep 1944 in exile)
20 Sep 1944 - 26 Nov 1944  Anton Eilart                      (b. 1892 - d. 1972)
                             (acting in Estonia for exiled Kõpp)
Archbishops
30 Jan 1957 - 1964         Johan Kõpp                        (s.a.)
26 May 1964 - 31 Dec 1971  Johannes Oskar Lauri              (b. 1891 - d. 1974)
18 Jun 1972 - 1990         Konrad Veem                       (b. 1914 - d. 1996)
15 Sep 1990 - 14 May 2006  Udo Petersoo                      (b. 1934 - d. 2006)
29/30 May 2006-10 Jun 2007 Thomas Vaga (acting)              (b. 1938 - d. 2023)
10 Jun 2007 - 13 Nov 2010  Andres Taul (in Toronto, Canada)  (b. 1936 - d. 2018)


Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Congregations League

14 May 2011                Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Congregations League formed by those
                             congregations in North America which did not join Evangelical
                             Lutheran Church of Estonia, also known as the Extra-Estonian
                             Diocese (Välis-Eesti piiskopkond).


Dean
14 May 2011 -  9 Jul 2023  Thomas Vaga                       (s.a.)


Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints 

 6 Apr 1830                Joseph Smith founds the (Mormon) Church of Jesus Christ.
Jun 1852                   Reorganized as Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints.

First Elder
 6 Apr 1830 - 25 Jan 1832  Joseph Smith, Jr.                  (b. 1805 - d. 1844)
President
25 Jan 1832 - 27 Jun 1844  Joseph Smith, Jr.                  (s.a.)
President of the Quorum of the Twelve
27 Jun 1844 -  5 Dec 1847
  Brigham Young                      (b. 1801 - d. 1877)
Presidents
 5 Dec 1847 - 29 Aug 1877  Brigham Young                      (s.a.)
 8 Oct 1880 - 25 Jul 1887  John Taylor                        (b. 1808 - d. 1887)
 9 Apr 1889 -  2 Sep 1898  Wilford Woodruff                   (b. 1807 - d. 1898)
13 Sep 1898 - 10 Oct 1901  Lorenzo Snow                       (b. 1814 - d. 1901)
17 Oct 1901 - 19 Nov 1918  Joseph Fielding Smith              (b. 1838 - d. 1918)
23 Nov 1918 - 14 May 1945  Heber J. Grant                     (b. 1856 - d. 1945)
21 May 1945 -  4 Apr 1951  George Albert Smith                (b. 1870 - d. 1951)
 9 Apr 1951 - 18 Jan 1970  David O. McKay                     (b. 1873 - d. 1970)
23 Jan 1970 -  2 Jul 1972  Joseph Fielding Smith, Jr.         (b. 1876 - d. 1972)
 7 Jul 1972 - 26 Dec 1973  Harold B. Lee                      (b. 1889 - d. 1973)
30 Dec 1973 -  5 Nov 1985  Spencer W. Kimball                 (b. 1895 - d. 1985)
10 Nov 1985 - 30 May 1994  Ezra Taft Benson                   (b. 1899 - d. 1994)
 4 Jun 1994 -  3 Mar 1995  Howard W. Hunter                   (b. 1907 - d. 1995)
12 Mar 1995 - 27 Jan 2008  Gordon B. Hinckley                 (b. 1910 - d. 2008)
 4 Feb 2008 -  2 Jan 2018  Thomas S. Monson                   (b. 1927 - d. 2018)
14 Jan 2018 -              Russell M. Nelson                  (b. 1924)



Community of Christ

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                        flag (formerReorganized Church of Jesus Christ
                        of Latter-day Saints)]

 6 Apr 1860                Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
 6 Apr 2001                Renamed Community of Christ.

Prophet-Presidents
 6 Apr 1860 - 10 Dec 1914  Joseph Smith III                   (b. 1832 - d. 1914)
 5 May 1915 - 20 Mar 1946  Frederick Madison Smith            (b. 1874 - d. 1946)
 6 Apr 1946 - 14 Jun 1958  Israel Alexander Smith             (b. 1876 - d. 1958)
 6 Oct 1958 -  3 Apr 1978  William Wallace Smith              (b. 1900 - d. 1989)
 5 Apr 1978 - 15 Apr 1996  Wallace Bunnell Anthony Smith      (b. 1929 - d. 2023)
15 Apr 1996 -  1 Dec 2004  William Grant McMurray             (b. 1947)
 3 Jun 2005 -              Stephen Mark Veazey                (b. 1957)



Czechoslovak Hussite Church

[Czechoslovak Hussite
                        Church flag]

 8 Jan 1920                Split from Roman Catholic Church. 
31 Aug 1924                Split between orthodox minority led by Gorazd and the Hussite
                             majority; Czechoslovak Church (Církev Československá).
Mar 1939 - 1945            Church is abolished in Slovakia (and Ruthenia).
22 Apr 1940 - 19 Sep 1945  Under German occupation renamed the Czech-Moravian Church
                             (Církev Českomoravská).
17 Oct 1971                Renamed Czechoslovak Hussite Church (Církev Československá
                             Husitská)(CCSH).

Bishop
25 Sep 1921 - 21 Jul 1924  Matĕj Pavlík (= Gorazd II)         (b. 1879 - d. 1942)
Patriarchs
29 Aug 1924 - 12 Jun 1927  Karel Farský                       (b. 1880 - d. 1927)
18 Mar 1928 -  9 Feb 1942  Gustav Adolf Procházka             (b. 1872 - d. 1942)
13 Feb 1942 - 1945         Ferdinand Stibor (administrator)   (b. 1869 - d. 1956)
14 May 1945 - 1946         Miroslav Novák (1st time)          (b. 1907 - d. 2000) 
                             (chairman of Central National Administration)
29 Jun 1946 - 29 Oct 1961  František Kovář                    (b. 1888 - d. 1969)
29 Oct 1961 - 15 May 1990  Miroslav Novák (2nd time)          (s.a.)
May 1990 - 1990            Jaromír Tuček (administrator)      (b. 1933 - d. 2011)
1990 - 16 Mar 1991         Vlastimil Zítek (administrator)    (b. 1920 - d. 2005)
16 Mar 1991 - 28 Aug 1994  Vratislav Štĕpánek                 (b. 1930 - d. 2013)
28 Aug 1994 - 28 Sep 2001  Josef Špak                         (b. 1929 - d. 2016)
28 Sep 2001 - 25 Jun 2005  Jan Schwarz                        (b. 1958)
                             (suspended from 14 May 2005) 
25 Jun 2005 - 28 Sep 2006  Štĕpán Klásek (administrator)      (b. 1957)
28 Sep 2006 -              Tomáš Butta                        (b. 1958)
                             (administrator 29 Sep 2020 - 6 Jul 2021)



Jehovah's Witnesses

[Jehovah's
                          Witnesses]

1872                       International Bible Students Association.
16 Feb 1881                Zion's Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society formed.
15 Dec 1884                Zion's Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society (incorporated).

22 Sep 1896                Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.
 8 Jul 1931                Jehovah's Witnesses.

Presidents
1872 - 31 Oct 1916         Charles Taze Russell               (b. 1852 - d. 1916)
16 Feb 1881 - 15 Dec 1884  William Henry Conley               (b. 1840 - d. 1897)
                             (president of Zion's Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society)

 
6 Jan 1917 -  8 Jan 1942  Joseph Franklin Rutherford         (b. 1869 - d. 1942)

13 Jan 1942 -  8 Jun 1977  Nathan Homer Knorr                 (b. 1905 - d. 1977)
22 Jun 1977 - 22 Dec 1992  Frederick William Franz            (b. 1893 - d. 1992)
30 Dec 1992 -  7 Oct 2000  Milton George Henschel             (b. 1920 - d. 2003)
 7 Oct 2000 - 2014         Don Alden Adams                    (b. 1925 - d. 2019)
2014 -                     Robert Louis Ciranko               (b. 1947)



Seventh-day Adventists

[Seventh-day
                        Adventist Flag]

Aug 1831                   William Miller (b. 1782 - d. 1849) leads movement
                             advocating seconding coming (or advent) of Christ
                             by 1844. Movement is called "Millerism."
22 Oct 1844                The "Great Disappointment", date predicated by Miller
                             for the second coming of Christ passes.
Sep 1860                   Name Seventh-day Adventist selected.
 3 May 1861                Seventh-day Adventist publishing association was
                             officially formed.
21 May 1863                Seventh-day Adventist Church formed.
18 Mar 1884                The Church of God (Seventh-day) splinter group formed.

Presidents of the General Conference 
20 May 1863 - 17 May 1865  John Byington                      (b. 1798 - d. 1887)
17 May 1865 - 14 May 1867  James White (1st time)             (b. 1821 - d. 1881)
14 May 1867 - 18 May 1869  John Nevins Andrews                (b. 1829 - d. 1883)
18 May 1869 - 29 Dec 1871  James White (2nd time)             (s.a.)
29 Dec 1871 - 10 Aug 1874  George I. Butler (1st time)        (b. 1834 - d. 1918)
10 Aug 1874 -  6 Oct 1880  James White (3rd time)             (s.a.)
 6 Oct 1880 - 17 Oct 1888  George I. Butler (2nd time)        (s.a.)
17 Oct 1888 - 19 Feb 1897  Ole A. Olsen                       (b. 1845 - d. 1915)
19 Feb 1897 -  2 Apr 1901  George A. Irwin                    (b. 1844 - d. 1913)
 2 Apr 1901 - 11 May 1922  Arthur G. Daniells                 (b. 1858 - d. 1935)
11 May 1922 - 28 May 1930  William A. Spicer                  (b. 1865 - d. 1952)
28 May 1930 - 26 May 1936  Charles H. Watson                  (b. 1877 - d. 1962)
26 May 1936 - 10 Jul 1950  J. Lamar McElhany                  (b. 1880 - d. 1959)
10 Jul 1950 - 24 May 1954  William H. Branson                 (b. 1887 - d. 1961)
24 May 1954 - 16 Jun 1966  Reuben R. Figuhr                   (b. 1896 - d. 1983)
16 Jun 1966 -  3 Jan 1979  Robert H. Pierson                  (b. 1911 - d. 1989)
 3 Jan 1979 -  5 Jul 1990  Neal C. Wilson                     (b. 1920 - d. 2010)
 5 Jul 1990 -  1 Mar 1999  Robert S. Folkenberg               (b. 1941 - d. 2015)
 1 Mar 1999 - 25 Jun 2010  Jan Paulsen                        (b. 1935)
25 Jun 2010 -              Ted N.C. Wilson                    (b. 1950)



Salvation Army

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                        flag]
Adopted 1882

 5 Jul 1865                Salvation Army founded.

Generals of the Salvation Army
 2 Jul 1865 - 1912         William Booth                      (b. 1829 - d. 1912)
1912 -  9 Jan 1929         Bramwell Booth                     (b. 1856 - d. 1929)
13 Feb 1929 - 1934         Edward Higgins                     (b. 1882 - d. 1947)
1934 - 1939                Evangeline Booth (f)               (b. 1865 - d. 1950)
1939 - 1946                George Carpenter                   (b. 1872 - d. 1948)
21 Jun 1946 - 1954         Albert Orsborn                     (b. 1886 - d. 1967)
 1 Jul 1954 - 1963         Wilfred Kitching                   (b. 1893 - d. 1977)
23 Oct 1963 - 1969         Frederick Coutts                   (b. 1899 - d. 1986)
23 Jul 1969 -  5 Jul 1974  Erik Wickberg                      (b. 1904 - d. 1996)
 6 Jul 1974 - 1977         Clarence Wiseman                   (b. 1907 - d. 1985)
 5 Jul 1977 - 1981         Arnold Brown                       (b. 1913 - d. 2002)
1981 -  8 Jul 1986         Jarl Wahlström                     (b. 1918 - d. 1999)
 
9 Jul 1986 -  9 Jul 1993  Eva Burrows (f)                    (b. 1929 - d. 2015)
 9 Jul 1993 - 18 May 1994  Bramwell Tillsley                  (b. 1931 - d. 2019)
23 Jul 1994 - 23 Jul 1999  Paul Alexander Rader               (b. 1934)
23 Jul 1999 - 12 Nov 2002  John Gowans                        (b. 1934 - d. 2012)
13 Nov 2002 -  1 Apr 2006  John Alfred Larsson                (b. 1938 - d. 2022)
 2 Apr 2006 -  2 Apr 2011  Shaw Clifton                       (b. 1945)
 2 Apr 2011 - 13 Jun 2013  Linda Bond (f)                     (b. 1946)
13 Jun 2013 -  3 Aug 2018  André Cox (acting to 3 Aug 2013)   (b. 1954)
 3 Aug 2018 -  3 Aug 2023  Brian Peddle                       (b. 1957)
 3 Aug 2023 -              Lyndon Buckingham                  (b. 1962)



Grace Communion International

Oct 1933                   Radio Church of God founded.
 5 Jan 1968                Renamed Worldwide Church of God.
 3 Apr 2009                Renamed Grace Communion International.

Pastors-general
1933 - 16 Jan 1986         Herbert W. Armstrong               (b. 1892 - d. 1986)
1986 - 23 Sep 1995         Joseph W. Tkach                    (b. 1927 - d. 1995)
23 Sep 1995 - 14 Oct 2018  Joseph Tkach, Jr.                  (b. 1951)
14 Oct 2018 -              Greg Williams



New Apostolic Church

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                        Apostolic Church (NAC)]

Chief Apostles
 6 Dec 1895 - 20 Jan 1905  Fritz Krebs                        (b. 1832 - d. 1905)
21 Jan 1905 - 20 Sep 1930  Hermann Niehaus                    (b. 1848 - d. 1932)
21 Sep 1930 -  6 Jul 1960  Johann Gottfried Bischoff          (b. 1871 - d. 1960)
 7 Jul 1960 - 15 Feb 1975  Walter Schmidt                     (b. 1891 - d. 1981)
15 Feb 1975 -  8 Nov 1978  Ernst Streckeisen                  (b. 1905 - d. 1978)
18 Nov 1978 -  3 Mar 1988  Hans Urwyler                       (b. 1925 - d. 1994)
 3 Mar 1988 - 15 May 2005  Richard Fehr                       (b. 1939 - d. 2013)
15 May 2005 - 19 May 2013  Wilhelm Leber                      (b. 1947)
19 May 2013 -              Jean-Luc Schneider                 (b. 1959)



Assemblies of God

[Assemblies of God flag]

General Chairmen
1914                       Eudorus N. Bell (1st time)         (b. 1866 - d. 1923)
1914 - 1915                Archibald P. Collins               (b. 1861 - d. 1921)
1915 - 1920                John W. Welch (1st time)           (b. 1859 - d. 1939)
1920 - 15 Jun 1923         Eudorus N. Bell (2nd time)         (s.a.)
1923 - 1925                John W. Welch (2nd time)           (s.a.)
1925 - 1927                William T. Gaston                  (b. 1886 - d. 1956)
General Superintendents
1927 - 1929                William T. Gaston                  (s.a.)
1929 - 1949                Ernest S. Williams                 (b. 1885 - d. 1981)
1949 -  8 Jul 1952         Wesley R. Steelberg                (b. 1902 - d. 1952)
1952 - 1953                Gayle F. Lewis                     (b. 1898 - d. 1979)
1953 - 1959                Ralph M. Riggs                     (b. 1895 - d. 1971)
1959 - 1985                Thomas F. Zimmerman                (b. 1912 - d. 1991)
1986 - 1993                G. Raymond Carlson                 (b. 1918 - d. 1999)
15 Nov 1993 -  8 Oct 2007  Thomas E. Trask                    (b. 1936)
 8 Oct 2007 - 10 Oct 2017  George O. Wood                     (b. 1941 - d. 2022)

10 Oct 2017 -              Doug E. Clay                       (b. 1962)



United Church of Christ 

[United Church of
                        Christ flag]

25 Jun 1957                United Church of Christ (UCC) formed by merger of Evangelical and
                             Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Church.
 

Presidents
25 Jun 1957 - 1961         James E. Wagner                    (b. 1873 - d. 1969)
                           + Fred Hoskins                     (b. 1906 - d. 1966)
1961 - 1969                Ben M. Herbster                    (b. 1904 - d. 1984)
1969 - 25 Oct 1976         Robert V. Moss, Jr.                (b. 1922 - d. 1976)
1976 - 1977                Joseph H. Evans (interim)          (b. 1915 - d. 2008)
1977 - 1989                Avery D. Post                      (b. 1924 - d. 2020)
1989 - 1999                Paul H. Sherry                     (b. 1933 - d. 2023)
1999 -  1 Jul 2000         John H. Thomas                     (b. 1950)
General Ministers and Presidents
 1 Jul 2000 - Oct 2009     John H. Thomas                     (s.a.)
Oct 2009 - 31 Aug 2015     Geoffrey A. Black                 
 1 Sep 2015 -              John C. Dorhauer                   (b. 1947)



Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ)

[Iglesia ni Cristo
                        (Church of Christ) flag]

27 Jul 1914                Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ) founded in
                             The Philippines.

Executive Ministers (Tagapamahalang Pangkalahatan)
27 Jul 1914 - 12 Apr 1963  Felix Ysagun Manalo                (b. 1886 - d. 1963)
12 Apr 1963 - 31 Aug 2009  Eraño de Guzman Manalo             (b. 1925 - d. 2009)
 8 Sep 2009 -              Eduardo Villanueva Manalo          (b. 1955)



Orthodox Churches

Note: In the Orthodox Church there are 15 independent (autocephalous) church units, each with its own patriarch, archbishop, or metropolitan. In the traditional order of honor amongst the Orthodox churches (that is, the order through which their primates are mentioned in the liturgy when more than 3 metropolitans are present), they are: Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, Russia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Cyprus, Greece, Poland, Albania, Czech and Slovak Republics, and America. The Church of Constantinople and its patriarch have only a status of "first among equals", nothing more (this status means nothing more that he is the president of all Orthodox conferences), but he has no kind of power over other church units, he is the leader of only his own church unit, the Church of Constantinople.


Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

[Flag of (Greek
                        Orthodox) Ecumenical Patriarchate of
                        Constantinople]
Flag of Ecumenical Patriarchate

c.36                       Church of Byzantium founded by the Apostle Andrew (St. Andrew).
11 May 330                 Inauguration of Constantinople (foundation stone set 3 Nov 324).
 6 Jul 1274 - 11 Dec 1282  Byzantine Emperor Mikhaíl VIII Palaiológos (Michael VIII
                             Palaeologus) and Patriarch Ioánnis XI Vékkos (John XI Bekkos)
                             attempted to enforce the Union of Lyons (union of Latin and

                            
Eastern Orthodox Churches), which is rejected.
10 Mar 1924                Adopts the revised Julian calendar.

Archbishops of Constantinople, New Rome, and Ecumenical Patriarchs¹
Apr/May 1694 - 19 Aug 1702 Kallinikos II (3rd time)(Callinicus II) (b. c.1630 - d. 1702)
Aug 1702 - 25 Oct 1707     Gavriil III (Gabriel III)               (b. 16.. - d. 1707)
31 Oct?1707 -  5 Nov?1707  Neophytos V (Neophytus V)               (b. 16.. - d. 1711?)
 5 Nov?1707 - Jun 1709     Kyprianos I (1st time)(Cyprian I)       (b. 16.. - d. af.1720)
Jun 1709                   Kyrillos IV (1st time)(Cyril IV         (b. 16.. - d. 1728)
Jun 1709 - Dec 1711        Athanasios V (Athanasius V)             (b. 16.. - d. af.1718)
15 Dec 1711 - Nov 1713     Kyrillos IV (2nd time)                  (s.a.)
Nov 1713 - 11 Mar 1714     Kyprianos I (2nd time)                  (s.a.)
11 Mar 1714 -  3 Apr 1716  Kosmas III (Cosmas III)                 (b. 16.. - d. 1736)
3/5 Apr 1716 - 30 Nov 1726 Ieremias III (1st time)(Jeremiah III)   (b. 16.. - d. 1735)
12 Jan 1718 - 28 Jan 1718  Kyrillos of Proussa2                            (b. 16.. - d. 1724)
                             (in opposition)
30 Nov 1726 (hours)        Kallinikos III (Callinicus III)         (b. 16.. - d. 1726)
 1 Dec 1726 - Sep 1732     Paisios II (1st time)(Pasius II)        (b. 16.. - d. 1756)
26 Sep 1732 - Mar/Apr 1733 Ieremias III (2nd time)                 (s.a.)
Mar/Apr 1733 - Oct 1734    Seraphim I (Seraphim I)                 (b. 16.. - d. 1734)
 8 Oct 1734 - Aug/Sep 1740 Neophytos VI (1st time)                 (b. 16.. - d. 1747)
Aug/Sep 1740 -May/Jun 1743 Paisios II (2nd time)                   (s.a.)
May/Jun 1743 -Mar/Apr 1744 Neophytos VI (2nd time)                 (s.a.)
Mar/Apr 1744 -  9 Oct 1748 Paisios II (3rd time)                   (s.a.)
 9 Oct 1748 - Jun 1751     Kyrillos V (1st time)(Cyril V of Nicea) (b. 17.. - d. 1775)
Jun 1751 - Sep 1752        Paisios II (4th time)                   (s.a.)
18 Sep 1752 - 27 Jan 1757  Kyrillos V (2nd time)                   (s.a.)
27 Jan 1757 -  2 Aug 1757  Kallinikos IV (Callinicus IV)           (b. 1713 - d. 1792)
13 Aug 1757 -  6 Apr 1761  Seraphim II (Seraphim II)               (d. 1779)
 6 Apr 1761 -  4 Jun 1763  Ioannikios III (Joannicius III)         (b. c.1700 - d. 1793)
 4 Jun 1763 - 16 Nov 1768  Samouil I (1st time)(Samuel I)          (b. c.1700 - d. 1775)
16 Nov 1768 - 22 Apr 1769  Meletios II (Meletius II)               (b. c.1700 - d. af.1777)
                             (imprisoned from 18 Apr 1769, then exiled)
22 Apr 1769 - 27 Nov 1773  Theodosios II (Theodosius II)           (b. 17.. - d. c.1785)
28 Nov 1773 -  4 Jan 1775  Samouil I (2nd time)                    (s.a.)
 4 Jan 1775 - 19 Oct 1780  Sophronios II (Sophronius II)           (b. 17.. - d. 1780)
19 Oct 1780 - 10 Jul 1785  Gavriil IV (Gabriel IV)                 (b. 17.. - d. 1785)
20/21 Jul 1785-11 May 1789 Prokopios I (Procopius I)               (b. 1734 - d. 1812)
12 May 1789 - 12 Mar 1794  Neophytos VII (1st time)(Neophytus VII) (b. 17.. - d. af.1804)
14 Mar 1794 - 30 Apr 1797  Gerasimos III (Gerasimus III)           (b. 17.. - d. c.1800)
30 Apr 1797 - 29 Dec 1798  Grigorios V (1st time)(St. Gregory V)   (b. 1746 - d. 1821)
30 Dec 1798 - 29 Jun 1801  Neophytos VII (2nd time)                (s.a.)
29 Jul 1801 -  4 Oct 1806  Kallinikos V (1st time) (Callinicus V)  (b. 17.. - d. af.1809)
 5 Oct 1806 - 22 Sep 1808  Grigorios V (2nd time)                  (s.a.)
22 Sep 1808 -  5 May 1809  Kallinikos V (2nd time)                 (s.a.)
 5 May 1809 - 16 Mar 1813  Ieremias IV (Jeremiah IV)               (b. 17.. - d. 1824)
16 Mar 1813 - 25 Dec 1818  Kyrillos VI (Cyril VI)                  (b. 1769/75 - d. 1821)
26 Dec 1818 - 22 Apr 1821  Grigorios V (3rd time)                  (s.a.)
22 Apr 1821 -  8 Aug 1822  Evgenios II (Eugenius II)               (b. 1780? - d. 1822)
 9 Aug 1822 - 21 Jul 1824  Anthimos III (Anthimus III)             (b. 1762 - d. 1842)
21 Jul 1824 -  8 Oct 1826  Chrysanthos I (Chrysanthus I)           (b. 1768 - d. 1834)
 8 Oct 1826 - 17 Jul 1830  Agathangelos I (Agathangel I)           (b. 1769 - d. 1832)
18 Jul 1830 - 30 Aug 1834  Konstantios I (Constantius I)           (b. 1770 - d. 1859)
30 Aug 1834 -  8 Oct 1835  Konstantios II (Constantius II)         (b. 1760? - d. 1859)
 9 Oct 1835 -  3 Mar 1840  Grigorios VI (1st time)(Gregory VI)     (b. 1798 - d. 1881)
 3 Mar 1840 - 18 May 1841  Anthimos IV (1st time)(Anthimus IV)     (b. 1785 - d. 1878)
18 May 1841 - 24 Jun 1842  Anthimos V (Anthimus V)                 (b. 1779 - d. 1842)
26 Jun 1842 - 30 Apr 1845  Germanos IV (1st time) (Germanus IV)    (b. 1788 - d. 1853)
30 Apr 1845 - 10 Dec 1845  Meletios III (Meletius III)             (b. 1772? - d. 1845)
16 Dec 1845 - 30 Oct 1848  Anthimos VI (1st time) (Anthimus VI)    (b. 1782 - d. 1878)
30 Oct 1848 - 11 Nov 1852  Anthimos IV (2nd time)                  (s.a.)
13 Nov 1852 - 28 Sep 1853  Germanos IV (2nd time)                  (s.a.)
 6 Oct 1853 -  3 Oct 1855  Anthimos VI (2nd time)                  (s.a.)
 3 Oct 1855 - 13 Jul 1860  Kyrillos VII (Cyril VII)                (b. 1775 - d. 1872)
19 Jul 1860 - 16 Oct 1860  Ioannikios of Nikaia                    (b. 1800? - d. 1879)
                             (Locum Tenens)
16 Oct 1860 - 21 Jul 1863  Ioakim II (1st time)(Joachim II)        (b. 1802 - d. 1878)
23 Jul 1863 -  2 Oct 1863  Meletios of Raskopresreni               (b. 1824 - d. 1895)
                             (Locum Tenens)
 2 Oct 1863 - 16 Sep 1866  Sophronios III (Sophronius III)         (b. 1798 - d. 1899)
17 Dec 1866 - 22 Feb 1867  Neophytos of Korytsa                    (b. c.1800 - d. 1874)
                             (Locum Tenens)
22 Feb 1867 - 22 Jun 1871  Grigorios VI (2nd time)                 (s.a.)
23 Jun 1871 - 17 Sep 1871  Dionysios of Didymotichon               (b. 1820 - d. 1891)
                             (Locum Tenens)(later Dionysios V)
17 Sep 1871 - 12 Oct 1873  Anthimos VI (3rd time)                  (s.a.)
12 Oct 1873 -  5 Dec 1873  Seraphim of Arta (Locum Tenens)         (b. c.1810 - d. 1894)
 5 Dec 1873 - 16 Aug 1878  Ioakim II (2nd time)                    (s.a.)
19 Aug 1878 - 16 Oct 1878  Agathangelos of Ephesos                 (b. 1818 - d. 1893)
                             (1st time) (Locum Tenens)
16 Oct 1878 - 11 Apr 1884  Ioakim III (1st time)(Joachim III)      (b. 1834 - d. 1912)
11 Apr 1884 - 13 Oct 1884  Agathangelos of Ephesos                 (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) (Locum Tenens
13 Oct 1884 - 26 Nov 1886  Ioakim IV (Joachim IV)                  (b. 1837 - d. 1887)
28 Nov 1886 -  4 Feb 1887  Ioannis of Kaisaria (Locum Tenens)      (b. 1834 - d. 1902)
 4 Feb 1887 - 25 Aug 1891  Dionysios V (Dionysius V)               (s.a.)
28 Aug 1891 -  8 Nov 1891  Dorotheos of Velegrades                 (b. 1841 - d. 1924)
                             (Locum Tenens)
 8 Nov 1891 -  6 Nov 1894  Neophytos VIII (Neophytus VIII)         (b. 1832 - d. 1909)
 7 Nov 1894 -  1 Feb 1895  Nathanail of Prousa (1st time)          (b. 1838 - d. 1910)
                             (Locum Tenens)
 1 Feb 1895 - 10 Feb 1897  Anthimos VII (Anthimus VII)             (b. 1827 - d. 1913)
10 Feb 1897 - 14 Apr 1897  Konstantinos of Ephesos                 (b. 1833 - d. 1914)
                             (Locum Tenens)
14 Apr 1897 -  9 Apr 1901  Konstantinos V (Constantine V)          (s.a.)
12 Apr 1901 -  7 Jun 1901  Nathanail of Prousa (2nd time)          (s.a.)
                             (Locum Tenens)
 7 Jun 1901 - 26 Nov 1912  Ioakim III (2nd time)                   (s.a.)
 3 Dec 1912 - 10 Feb 1913  Germanos of Amasia (Locum Tenens)       (b. 1866 - d. 1935)
10 Feb 1913 - 25 Oct 1918  Germanos V (Germanus V)                 (b. 1835 - d. 1920)
25 Oct 1918 - 19 Mar 1921  Dorotheos of Prousa (Locum Tenens)      (b. 1861 - d. 1921)
19 Mar 1921 -  8 Dec 1921  Nikolaos of Kaisaria (1st time)         (b. 1862 - d. 1927)
                             (Locum Tenens)
 8 Dec 1921 - 20 Sep 1923  Meletios IV (Meletius IV)               (b. 1871 - d. 1935)
                             (in exile from 10 Jul 1923)
10 Jul 1923 -  2 Oct 1923  Nikolaos of Kaisaria (2nd time)         (s.a.)
                             (Head of Synod)
 2 Oct 1923 -  6 Dec 1923  Kallinikos of Kyzikos (1st time)        (b. 1855 - d. 1934)
                             (Head of Synod)
 6 Dec 1923 - 17 Nov 1924  Grigorios VII (Gregory VII)             (b. 1855 - d. 1924)
17 Nov 1924 - 24 Nov 1924  Kallinikos of Kyzikos (2nd time)        (s.a.)
                             (Head of Synod)
24 Nov 1924 - 17 Dec 1924  Vasilios of Nikaia (Head of Synod)      (b. 1846 - d. 1929)
17 Dec 1924 - 22 May 1925  Konstantinos VI (Constantine VI)        (b. 1860 - d. 1930)
                             (in exile from 30 Jan 1925)
22 May 1925 - 13 Jul 1925  Nikolaos of Kaisaria (3rd time)         (s.a.)
                             (Head of Synod)
13 Jul 1925 - 29 Sep 1929  Vasilios III (Basil III)                (s.a.)
29 Sep 1929 -  7 Oct 1929  Kallinikos of Kyzikos (3rd time)        (s.a.)
                             (Head of Synod)
 7 Oct 1929 - 29 Dec 1935  Photios II (Photius II)                 (b. 1874 - d. 1935)
29 Dec 1935 - 18 Jan 1936  Veniamin of Iraklia                     (b. 1871 - d. 1946)
                             (Head of Synod)
18 Jan 1936 - 17 Feb 1946  Veniamin I (Benjamin I)                 (s.a.)
17 Feb 1946 - 20 Feb 1946  Maximos of Chalkidon                    (b. 1897 - d. 1972)
                             (Head of Synod)
20 Feb 1946 - 18 Oct 1948  Maximos V (Maximus V)                   (s.a.)
18 Oct 1948 -  1 Nov 1948  Thomas of Chalkidon                     (b. 1889 - d. 1966)
                             (Head of Synod)
 1 Nov 1948 -  7 Jul 1972  Athinagoras I (Athenagoras I)           (b. 1886 - d. 1972)
 7 Jul 1972 - 16 Jul 1972  Meliton of Chalkidon                    (b. 1913 - d. 1989)
                             (Head of Synod)
16 Jul 1972 -  2 Oct 1991  Dimitrios I (Demetrius I)               (b. 1914 - d. 1991)
 2 Oct 1991 - 22 Oct 1991  Vartholomaios of Chalkidon              (b. 1940)
                             (Head of Synod)
22 Oct 1991 -              Vartholomaios I (Bartholomew I)         (s.a.)

 ¹The Ecumenical Patriarch is also officially the "Spiritual Leader" of the "Autonomous Monastic State of Ayion Oros", (also styled "Athonian Republic"), that is, he is the Head of that Autonomous State, which itself is part of Greece.

 2This is an interesting case. A faction who wanted to remove Ieremias from the throne
decided to support Kyrillos of Proussa for Patriarch, although he himself had no such aspirations. They paid good money to the Turkish officials who declared that Kyrillos 
should take the place of Ieremias as Patriarch. Subsequently, Ieremias went into hiding.
Kyrillos, however, refused to take the place of Ieremias in the Patriarchal throne, and the situation became irregular. On 28 Jan the Turks, seeing that no one came to the throne,
let Ieremias continue as Patriarch.



Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria

[Orthodox
                          Patriarchate of Alexandria]

c.43                       Church of Alexandria founded by the Apostle Mark (St. Mark).
30 Sep 1928                Adopts the revised Julian calendar.

Popes and Patriarchs of Alexandria and All Africa 
 3 Nov 1688 - 31 Jan 1710  Gerasimos II                       (b. 16.. - d. 1714)
 2 Feb 1710 - Jan/Feb 1712 Samouil I (1st time)               (b. 1661 - d. 1723)
Jan/Feb 1712-Jan/Feb 1714  Kosmas II (1st time)               (b. 16.. - d. 1736)
Jan/Feb 1714 - Sep 1723    Samouil I (2nd time)               (s.a.)
23 Sep 1723 -  9 Dec 1736  Kosmas II (2nd time)               (s.a.)
16 Mar 1737 - 14 Jun 1746  Kosmas III                         (b. 16.. - d. 1746)
29 Aug 1746 - 20 Jul 1766  Mattheos I                         (b. c.1700 - d. 1775)
23 Jul 1766 -  1 Jul 1783  Kyprianos I                        (b. 1723? - d. 1783)
 1 Jul 1783 - 17 Aug 1788  Gerasimos III                      (b. 17.. - d. 1788)
24 Sep 1788 - 21 Sep 1805  Parthenios II                      (b. 1735 - d. 1805)
21 Nov 1805 - 26 Oct 1825  Theophilos III                     (b. 1764 - d. 1833)
10 Nov 1825 - 20 Sep 1845  Ierotheos I                        (b. 17.. - d. 1845)
 9 Oct 1845 - 11 Feb 1847  Artemios I                         (b. 17.. - d. 1858)
 2 May 1847 - 13 Jan 1858  Ierotheos II                       (b. 17.. - d. 1858)
 7 Feb 1858 -  5 Jun 1861  Kallinikos I                       (b. 1800 - d. 1889)
 6 Jun 1861 - 12 Jan 1866  Iakovos I (or II)                  (b. 1803 - d. 1866)
16 Jan 1866 - 17 Jan 1866  Chrysanthos of Pentapolis          (b. 1815 - d. 1866)
                             (Locum Tenens)
17 Jan 1866 - 31 Mar 1869  Nikanor I                          (b. 1790 - d. 1870)
Dec 1866 - 22 Feb 1868     Evgenios Xiropotamitis             (d. 1875)
                             (Locum Tenens)(in opposition)
31 Mar 1869 -  2 Apr 1869  Nilos of Pentapolis (Locum Tenens) (b. 1809 - d. 1887)
 2 Apr 1869 - 28 Oct 1870  Nilos I                            (s.a.)
                             (in opposition after 11 Jun 1870)
11 Jun 1870 -  3 Sep 1899  Sophronios IV                      (b. 1798 - d. 1899)
 3 Sep 1899 - 22 Jan 1900  Meletios Apostolopoulos            (b. 1860 - d. 1919)
                             (Locum Tenens)
22 Jan 1900 -  4 Sep 1925  Photios I                          (b. 1853 - d. 1925)
 4 Sep 1925 - 20 May 1929  Theophanis of Tripolis (1st time)  (b. 1864 - d. 1954)
                             (Locum Tenens)
20 May 1926 - 28 Jul 1935  Meletios II                        (b. 1871 - d. 1935)
 4 Aug 1935 - 11 Feb 1936  Theophanis of Tripolis (2nd time)  (s.a.)
                             (Locum Tenens)
11 Feb 1936 -  3 Mar 1939  Nikolaos V                         (b. 1876 - d. 1939)
 3 Mar 1939 - 21 Jun 1939  Theophanis of Tripolis (3rd time)  (s.a.)
                             (Locum Tenens)
21 Jun 1939 - 16 Nov 1966  Christophoros II                   (b. 1876 - d. 1967)
16 Nov 1966 - 10 May 1968  Konstantinos of Leontopolis        (b. 1887 - d. 1980)
                             (Locum Tenens)
10 May 1968 -  9 Jul 1986  Nikolaos VI                        (b. 1915 - d. 1986)
 9 Jul 1986 - 27 Feb 1987  Varnavas of Pilousion              (b. 1921 - d. 1993)
                             (Locum Tenens)
27 Feb 1987 - 23 Jul 1996  Parthenios III                     (b. 1919 - d. 1996)
23 Jul 1996 - 21 Feb 1997  Pavlos of Ioannoupolis             (b. 1920 - d. 2013)
                             (Locum Tenens)
21 Feb 1997 - 11 Sep 2004  Petros VII                         (b. 1949 - d. 2004)
18 Sep 2004 -  9 Oct 2004  Petros of Axomi (Locum Tenens)     (b. 1932 - d. 2020)
 9 Oct 2004 -              Theodoros II                       (b. 1954)



Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch

[Orthodox
                  Patriarchate of Antioch]

c.44                       Church of Antioch founded by the Apostle Peter (St. Peter).
334 - 455                  Arians control of the See of Antioch.
1099 - 1268                Latin Patriarchs of Antioch appointed.

30 Sep 1929                Adopts the revised Julian calendar.

Patriarchs of Antioch and All the East
1684 - 16 Feb 1720         Kyrillos VI (2nd time)             (b. 1657 - d. 1720)
 5 Jul 1686 - Oct/Nov 1694 Athanasios III (1st time)          (b. 1647 - d. 1724)
                             (in opposition)
16 Feb 1720 - 24 Jul 1724  Athanasios III (2nd time)          (s.a.)
 8 Oct 1724 - 24 Mar 1766  Silvestros I                       (d. 1766)
 9 May 1766 - 16 Jul 1767  Philimon I                         (d. 1767)
17 Aug 1767 - 26 Dec 1791  Daniil I                           (b. 1736? - d. 1793)
26 Dec 1791 -  1 Aug 1813  Anthemios I                        (b. 17.. - d. 1813)
Aug 1813 -  3 Mar 1823     Seraphim I                         (b. 17.. - d. 1823)
25 May 1823 -  6 Jul 1850  Methodios I                        (b. 1771 - d. 1850)
19 Oct 1850 - 28 Mar 1885  Ierotheos I                        (b. 1800 - d. 1885)
28 Mar 1885 -  3 Jun 1885  Seraphim of Irinoupolis (1st time) (b. 1829 - d. 1906) 
                             (Locum Tenens)
 3 Jun 1885 - 24 Apr 1891  Gerasimos I                        (b. 1839 - d. 1897)
24 Apr 1891 - 14 Oct 1891  Seraphim of Irinoupolis (2nd time) (s.a.)
                             (Locum Tenens)
14 Oct 1891 - 12 Feb 1898  Spyridon I                         (b. 1839 - d. 1921)
 7 Jan 1898 -  8 Mar 1899  Germanos of Tarsos (Locum Tenens)  (b. c.1830 - d. 1911)
                             (in opposition to 12 Feb 1898)
24 May 1898 - 27 Apr 1899  Meletios of Laodikia               (b. 1839 - d. 1906)
                             (Locum Tenens)
                             (in opposition to 8 Mar 1899)
27 Apr 1899 - 21 Feb 1906  Meletios II                        (s.a.)
21 Feb 1906 - 29 Jun 1906  Athanasios of Emessa               (b. 1853 - d. 1924)
                             (Locum Tenens)
29 Jun 1906 - 12 Dec 1928  Grigorios IV                       (b. 1859 - d. 1928)
12 Dec 1928 -  9 Feb 1931¹ Arsenios of Laodikia               (b. 1861 - d. 1933)
                             (Locum Tenens)
 9 Feb 1931 - 15 Jan 1933  Arsenios II                        (s.a.)
12 Feb 1931 - 17 Jun 1958  Alexandros III                     (b. 1869 - d. 1958)
                             (in opposition to 15 Jan 1933)¹
17 Jun 1958 - 14 Nov 1958  Theodosios of Tripolis             (b. 1886 - d. 1970)
                             (Locum Tenens)
14 Nov 1958 - 19 Sep 1970  Theodosios VI                      (s.a.)
19 Sep 1970 - 25 Sep 1970  Ilias of Aleppo (Locum Tenens)     (b. 1914 - d. 1979)
25 Sep 1970 - 21 Jun 1979  Ilias IV                           (s.a.)
21 Jun 1979 -  2 Jul 1979  Ilias of Tripolis (Locum Tenens)   (b. 1925 - d. 2009)
 2 Jul 1979 -  5 Dec 2012  Ignatios IV                        (b. 1920 - d. 2012)
 7 Dec 2012 - 17 Dec 2012  Saba of Bosra-Hauran and Jabal     (b. 1959)
                             al-Arab (Locum Tenens)
17 Dec 2012 -              Ioannis X
²                         (b. 1955)

 ¹When Grigorios IV died in Dec 1928, the Holy Synod deadlocked, eventually splitting into two factions. The larger section elected Arsenios II (s.a.), the smaller one Alexandros III (s.a.). They reconciled briefly in 1931, the factions agreeing that both men would be considered valid patriarchs until one of them died. However, Arsenios died in 1933 and is now considered an anti-patriarch for that period. Another member of his faction, Epiphanios, was elected his successor as patriarch in 1935, but eventually resigned his title and rejoined the Holy Synod.

 ²The number X adopted by this patriarch appears to be based on a rather erroneous list showing the last holder of his name as IX. As the latter was patriarch in the 12th century, the facts are obscure; however, studies by Venance Grumel ("Les patriarches grecs d'Antioche du nom de Jean" [Echos d'Orient 1933] and "Jean ou Denys? Note sur un patriarche d'Antioche" [Revue des études byzantines 1951]) indicate that the correct number of the patriarch of 2012 would be VI or VII.



Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem

c.44                       Church of Jerusalem founded by Apostle James (St. James).

Patriarchs of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine
 2 Feb 1669 - 18 Feb 1707  Dositheos II                       (b. 1641 - d. 1707)
19 Feb 1707 - 18 Feb 1731  Chrysanthos I                      (b. 1663 - d. 1731)
Feb/Mar 1731-Mar/Apr 1737  Meletios I                         (b. 16.. - d. 17..)
Mar/Apr 1737 - 28 Oct 1766 Parthenios I                       (b. 1685 - d. 1770)
Dec 1766 - 26 Apr 1770     Ephraim II                         (d. 1770)
28 Apr 1770 -  4 Jan 1775  Sophronios V                       (b. 17.. - d. 1780)
Jun/Jul 1775 - 13 Nov 1787 Avramios I                         (b. 17.. - d. 1787)
13 Nov 1787 -  3 Nov 1788  Prokopios I                        (b. 17.. - d. 1788)
 4 Nov 1788 - 22 Nov 1808  Anthimos I                         (b. 1717 - d. 1808)
22 Nov 1808 - 15 Jan 1827  Polykarpos I                       (b. 17.. - d. 1827)
27 Jan 1827 - 28 Dec 1844  Athanasios V                       (b. 1751 - d. 1844)
28 Mar 1845 - 19 Nov 1872  Kyrillos II                        (b. 1792 - d. 1877)
14 Dec 1872 - 28 Dec 1872  Prokopios of Gaza (Locum Tenens)   (b. 1790 - d. 1880)
28 Dec 1872 - 10 Mar 1875  Prokopios II                       (s.a.)
10 Mar 1875 - 19 May 1875  Iosaph of Philadelphia             (b. 1819 - d. 1886)
                             (Locum Tenens)
19 May 1875 - 23 Jun 1882  Ierotheos I                        (d. 1882)
23 Jun 1882 - 25 Oct 1882  Nikiphoros of Petra (1st time)     (b. 1817 - d. 1909)
                             (Locum Tenens)
25 Oct 1882 -  3 Jan 1883  Photios I (not consecrated)        (b. 1853 - d. 1925)
 3 Jan 1883 - 16 Aug 1883  Nikiphoros of Petra (2nd time)     (s.a.)
                             (Locum Tenens)
16 Aug 1883 - 11 Aug 1890  Nikodimos I                        (b. 1827 - d. 1910)
14 Aug 1890 - 11 Mar 1891  Nikiphoros of Petra (3rd time)     (s.a.)
                             (Locum Tenens)
11 Mar 1891 - 21 Feb 1897  Gerasimos II                       (b. 1839 - d. 1897)
21 Feb 1897 - 22 Jul 1897  Damianos of Philadelphia           (b. 1848 - d. 1931)
                             (Locum Tenens)
22 Jul 1897 - 26 Dec 1908  Damianos I (1st time)              (s.a.)
26 Dec 1908 - 27 Dec 1908  Commission
                           - Meletios of Tiverias             (b. 1838 - d. 1909)
                           - Meletios of Iordanis             (b. 1851 - d. 1918)
                           - Nikodimos of Lydda               (b. 1846 - d. 1932)
27 Dec 1908 - 23 Feb 1909  Meletios of Tiverias               (s.a.)
                             (Locum Tenens)
23 Feb 1909 - 29 Feb 1909  Theophanis of Nazaret              (b. 1857 - d. 1914)
                             (Locum Tenens)
29 Feb 1909 - 19 Sep 1918  Damianos I (2nd time)              (s.a.)
                             (in exile from 19 Nov 1917)
19 Sep 1918 -  5 Jan 1919  Porphyrios of Sinai (Locum Tenens) (b. 1859 - d. 1926)
 5 Jan 1919 - 14 Aug 1931  Damianos I (3rd time)              (s.a.)
14 Aug 1931 -  1 Oct 1934  Keladion of Ptolemais              (b. 1870 - d. 1944)
                             (Locum Tenens)
 1 Oct 1934 - 22 Jul 1935  Meliton of Madava (Locum Tenens)   (b. 1871 - d. 1943)
22 Jul 1935 - 31 Dec 1955  Timotheos I                        (b. 1878 - d. 1955)
 1 Jan 1956 - 29 Jan 1957  Athinagoras of Sevastia            (b. 1894 - d. 1966)
                             (Locum Tenens)
29 Jan 1957 - 11 Dec 1980  Venediktos I                       (b. 1892 - d. 1980)
11 Dec 1980 - 16 Feb 1981  Germanos of Petra (Locum Tenens)   (b. 1920 - d. 1991)
16 Feb 1981 - 19 Dec 2000  Diodoros I                         (b. 1923 - d. 2000)
20 Dec 2000 - 13 Aug 2001  Kornilios of Petra (1st time)      (b. 1936 - d. 2023)
                             (Locum Tenens)
13 Aug 2001 - 24 May 2005  Irenaios I                         (b. 1939 - d. 2023)
 6 May 2005 - 30 May 2005  Commission
                           (in opposition to 24 May 2005)
                           - Kornilios of Petra               (s.a.)
                           - Vasilios of Kaisaria             (b. 1923 - d. 2012)
                           - Isychios of Kapitolias           (b. 1944)
30 May 2005 - 22 Aug 2005  Kornilios of Petra (2nd time)      (s.a.)
                             (Locum Tenens)
22 Aug 2005 -              Theophilos III                     (b. 1952)



Russian Orthodox Church

[Personal Standard of Patriarch Aleksy II
                      1990-2008 (Russian Orthodox Church)]
Flag of Aleksy II 1990 - 2008

[Personal Standard of Patriarch Kirill I
                      (Russian Orthodox Church)]
Flag of Kirill I from 2009

988                        Metropolis of Kiev founded.
1318                       See transferred to Moscow.
1448                       Autocephaly
26 Jan 1589                See elevated to Patriarchate by Constantinople.
25 Feb 1721                Patriarchate abolished.¹
21 Nov 1917                Patriarchate restored.

Patriarchs of Moscow and All Russia
 3 Sep 1690 - 27 Oct 1700  Adrian I                           (b. 1637 - d. 1700) 
27 Oct 1700 - 27 Dec 1701  Trifiliy of Krutitsiy              (b. 16.. - d. 1702) 
                             (Locum Tenens
27 Dec 1701 -  8 Dec 1722  Stefan of Ryazan                   (b. 1658 - d. 1722) 
                             (Locum Tenens; from 25 Feb 1721, Head of Synod) 
Metropolitans of Moscow²
12 Sep 1742 - 21 Jun 1745  Iosif                              (d. 1745)
21 Jun 1745 - 25 Apr 1748  Platon of Krutitsiy (Locum Tenens) (d. 1754)
25 Apr 1748 - 25 Jun 1754  Platon I                           (s.a.)
25 Jun 1754 -  2 Nov 1757  Ilarion of Krutitsiy (Locum Tenens)(b. 1696 - d. 1760)
 2 Nov 1757 - 29 Apr 1767  Timofey                            (b. 1698 - d. 1767)
29 Apr 1767 - 29 Jan 1768  Amvrosy of Krutitsiy (Locum Tenens)(b. 1708 - d. 1771)
29 Jan 1768 - 27 Sep 1771  Amvrosiy  
                         (b. 1708 - d. 1771)
27 Sep 1771 - 31 Jan 1775  Samuil of Krutitsiy (Locum Tenens) (b. 1731 - d. 1796)
31 Jan 1775 - 25 Jun 1811  Platon II                          (b. 1737 - d. 1812)
25 Jun 1811 -  3 Mar 1818  Avgustin of Dmitrov (Locum Tenens) (b. 1766 - d. 1819)
 3 Mar 1818 - 15 Mar 1819  Avgustin
                           (s.a.)
27 Mar 1819 -  1 Jul 1821  Serafim                            (b. 1763 - d. 1843)
15 Jul 1821 -  1 Dec 1867  Filaret                            (b. 1783 - d. 1867)
17 Jan 1868 - 12 Apr 1879  Innokentiy                         (b. 1797 - d. 1879)
12 Apr 1879 - 20 Apr 1879  Amvrosiy of Dmitrov (1st time)     (b. 1820 - d. 1901)
                             (Locum Tenens)
20 Apr 1879 - 21 Jun 1882  Makariy I  
                        (b. 1816 - d. 1882)
21 Jun 1882 -  9 Jul 1882  Amvrosiy of Dmitrov (2nd time)     (s.a.)
                             (Locum Tenens)
 9 Jul 1882 - 29 Nov 1891  Ioannikiy  
                        (b. 1826 - d. 1900)
29 Nov 1891 - 13 Aug 1893  Leontiy                            (b. 1822 - d. 1893)
13 Aug 1893 - 21 Aug 1893  Aleksandr of Dmitrov (Locum Tenens)(b. 1839 - d. 1895)
21 Aug 1893 - 23 Feb 1898  Sergiy                             (b. 1820 - d. 1898)
 5 Mar 1898 -  6 Dec 1912  Vladimir                           (b. 1848 - d. 1918)
 8 Dec 1912 -  2 Apr 1917  Makariy II                         (b. 1835 - d. 1926)
 
2 Apr 1917 -  4 Jul 1917  Ioasaf of Dmitrov (Locum Tenens)   (b. 1850 - d. 1920)
14 Aug 1917 - 21 Nov 1917  Tikhon                             (b. 1865 - d. 1925)
Metropolitans of St. Petersburg
12 Sep 1742 - 13 Feb 1745  Nikodim
                            (b. 16.. - d. 1751)
21 Mar 1745 -  3 May 1750  Fyodosiy
                          (b. 1696 - d. 1750)
 6 May 1750 - 28 Apr 1761  Silvestr
                          (b. 1701 - d. 1761)
26 Sep 1761 -  5 Aug 1762  Veniamin                           (b. 1706 - d. 1785)
 5 Aug 1762 -  3 Oct 1770  Gavriil I                          (b. 1708 - d. 1783)
 3 Oct 1770 - 27 Oct 1799  Gavriil II                         (b. 1730 - d. 1801)
27 Oct 1799 -  7 Apr 1818  Amvrosiy                           (b. 1742 - d. 1818)
 7 Apr 1818 -  5 Apr 1821  Mikhail
                            (b. 1761 - d. 1821)
 1 Jul 1821 - 29 Jan 1843  Serafim                            (b. 1763 - d. 1843)
29 Jan 1843 - 28 Nov 1848  Antoniy                            (b. 1789 - d. 1848)
 2 Dec 1848 - 29 Sep 1856  Nikanor                            (b. 1787 - d. 1856)
13 Oct 1856 - 29 Jun 1860  Grigoriy                           (b. 1784 - d. 1860)
13 Jul 1860 - 19 Sep 1892  Isidor                             (b. 1799 - d. 1892)
30 Oct 1892 - 17 Dec 1898  Palladiy                           (b. 1827 - d. 1898)
 6 Jan 1899 - 15 Nov 1912  Antoniy                            (b. 1846 - d. 1912)
 6 Dec 1912 -  6 Dec 1915  Vladimir                           (b. 1848 - d. 1918)
 6 Dec 1915 - 19 Mar 1917  Pitirim                            (b. 1858 - d. 1919)
Metropolitans of Kiev
30 May 1722 - 10 Nov 1917  see Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Patriarchs of Moscow and All Russia (Patriarkh Moskovskiy i vseya Rusi)
21 Nov 1917 -  7 Apr 1925  Tikhon I                           (s.a.) 
                            (imprisoned 5 May 1922 - 25 Jun 1923)
12 May 1922 - 18 Jun 1922  Agafangel of Yaroslavl             (b. 1854 - d. 1928)
                            (Locum Tenens)

12 Apr 1925 - 10 Oct 1937  Pyotr of Krutitsiy                 (b. 1862 - d. 1937) 
                            (Locum Tenens)(imprisoned) 
14 Dec 1925 -  8 Dec 1926  Sergiy of Nizhniy Novgorod         (b. 1867 - d. 1944) 
                            (acting for Pyotr)(1st time)
 8 Dec 1926 - 29 Dec 1926  Iosif of Leningrad                 (b. 1872 - d. 1937) 
                            (acting for Pyotr)
29 Dec 1926 - 12 Apr 1927  Serafim of Uglich                  (b. 1881 - d. 1937) 
                            (acting for Pyotr)
12 Apr 1927 - 10 Oct 1937  Sergiy of Nizhniy Novgorod (from   (s.a.) 
                            1932 Gorkiy)(from 27 Apr 1934, Sergiy of Moscow) 
                            (acting for Pyotr)(2nd time)
10 Oct 1937 -  8 Sep 1943  Sergiy of Moscow (Locum Tenens)    (s.a.)
                             (
evacuated to Ulyanovsk 14 Oct 1941 - Aug 1943)
 8 Sep 1943 - 15 May 1944  Sergiy I                           (s.a.) 
15 May 1944 -  2 Feb 1945  Aleksiy of Leningrad               (b. 1877 - d. 1970) 
                             (Locum Tenens
 2 Feb 1945 - 17 Apr 1970  Aleksiy I                          (s.a.)
18 Apr 1970 -  2 Jun 1971  Pimen of Krutitsiy (Locum Tenens)  (b. 1910 - d. 1990) 
 2 Jun 1971 -  3 May 1990  Pimen I                            (s.a.)
 3 May 1990 - 10 Jun 1990  Filaret of Kiev (Locum Tenens)     (b. 1929) 
10 Jun 1990 -  5 Dec 2008  Aleksiy II                         (b. 1929 - d. 2008)
 6 Dec 2008 -  1 Feb 2009 
Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad (b. 1946)
                             (Locum Tenens)
 1 Feb 2009 -              Kirill I                           (s.a.)

 ¹The Russian Church was then administered by the Holy Synod in which the Metropolitans of Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Kiev were permanent members. This Synod was recognized as the Patriarchate of Russia by the rest of Orthodoxy.

 ²Full titles: Metropolitans of Moscow and Vladimir (1742-1748); Metropolitans of Moscow and Sevsk (1748-1764); Metropolitans of Moscow and Kaluga (1764-1799); Metropolitans of Moscow and Kolomna (1799-1917). 


Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia

[flag of Russian
                        Orthodox Church Outside Russia]

 2 Dec 1920                Temporary Higher Church Administration Abroad created.
 2 Dec 1921                Supreme Ecclesiastic Administration Abroad formed.
 2 Sep 1922                Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR) established
                             (also called the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad).
 
9 Sep 1927                Formal break of communion with ecclesiastic authorities in Moscow.
17 May 2007                Church unification act signed re-establishing canonical ties
                             with the Russian Orthodox Church
.

Metropolitans and First Hierarchs
 2 Dec 1920 - 10 Aug 1936  Antoniy                            (b. 1863 - d. 1936)
                            
(Locum Tenens to 2 Sep 1922)
10 Aug 1936 - 31 May 1964  Anastassiy                         (b. 1873 - d. 1965)
31 May 1964 - 21 Nov 1985  Filaret                            (b. 1903 - d. 1985)
22 Jan 1986 - 24 Oct 2001  Vitaliy                            (b. 1910 - d. 2006)
24 Oct 2001 - 16 Mar 2008  Laurus (Lavr)                      (b. 1928 - d. 2008)
 5 Nov 2001 - 25 Sep 2006  Vitaliy (in opposition)            (s.a.)
16 Mar 2008 - 16 May 2022  Hilarion                           (b. 1948 - d. 2022)
                             (Locum Tenens to 12 May 2008)
16 May 2022 - 14 Sep 2022  Mark of Berlin and Germany  
       (b. 1941)
                             (Locum Tenens)
14 Sep 2022 -              Nikolay                            (b. 1974)


Serbian Orthodox Church

[Flag of the Serbian
                        Orthodox Church]
Adopted 16 Nov 1931

16 Aug 1219                Autocephaly granted by Constantinople.
11 Apr 1346                Unilateral elevation of See to Patriarchate (of Peć).
1379                       Patriarchate recognized by Constantinople.
30 Jun 1459                Patriarchate abolished by Constantinople.
1557                       Patriarchate restored by Constantinople.
22 Sep 1766                Patriarchate abolished by Constantinople.
29 Aug 1831                Autonomy restored by Constantinople.
 1 Nov 1879                Autocephaly restored by Constantinople.
12 Sep 1920                Patriarchate restored by Constantinople.

Patriarchs of Peć
1672 - 1693                Arsenije III Carnojević            (b. 1633 - d. 1706)
1693 - 27 Aug 1710         Kalinik I Skopljanac               (b. 16.. - d. 1710)
                             (co-adjutor 1691-1693)
17 Jan 1711 -  4 May 1712  Atanasije I Ljubojevi
ć             (b. 16.. - d. 1712)
17 Oct 1712 - 1725         Mojsije Rajovi
ć                    (d. 1726)
1725 - 1739                Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta 
  (b. 1698 - d. 1748)
May/Jun 1739 - 1746        Joanikije III Karadža
             (b. c.1700 - d. 1793)
                             (co-adjutor 1737-1739)
1747 - 12 Apr 1752         Atanasije II Gavrilovi
ć            (d. 1752)
Apr 1752 - May 1752        Gavrilo II Sarajevac               (d. 1752)
May/Jun 1752 - 1754        Gavrilo III Nikolin (1st time)     (d. 1779)
1754 - 1756                Vikentije I Stefanovi
ć             (d. 1758)
1756 - Jun/Jul 1757        Pajsije II Grk                     (d. 1758)
Jun/Jul 1757-Mar/Apr 1758  Gavrilo III Nikolin (2nd time)     (s.a.)
Mar/Apr 1758 - 1763        Kirilo II Grk
1763 - Apr 1765            Vasilije Jovanovi
ć Brkić           (b. 1719 - d. 1772)
1765 - 22 Sep 1766         Kalinik II Grk
Metropolitans of Belgrade (under Ecumenical Patriarchate)
1766 - 12 Jul 1784         Jeremija Papazoglu                 (d. af.1800)
Jul/Aug 1785 - 1791        Dionizije I Papazoglu              (b. 1750 - d. 1828)
Sep/Oct 1791 - 28 Feb 1801 Metodije                           (b. 17.. - d. 1801)
Apr/May 1801-Sep/Oct 1813  Leontije Lambrovi
ć                 (b. 177. - d. 1822)
1809 - 1811                Hadži Melentije Stevanovi
ć         (b. 1766 - d. 1824)
                             (in opposition)
1813 - 1815                Dionizije
II Niski                 (b. 17.. - d. 1815)
Nov/Dec 1815-Aug/Sep 1825  Agatangel
                         (b. 1769 - d. 1831)
1815 - 1816                Melentije Pavlovi
ć                 (b. 1776 - d. 1833)
                             (in opposition)
Aug/Sep 1825 - 26 Feb 1827 Kiril
                             (d. 1827)
Mar/Apr 1827 - 1831        Antim  
                           (b. 1759 - d. 1852)
Metropolitans of Serbia

29 Aug 1831 - 23 Jun 1833  Melentije Pavlović                 (s.a.)
Dec 1833 - Jan/Feb 1859    Petar Jovanovi
ć                    (b. 1800 - d. 1864)
 6 Aug 1859 - 30 Oct 1881  Mihailo II Jovanovi
ć (1st time)    (b. 1826 - d. 1898)
30 Oct 1881 -  1 Apr 1883  Mojsije Veresi
ć of Timok           (b. 1835 - d. 1896)
                             (Locum Tenens)
 1 Apr 1883 - May 1889     Teodosije Mraovi
ć                  (b. 1815 - d. 1892)
18 May 1889 - 17 Feb 1898  Mihailo II Jovanovi
ć (2nd time)    (s.a.)
17 Feb 1898 -  1 Jun 1905  Inokentije Pavlovi
ć                (b. 1840 - d. 1905)
                             (Locum Tenens to 27 Feb 1898)
 1 Jun 1905 - 25 Nov 1920  Dimitrije Pavlovi
ć                 (b. 1846 - d. 1930)
                             (Locum Tenens to 1 Sep 1905)
Archbishops of P
, Metropolitans of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarchs of the Serbs
25 Nov 1920 -  6 Apr 1930  Dimitrije                          (s.a.)
 6 Apr 1930 - 24 Jul 1937  Varnava                            (b. 1880 - d. 1937)
                             (Locum Tenens to 12 Apr 1930)
24 Jul 1937 - 21 Feb 1938  Dositej Vasić of Zagreb            (
b. 1887 - d. 1945)
                             (Locum Tenens)
21 Feb 1938 -  7 May 1950  Gavrilo V                          (b. 1881 - d. 1950)
                             (German prisoner 25 May 1941 - Apr 1945,
                             then in exile to 14 Nov 1946)
25 May 1941 - 14 Nov 1946  Josif Cvijovi
ć of Skopje           (b. 1878 - d. 1957)
                             (Locum Tenens)
 7 May 1950 -  1 Jul 1950  Arsenije Bradvarević of Montenegro (
b. 1883 - d. 1963)
                             and the
Littoral (Locum Tenens)
 1 Jul 1950 -  5 Jul 1958  Vikentije II                       (b. 1890 - d. 1958)
 5 Jul 1958 - 14 Sep 1958  Hrizostom Vojnović of Braničevo    (
b. 1911 - d. 1989)
                             (Locum Tenens)
14 Sep 1958 -  1 Jul 1989  German                             (b. 1899 - d. 1991)
 1 Jul 1989 -  1 Dec 1990  Jovan Pavlovi
ć of Zagreb           (b. 1936 - d. 2014)
                             (Locum Tenens)
 1 Dec 1990 - 15 Nov 2009  Pavle                              (b. 1914 - d. 2009)
13 Nov 2007 - 22 Jan 2010  Amfilohije Radović of Montenegro   (
b. 1938 - d. 2020)
                            
and the Littoral
                            
(acting [for Pavle to 15 Nov 2009];
                             president of the Synod from 17 May 2008)
22 Jan 2010 - 20 Nov 2020  Irinej                             (b. 1930 - d. 2020)
20 Nov 2020 -
19 Feb 2021  Hrizostom Jević of Dabar-Bosna     (b. 1952)
                             (president of the Synod)
19 Feb 2021 -              Porfirije                          (b. 1961)


Serbian Orthodox Church inside Austrian Empire

1691                       Autocephaly proclaimed.
1710                       Autonomy granted by Patriarchate of Peć.
Sep/Oct 1766               Autocephaly proclaimed.
15 Dec 1848                Patriarchate proclaimed (recognized only by Russian
                             Orthodox Church).
12 Sep 1920                Autocephaly abolished; merged with Serbian Church.

Metropolitan of Sent Andreja (Sentandreja)
1691 - 27 Oct 1706         Arsenije III Carnojević            (b. 1633 - d. 1706)
Metropolitans of Krusedol
 6 Jan 1708 - 20 Jun 1708  Isaija Đaković (Djakovi
ć)          (b. 16.. - d. 1708)
1708 - 27 Apr 1709         Stefan Metohijac                   (b. 16.. - d. 1709)
23 Apr 1710 -  7 Jan 1711  Sofronije Podgoričanin             (b. 16.. - d. 1711)
Metropolitans of Karlovci (Karlowitz)
 6 May 1713 - 23 Oct 1725  Vikentije I Popovi
ć                (b. 16.  - d. 1725)
 1 Apr 1727 - 27 Jul 1730  Mojsije I Petrovi
ć                 (b. 1677 - d. 1730)
27 Jul 1730 - 22 Mar 1731  Nikolaj Dimitrijevi
ć               (d. 1744)
                             (Locum Tenens)
22 Mar 1731 -  6 Jun 1737  Vikentije II Jovanovi
ć             (b. 1689 - d. 1737
1737 - 18 Jan 1748         Arsenije IV Jovanovi
ć Šakabenta    (b. 1698 - d. 1748)
 2 Sep 1748 - 22 Jan 1749  Isaija Antonovi
ć                   (b. 1687 - d. 1749)
16 Jul 1749 - 15 Aug 1768  Pavle Nenadovi
ć                    (b. 1699 - d. 1768)
15 Aug 1768 -  7 Sep 1769  Danilo Jaksić (Locum Tenens)       (b. 1715 - d. 1771)
 7 Sep 1769 - 23 May 1773  Jovan Đorđević (Djordjevi
ć)        (d. 1773)
1773 - 1774                Mojsije Putnik (1st time)          (b. 1728 - d. 1790)
                             (Locum Tenens)
30 May 1774 - 18 Feb 1780  Vikentije III Jovanovi
ć Vidak      (b. 1730 - d. 1780)
1780 - 21 Jun 1781         Mojsije Putnik (2nd time)          (s.a.)
                             (Locum Tenens)
21 Jun 1781 - 28 Jun 1790  Mojsije II Putnik                  (s.a.)
28 Jun 1790 - 1790         Petar Petrovi
ć (Locum Tenens)      (b. 17.. - d. 1800)
1790 -  4 Oct 1836         Stefan I Stratimirovi
ć             (b. 1757 - d. 1836)
1836 - 23 Nov 1837         Stefan Stankovi
ć (Locum Tenens)    (b. 1788 - d. 1841)
23 Nov 1837 - 31 Jul 1841  Stefan II Stanković                (s.a.)

1841 - Aug 1842            Georgije Hranislav (Locum Tenens)  (b. 1775 - d. 1843)
Aug 1842 - 15 Dec 1848     Josif Raja
čić                      (b. 1785 - d. 1861)
Metropolitans of Karlovci and Patriarchs of the Serbs
15 Dec 1848 -  1 Dec 1861  Josif Raja
čić                      (s.a.)
 1 Dec 1861 -  7 Jan 1870  Samuilo Maširevi
ć                  (b. 1803 - d. 1870)
                             (Locum Tenens to 25 Jul 1864)
1870 - 1872                Arsenije Stojkovi
ć (Locum Tenens)  (b. 1804 - d. 1892)
1872 - 1874                Nikanor Gruji
ć (Locum Tenens)      (b. 1810 - d. 1887)
31 Jul 1874 - 11 Dec 1879  Prokopije Ivan
čković               (b. 1809 - d. 1881)
11 Dec 1879 - 26 Nov 1888  German Anđelić (Andjeli
ć)          (b. 1822 - d. 1888)
                             (Locum Tenens to 1882)
Dec 1888 - 17 Jun 1907     Georgije Brankovi
ć                 (b. 1830 - d. 1907)
                             (Locum Tenens to 1 May 1890)
17 Jun 1907 -  1 Sep 1913  Lukijan Bogdanović                 (b. 1867 - d. 1913)
                             (Locum Tenens to 22 Sep 1908)
Sep 1913 - 14 Oct 1913     Miron Nikolić (1st time)           (b. 1846 - d. 1941)
                             (Locum Tenens)
14 Oct 1913 -  6 Mar 1914  Mihailo Grujić (Locum Tenens)      (b. 1861 - d. 1914)
 6 Mar 1914 - 1919         Miron Nikoli
ć (2nd time)           (s.a.)
                             (Locum Tenens)
1919 - Sep 1920            Georgije Leti
ć                     (b. 1872 - d. 1935)
                             (Locum Tenens; co-adjutor 1918-1919)


Orthodox Church of Romania

[Romanian Orthodox
                        Patriarchate flag]

15 Dec 1864                Unilateral declaration of autocephaly.
 7 May 1885                Autocephaly recognized by Constantinople.
30 Sep 1924                Adopts the revised Julian calendar.
 4 Feb 1925                See elevated to Patriarchate by Constantinople.

Metropolitans of Hungaro-Walachia (under Ecumenical Patriarchate)
May 1679 -  7 Feb 1708     Theodosios (2nd time)              (b. 1620 - d. 1708)
 8 Feb 1708 - Sep/Oct 1716 Anthimos                           (b. 1650 - d. 1716)
Sep/Oc 1716 - 1719         Mitrofanis II                      (b. 16.. - d. 1720)
30 Aug 1719 - 22 Dec 1731  Daniil II                          (b. 1665 - d. 1731)
Jan/Feb 1732 -  4 Oct 1738 Stephanos II                       (b. 1680 - d. 1738)
18 Nov 1738 - 27 Jun 1753  Neophytos I                        (b. 1690 - d. 1753)
1753 - 1760                Philaretos I                       (d. 1760)
 8 Aug 1760 - 29 Sep 1787  Grigorios II                       (b. 1710 - d. 1787)
12 Oct 1787 - 14 Sep 1792  Kosmas                             (d. 1792)
17 Sep 1792 -  6 Oct 1793  Philaretos II                      (b. 1735 - d. 1794)
 6 Oct 1793 - 27 Jan 1810  Dositheos                          (b. 1734 - d. 1826)
17 May1810-Aug/Sep/Oct1812 Ignatios II                        (b. 1765 - d. 1829)
28 Dec 1812 - 13 May 1819  Nektarios                          (d. 1825)
May 1819 - Apr/May 1821    Dionysios II                       (b. 1769 - d. 1831)
16 Jan 1823 -  4 Jul 1834  Grigorios III                      (b. 1765 - d. 1834)
 3 Aug 1834 - 11 Jul 1840  Commission
                           - Ilarion of Argeş                 (b. 1777 - d. 1845)
                           - Neophytos of Râmnic              (b. 1787 - d. 1850)
                           - Kaisarios of Buzău               (b. 1784 - d. 1846)
11 Jul 1840 - 27 Aug 1849  Neophytos II                       (s.a.)
 5 Oct 1850 - 29 Jan 1865  Nifon II                           (b. 1789 - d. 1875)
Metropolitans of Hungaro-Walachia and Primates of All Romania
29 Jan 1865 - 17 May 1875  Nifon                              (s.a.)
31 May 1875 - 14 Aug 1886  Calinic                            (b. 1822 - d. 1886)
22 Nov 1886 - 29 Mar 1893  Iosif (1st time)                   (b. 1829 - d. 1909)
18 May 1893 - 20 May 1896  Ghenadie                           (b. 1836 - d. 1918)
 6 Dec 1896 - 24 Jan 1909  Iosif (2nd time)                   (s.a.)
 5 Feb 1909 - 28 Jun 1911  Athanasie                          (b. 1856 - d. 1931)
19 Feb 1912 -  1 Jan 1919  Conon                              (b. 1837 - d. 1922)
31 Dec 1919 -  4 Feb 1925  Miron                              (b. 1868 - d. 1939)
Patriarchs of All Romania, Archbishops of Bucharest, Metropolitans of Muntenia and Dobrogea
 4 Feb 1925 -  7 Mar 1939  Miron                              (s.a.)
Mar 1939 - 30 Jun 1939     Nicodim of Moldavia (Locum Tenens) (b. 1865 - d. 1948)
30 Jun 1939 - 27 Feb 1948  Nicodim                            (s.a.)
Feb 1948 - 24 May 1948     Justinian of Moldavia              (b. 1901 - d. 1977)
                             (Locum Tenens)
24 May 1948 - 26 Mar 1977  Justinian                          (s.a.)
Mar 1977 - 12 Jun 1977     Iustin of Moldavia and Suceava     (b. 1910 - d. 1986)
                             (Locum Tenens)
12 Jun 1977 - 31 Jul 1986  Iustin                             (s.a.)
Aug 1986 -  9 Nov 1986     Teoctist of Moldavia and Suceava   (b. 1915 - d. 2007)
                             (Locum Tenens)
 9 Nov 1986 -
30 Jul 2007  Teoctist                           (s.a.)
18 Jan 1990 -  5 Apr 1990  Nicolae of Banat                   (b. 1923 - d. 2014)
                            
(Locum Tenens; in dissidence)
31 Jul 2007 - 12 Sep 2007  Daniel of Moldavia and Bucovina    (b. 1951)
                             (Locum Tenens)
12 Sep 2007 -              Daniel                             (s.a.)



Moldavo-Walachia

10 Feb 1865                Subordination of See to Primate Metropolitan of Hungaro-Walachia
                             and creation of a united church in Romania.

Metropolitans of Moldavo-Walachia (autonomous under Ecumenical Patriarchate)
1689 - 1701                Savvas II                          (b. 16.. - d. 1705)
1701 - Aug/Sep 1708        Misail                             (d. 1715)
1708 - 1722                Gedeon II                          (d. 1722)
1722 - 1729                Georgios IV                        (d. 1729)
1730 - Oct/Nov 1739        Antonios                           (d. 1748)
1740 - 27 Oct 1750         Nikiforos                          (b. 1680 - d. 1751)
24 Nov 1750 - Jan 1760     Iakovos I                          (b. 1710 - d. 1778)
30 Jan 1760 -  3 Mar 1786  Gavriil                            (b. 1710 - d. 1786)
13 Mar 1786 - Jan 1789     Leon                               (b. 1730 - d. 1789)
 2 Jul 1792 - 24 Mar 1803  Iakovos II                         (b. 1749 - d. 1803)
30 Mar 1803 - 30 Jan 1842  Veniamin                           (b. 1768 - d. 1846)
14 Feb 1844 -  1 Jul 1848  Meletios                           (b. 1777 - d. 1848)
22 Feb 1851 - 19 Nov 1860  Sofronios                          (b. 1790 - d. 1861)
20 Nov 1860 - 22 May 1865  Vacant



Orthodox Church of Bulgaria

911                        Unilateral elevation of See to Patriarchate (Preslav).
927                        Patriarchate recognized by Constantinople (Dristra).
971                        Patriarchate abolished by Constantinople.
976                        Unilateral elevation of See to Patriarchate (Ohrid).
1018                       Patriarchate abolished by Constantinople.
1235                       Patriarchate restored (Turnovo).
1393                       Patriarchate abolished.
11 Mar 1870                Unilateral establishment of Autocephalous Exarchate.
22 Feb 1945                Autocephaly recognized by Constantinople.
10 May 1953                Unilateral elevation of See to Patriarchate.
 1 Aug 1961                Patriarchate recognized by Constantinople.
20 Oct 1968                Adopts the revised Julian calendar.
 4 Jul 1996 - May 2010     Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Alternative Synod, in dissidence
.

Metropolitans of Turnovo (under Ecumenical Patriarchate)
1697?                      Theodosios
1708? - 1714               Dionysios IV                       (d. 1714)
1714 - 1722                Iosiph II
1722 - 1739                Nikiphoros
1739 - Jan/Feb 1751        Anthimos II
Jan/Feb 1751 - Jan 1764    Theophilos                         (d. 1764)
Jan 1764 - Jan/Feb 1770    Parthenios                         (d. 1777)
Jan/Feb 1770 - 1791        Kallinikos                         (d. 1791)
Dec1791/Jan1792-23Feb 1797 Mattheos (1st time)                (d. 1802)
23 Feb 1797 -  3 Nov 1797  Philotheos                         (d. 1816)
 3 Nov 1797 - 1802         Mattheos (2nd time)                (s.a.)
Mar/Apr 1802 - 1805        Daniil                             (d. 1805)
Jan/Feb 1806-Jun/Jul 1817  Makarios II                        (d. 1830)
Jun/Jul 1817 - 16 Jun 1821 Ioannikios                         (d. 1821)
Jun/Jul 1821 -  7 Jul 1827 Ilarion (1st time)                 (d. 1838)
 7 Jul 1827 - Nov/Dec 1830 Konstantios                        (b. 1760? - d. 1859)
Nov/Dec 1830 - 1838        Ilarion (2nd time)                 (s.a.)
Feb/Mar 1838 - 10 May 1840 Panaretos                          (d. 1878)
May/Jun 1840-Jun/Jul 1846  Neophytos (1st time)               (d. af.1874)
Jun/Jul 1846 - 1848        Athanasios II                      (d. 1848)
Aug/Sep 1848 -  7 Feb 1858 Neophytos (2nd time)               (s.a.)
 7 Feb 1858 - 21 Jan 1882  Grigorios                          (b. 1801 - d. 1882)
                             (in exile from 1872)
Exarchs of the Bulgarians
24 Feb 1872 - 28 Feb 1872  Ilarion                            (b. 1800 - d. 1884)
28 Feb 1872 - 24 Apr 1877  Anthim                             (b. 1816 - d. 1888)
 6 May 1877 -  3 Jul 1915  Iosif                              (b. 1840 - d. 1915)
Provisional Heads of the Holy Synod
1915 - 1918                Parteni of Sofia                   (b. 1845 - d. 1918)
1918 - 1920                Vasili of Dorostolum               (b. 1847 - d. 1927)
1920 - 1921                Boris of Ohrid                     (b. 1875 - d. 1938)
1921 - 1927                Maxim of Plovdiv                   (b. 1850 - d. 1938)
28 Mar 1928 -  3 May 1930  Kliment of Vratsa                  (b. 1873 - d. 1930)
1930 - 16 Oct 1944         Neofit of Vidin                    (b. 1868 - d. 1971)
16 Oct 1944 - 21 Jan 1945  Stefan of Sofia                    (b. 1878 - d. 1957)
Exarch of the Bulgarians
21 Jan 1945 -  8 Sep 1948  Stefan                             (s.a.)
Provisional Heads of the Holy Synod
 8 Nov 1948 -  4 Jan 1949  Mikhail of Dorostolum              (b. 1884 - d. 1961)
1949 -  3 Jan 1951        
Paisi of Vratsa                    (b. 1888 - d. 1974)
 3 Jan 1951 - 10 May 1953  Kiril of Plovdiv                   (b. 1901 - d. 1971)
Patriarchs of All Bulgaria, Metropolitans of Sofia 
10 May 1953 -  7 Mar 1971  Kiril                              (s.a.)
13 Mar 1971 -  4 Jul 1971  Maksim of Lovech (Locum Tenens)    (b. 1914 - d. 2012)
 4 Jul 1971 -  6 Nov 2012  Maxim                              (s.a.)
                            
(suspended by government 25 May - 5 Nov 1992)
25 May 1992 -  5 Nov 1992  Pimen of Nevrokop (
Locum Tenens)   (b. 1906 - d. 1999)
                             (appopinted by Bulgarian government)
 1 Jul 1996 - 10 Apr 1999  Pimen
(in dissidence)              (s.a.)
10 Apr 1999 - 2005         Innokentiy, Metropolitan of Sofia  (b. 1963)
                             (1st time)(Locum Tenens; in dissidence)
2005 - 22 Mar 2006         Boris of Plovdiv                
  (b. 1911 - d. 2006)
                             (Locum Tenens; in dissidence) 
22 Mar 2006 - 11 Dec 2012  Innokentiy, Metropolitan of Sofia  (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)(Locum Tenens; in dissidence)
 6 Nov 2012 - 
10 Nov 2012  Grigorii of Veliko Tarnovo (acting)(b. 1950)
10 Nov 2012 - 
24 Feb 2013  Kiril of Varna and Veliki Preslav  (b. 1954 - d. 2013)
                             (Locum Tenens)
24 Feb 2013 - 13 Mar 2024  Neofit                             (b. 1945 - d. 2024)
14 Mar 2024 -              Ioan of Varna and Veliki Preslav   (b. 1969)
                             (Locum Tenens)



Orthodox Church of Georgia

[Flag of the
                        Georgian Orthodox Church]

467                        Autonomy granted by Antioch.
750                        Autocephaly granted by Antioch.
1008                       Adoption of the Catholicos-Patriarch title.
12 Jul 1811                Patriarchate abolished by Russia.
25 Mar 1917                Patriarchate restored.
31 Oct 1943                Autocephaly recognized by Russia.
 3 Mar 1990                Patriarchate recognized by Constantinople.

Catholicos-Patriarchs of Iberia
1696 - 1700                Ioan VII (2nd time)                (d. 1700)
1700 - 1703                Evdemoz II
1704 - 1730                Domenti III (1st time)(exiled 1725)(d. 1741)
1725 - 1737                Besarion
                             (Locum Tenens for exiled Domenti IV to 1730)
1737 - 1739                Kirile
1739 - 1741                Domenti III (2nd time)             (s.a.)
1742 - 1744                Nikoloz VII
1744 - 27 Dec 1755         Anton I (1st time)                 (b. 1721 - d. 1788)
Dec 1755 - 1764            Ioseb                              (d. 1770)
1764 - 14 Jun 1788         Anton I (2nd time)                 (s.a.)
1788 - 22 Jun 1811         Anton II                           (b. 1762 - d. 1827)
Exarchs of Georgia (appointed by the Russian Church)
20 Jul 1811 - 26 May 1817  Varlaam                            (d. 1830)
26 May 1817 - 31 Jul 1821  Theophilakt                        (b. 1765 - d. 1821)
13 Oct 1821 - 17 Mar 1832  Iona                               (b. 1763 - d. 1849)
24 Mar 1832 - 25 Jul 1834  Moisey                             (b. 1783 - d. 1834)
13 Sep 1834 - 24 Nov 1844  Yevgeniy                           (b. 1784 - d. 1862)
24 Nov 1844 - 13 Mar 1858  Isidor                             (b. 1799 - d. 1892)
13 Mar 1858 - 20 Dec 1877  Yevseviy                           (b. 1809 - d. 1879)
20 Dec 1877 -  9 Jul 1882  Ioannikiy                          (b. 1826 - d. 1900)
28 Jul 1882 - 11 Oct 1887  Pavel                              (b. 1827 - d. 1892)
11 Oct 1887 - 30 Oct 1892  Palladiy                           (b. 1827 - d. 1898)
30 Oct 1892 -  5 Mar 1898  Vladimir                           (b. 1848 - d. 1918)
 5 Mar 1898 - 23 Nov 1901  Flavian                            (b. 1840 - d. 1915)
23 Nov 1901 - 14 Jul 1905  Alexiy I                           (b. 1837 - d. 1914)
14 Jul 1905 - 22 Jun 1906  Nikolay                            (b. 1852 - d. 1914)
22 Jun 1906 - 10 Jun 1908  Nikon                              (b. 1861 - d. 1908)
20 Dec 1909 - 22 Sep 1913  Innokentiy                         (b. 1862 - d. 1913)
17 Oct 1913 -  2 Jun 1914  Aleksiy II                         (b. 1853 - d. 1914)
 9 Jul 1914 -  6 Dec 1915  Pitirim                            (b. 1858 - d. 1919)
18 Dec 1915 - 26 Aug 1917  Platon                             (b. 1866 - d. 1934)
1917 - 30 Sep 1917         Leonide (Locum Tenens)             (b. 1862 - d. 1921)
Catholicos-Patriarchs of All Georgia, Archbishops of Mtsheta and Tbilisi 
30 Sep 1917 - 17 Jun 1918  Kirion III                         (b. 1854 - d. 1918)
28 Nov 1918 - 11 Jun 1921  Leonide                            (s.a.)
 7 Sep 1921 - 29 Mar 1927  Ambrosi (imprisoned 1923-1926)     (b. 1861 - d. 1927)
1923 - 1926                Kalistrate                         (b. 1866 - d. 1952)
                             (Locum Tenens during imprisonment of Ambrosi)
 4 Jul 1927 - 10 Jun 1932  Kristefore III                     (b. 1873 - d. 1932)
21 Jun 1932 -  3 Feb 1952  Kalistrate                         (s.a.)
 5 Apr 1952 - 10 Jan 1960  Melkisedek III                     (b. 1872 - d. 1960)
20 Feb 1960 -  8 Apr 1972  Yefrem II                          (b. 1896 - d. 1972)
Apr 1972 -  2 Jul 1972     Romanos of Batumi (Locum Tenens)   (b. 1887 - d. 1979)
 2 Jul 1972 -  9 Nov 1977  Davit V                            (b. 1903 - d. 1977)
 9 Nov 1977 - 23 Dec 1977  Ilia of Sukhumi (Locum Tenens)     (b. 1933)
23 Dec 1977 -              Ilia II                            (s.a.)


Orthodox Church of Western Georgia

c.1470                     Autocephaly granted by Antioch.
1814                       Merged into Georgian Exarchate by Russia.

Catholicoses of Imereti, Odishi, Ponto-Abkhaz-Guria, Racha-Lechkhum-Svaneti,
Ossetians, Dvals, and all of the North
(self-styled Catholicos-Patriarch)
1673 - 1696                Davit
1696 - 1742                Gregori II                         (d. 1742)
1742 - 1751                Germane (Locum Tenens)  
1751 - 1769                Besarion
1769 - 13 May 1776         Iosif                              (b. 1739 - d. 1776)
1776 - 10 Jun 1795         Maxim II                           (d. 1795)
1795 - 1814                Dosifei of Kutaisi (Locum Tenens)  (d. 1820)



Orthodox Church of Cyprus

30 Jul 431                 Autocephaly granted by Antioch.
1260 - 1572                Abolition of Orthodox hierarchy by Latin rulers.
1572                       Restoration of Orthodox hierarchy.
10 Mar 1924                Adopts the revised Julian calendar.

Archbishops of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus
1694 - 1705                Germanos II
1705 - 1709                Athanasios II                      (b. 1647 - d. 1724)
24 Feb 1707 - 1718         Iakovos II
                             (in opposition to 1709)
1718 - 1734                Silvestros                         (d. 1734)
1734 - 1745                Philotheos (1st time)              (b. c.1700 - d. 1759)
 6 Mar 1745 - Jun/Jul 1745 Neophytos III                      (d. 1745)
1745 - Jun/Jul 1759        Philotheos (2nd time)              (s.a.)
1759 - Aug/Sep 1761        Paisios (1st time)                 (b. 1712 - d. 1767)
1761 - 1762                Kyprianos (Locum Tenens)           (b. 1723? - d. 1783)
 4 May 1762 - 12 Jan 1767  Paisios (2nd time)                 (s.a.)
Jan/Feb 1767 - 10 Nov 1783 Chrysanthos (1st time)             (b. 17.. - d. 1810)
Nov/Dec 1783 - 1784        Ioannikios (not consecrated)
1784 - Jun/Jul 1810        Chrysanthos (2nd time)             (s.a.)
Jun/Jul 1810 - 21 Jul 1821 Kyprianos                          (b. 1756 - d. 1821)
Dec 1821 -  2 Jun 1824     Ioakim
19 Jun 1824 - 1827         Damaskinos                         (d. 1846)
1827 - 25 Oct 1840         Panaretos                          (d. 1842)
26 Oct 1840 - 15 Apr 1849  Ioannikios                         (d. 1849)
Apr/May 1849 -  5 Aug 1854 Kyrillos I                         (d. 1854)
Aug/Sep 1854 - 16 Aug 1865 Makarios I                         (d. 1865)
16 Aug 1865 - Aug/Sep 1865 Lavrentios of Paphos               (d. 1869)
                             (Locum Tenens)
Aug/Sep 1865 - 23 May 1900 Sophronios III                     (b. 1825 - d. 1900)
23 May 1900 -  3 Mar 1908  Vacant
 3 Mar 1908 -  3 Mar 1910  Kyrillos II (1st time)             (b. 1859 - d. 1933)
21 Apr 1909 - 19 Jul 1916  Kyrillos III (II)                  (b. 1844 - d. 1916)
                             (in opposition to 3 Mar 1910)
19 Jul 1916 - 24 Nov 1916  Iakovos of Paphos (Locum Tenens)   (b. 1872 - d. 1929)
24 Nov 1916 - 16 Nov 1933  Kyrillos II (III) (2nd time)       (s.a.)
18 Nov 1933 - 20 Jun 1947  Leontios of Paphos (Locum Tenens)  (b. 1896 - d. 1947)
20 Jun 1947 - 26 Jul 1947  Leontios                           (s.a.)
26 Jul 1947 - 24 Dec 1947  Makarios of Kyrenia                (b. 1870 - d. 1950)
                             (Locum Tenens)
24 Dec 1947 - 28 Jun 1950  Makarios II                        (s.a.)
28 Jun 1950 - 18 Oct 1950  Kleopas of Paphos (Locum Tenens)   (b. 1878 - d. 1951)
18 Oct 1950 - 13 Apr 1973  Makarios III (1st time)            (b. 1913 - d. 1977)
                           
(in Seychelles from Mar 1957 Greece exile, 9 Mar 1956 - 1 Mar 1959)
13 Apr 1973 -  8 Jul 1973  Gennadios of Paphos (Locum Tenens) (b. 1893 - d. 1986)
 8 Jul 1973 -  3 Aug 1977  Makarios III (2nd time)            (s.a.)
                            (in Malta, then London, from 18 Jul 1974
                             New York exile, 15 Jul - 7 Dec 1974)
 3 Aug 1977 - 12 Nov 1977  Chrysostomos of Paphos             (b. 1927 - d. 2007)
                             (Locum Tenens)
12 Nov 1977 - 17 May 2006  Chrysostomos I                     (s.a.)
17 May 2006 -  5 Nov 2006  Chrysostomos of Paphos             (b. 1941 - d. 2022)
                             (Locum Tenens [de facto from 27 Apr 2002])
 5 Nov 2006 -  7 Nov 2022  Chrysostomos II                    (s.a.)
 7 Nov 2022 -
24 Dec 2022  Georgios of Paphos (Locum Tenens)  (b. 1949)
24 Dec 2022 -              Georgios III                       (s.a.)



Orthodox Church of Greece


[former flag of
                      Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church]
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 4 Aug 1833                Unilateral declaration of autocephaly.
11 Jul 1850                Autocephaly recognized by Constantinople.
31 Dec 1923                See elevated to Archdiocese.
10 Mar 1924                Adopts the revised Julian calendar.

Metropolitans of Athens (under Ecumenical Patriarchate)
1699 - 1703                Kyrillos II                        (d. 1722?)
Oct/Nov 1703 - 1713        Meletios II                        (b. 1661 - d. 1714)
1713 - 1734                Iakovos II
1734 - Jan 1741            Zacharias                          (d. 1741)
15 Jan 1741 - 1756         Anthimos VI (1st time)             (b. c.1714 - d. 1764)
1756 - 1760                Athanasios III
1760 - 23 Jan 1764         Anthimos VI (2nd time)             (s.a.)
Jan/Feb 1764 - 1771?       Vartholomaios (1st time)           (d. 1781)
1771? - 1774               Neophytos IV
1774 - 15 Nov 1781         Vartholomaios (2nd time)           (s.a.)
11 Dec 1781 - Jun/Jul 1785 Venediktos (1st time)              (b. 17.. - d. af.1806)
Jun/Jul 1785-Nov/Dec 1787  Athanasios IV (1st time)           (b. 17.. - d. 1799)
 3 Dec 1787 - 30 Sep 1789  Venediktos (2nd time)              (s.a.)
30 Sep 1789 - Nov/Dec 1789 Athanasios IV (2nd time)           (s.a.)
Nov/Dec 1789-Oct/Nov 1796  Venediktos (3rd time)              (s.a.)
Oct/Nov 1796 - 28 Sep 1799 Athanasios IV (3rd time)           (s.a.)
Oct 1799 - Feb/Mar 1820    Grigorios III                      (b. 17.. - d. 1821)
Feb/Mar 1820 - 23 May 1823 Dionysios II                       (b. 17.. - d. 1823)
23 May 1823 - Sep/Oct 1827 Vacant
Sep/Oct 1827- Mar/Apr 1828 Grigorios IV                       (b. 17.. - d. 1828)
Mar/Apr 1828 - 27 Jul 1833 Anthimos VII                       (b. 17.. - d. 1836)
Metropolitans of Athens and All Greece
 2 Dec 1833 - 10 Jan 1862  Neophytos V                        (b. 1762 - d. 1862)
                             (Bishop of Attiki to 11 Jul 1850)
13 Jan 1862 -  2 Aug 1862  Misail                             (b. 1789 - d. 1862)
 8 Aug 1862 - 15 Jul 1873  Theophilos                         (b. 1780 - d. 1873)
 9 Aug 1873 - 15 May 1874  Antonios                           (b. 1825 - d. 1892)
 8 Jun 1874 - 11 Feb 1889  Prokopios I                        (b. 1813 - d. 1889)
11 Feb 1889 - 17 Jul 1889  Panaretos of Messinia              (b. 1839 - d. 1897)
                             (Locum Tenens)
17 Jul 1889 - 30 Jan 1896  Germanos II                        (b. 1844 - d. 1896)
30 Jan 1896 - 12 Oct 1896  Nikandros of Argolida              (b. 1836 - d. 1912)
                             (Locum Tenens)
13 Oct 1896 - 23 Oct 1896  Parthenios of Akarnania            (b. 1836 - d. 1914)
                             (Locum Tenens)
23 Oct 1896 - 21 Nov 1901  Prokopios II                       (b. 1837 - d. 1902)
21 Nov 1901 - 13 Oct 1902  Methodios of Syros (Locum Tenens)  (b. 1833 - d. 1903)
14 Oct 1902 - 17 Nov 1902  Theoklitos of Monemvasia           (b. 1848 - d. 1931)
                             (Locum Tenens)
17 Nov 1902 - 11 Oct 1917  Theoklitos I (1st time)            (s.a.)
11 Oct 1917 - 13 Mar 1918  Efthymios of Fanarion (1st time)   (b. 1847 - d. 1934)
                             (Locum Tenens)
13 Mar 1918 - 29 Nov 1920  Meletios III                       (b. 1871 - d. 1935)
29 Nov 1920 - 16 Dec 1922  Theoklitos I (2nd time)            (s.a.)
16 Dec 1922 -  8 Mar 1923  Efthymios of Fanarion (2nd time)   (s.a.)
                             (Locum Tenens)
 8 Mar 1923 - 31 Dec 1923  Chrysostomos I                     (b. 1868 - d. 1938)
Archbishops of Athens and All Greece
31 Dec 1923 - 22 Oct 1938  Chrysostomos I                     (s.a.)
22 Oct 1938 -  5 Nov 1938  Amvrosios of Fthiotida (1st time)  (b. 1880 - d. 1958)
                             (Locum Tenens)
 5 Nov 1938 -  1 Dec 1938  Damaskinos (1st time)              (b. 1891 - d. 1949)
 1 Dec 1938 - 12 Dec 1938  Amvrosios of Fthiotida (2nd time)  (s.a.)
                             (Locum Tenens)
12 Dec 1938 -  2 Jul 1941  Chrysanthos                        (b. 1881 - d. 1949)
 2 Jul 1941 - 20 May 1949  Damaskinos (2nd time)              (s.a.)
20 May 1949 -  4 Jun 1949  Ioakim of Xanthi (Locum Tenens)    (b. 1875 - d. 1953)
 4 Jun 1949 - 21 Mar 1956  Spyridon                           (b. 1873 - d. 1956)
21 Mar 1956 - 29 Mar 1956  Alexandros of Veria (Locum Tenens) (b. 1878 - d. 1958)
29 Mar 1956 - 26 Jul 1957  Dorotheos III                      (b. 1888 - d. 1957)
26 Jul 1957 -  7 Aug 1957  Ierotheos of Aitoloakarnania       (b. 1877 - d. 1961)
                             (Locum Tenens)
 7 Aug 1957 -  8 Jan 1962  Theoklitos II                      (b. 1890 - d. 1962)
 8 Jan 1962 - 13 Jan 1962  Germanos of Mantinia (1st time)    (b. 1880 - d. 1964)
                             (Locum Tenens)
13 Jan 1962 - 25 Jan 1962  Iakovos III                        (b. 1895 - d. 1984)
25 Jan 1962 - 14 Feb 1962  Germanos of Mantinia (2nd time)    (s.a.)
                             (Locum Tenens)
14 Feb 1962 - 11 May 1967  Chrysostomos II                    (b. 1880 - d. 1968)
11 May 1967 - 14 May 1967  Konstantinos of Patra              (b. 1901 - d. 1975)
                             (Head of Extraordinary Synod)
14 May 1967 - 12 Dec 1973  Ieronymos                          (b. 1905 - d. 1988)
12 Dec 1973 - 12 Jan 1974  Georgios of Kalavryta              (b. 1903 - d. 1978)
                             (Locum Tenens)
12 Jan 1974 - 10 Apr 1998  Seraphim                           (b. 1913 - d. 1998)
10 Apr 1998 - 28 Apr 1998  Chrysostomos of Messinia           (b. 1918 - d. 2007)
                             (Locum Tenens)
28 Apr 1998 - 28 Jan 2008  Christodoulos                      (b. 1939 - d. 2008)
28 Jan 2008 -  7 Feb 2008  Seraphim of Karystia and Skyros    (b. 1929)
                             (Locum Tenens)
 7 Feb 2008 -              Ieronymos II                       (b. 1938)



Orthodox Church of Poland

1921                       Semi-autonomy granted by Russia.
14 Oct 1924 - 15 Jun 2014  Adopts the revised Julian calendar.
13 Nov 1924                Autocephaly granted by Constantinople.
22 Jun 1948                Autocephaly recognized by Russia.

Exarch of Poland
27 Sep 1921 - 30 Jan 1922  Jerzy                              (b. 1872 - d. 1923)
Metropolitans of Warsaw and All Poland
30 Jan 1922 -  6 Feb 1923  Jerzy                              (s.a.)
27 Feb 1923 - 17 Apr 1947  Dionizy¹                           (b. 1876 - d. 1960)
17 Apr 1947 -  7 Aug 1951  Tymoteusz of Białystok and Gda
ńsk  (b. 1901 - d. 1962)
                             (1st time) (Locum Tenens)
 7 Aug 1951 -  8 Dec 1959  Makary¹                            (b. 1884 - d. 1961)
 8 Dec 1959 -  5 May 1961  Tymoteusz of Bia
łystok and Gdańsk  (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) (Locum Tenens)     
 5 May 1961 - 20 May 1962  Tymoteusz                          (s.a.)
24 May 1962 - 25 May 1965  Jerzy of Lódz and Poznań
          (b. 1900 - d. 1979)
                             (1st time) (Locum Tenens)
25 May 1965 - 26 Mar 1969  Stefan                             (b. 1891 - d. 1969)
26 Mar 1969 -  1 Mar 1970  Jerzy of Lódz and Poznań
          (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) (Locum Tenens)
 1 Mar 1970 - 11 Feb 1998  Bazyli                             (b. 1914 - d. 1998)
11 Feb 1998 - 12 May 1998  Sawa of Białystok and Gdańsk
       (b. 1938)
                             (Locum Tenens)           
12 May 1998 -              Sawa                               (s.a.)

 ¹Constantinople continued to recognize Dionizy as metropolitan until his death 15 Mar 1960 
and never recognized Makary, who was recognized by the Russian Church. After the death of 
Dionizy, Constantinople recognized Tymoteusz. 



Orthodox Church of Albania

[Flag of the
                        Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania]

13..                       Control of Metropolitanate of Dyrrachion passes from
                             Patriarchate of Constantinople to Archdiocese of Ohrid.
23 Sep 1922                Unilateral declaration of Autocephaly.
30 Mar 1937                Autocephaly recognized by Constantinople.
1937                       Adopts the revised Julian calendar.
22 Nov 1967 -  7 Nov 1990  Religious practice outlawed in Albania.

Metropolitans of Durrës (under Archdiocese of Ohrid)
1694 - 26 Jan 1702         Kosmas                             (b. 1643 - d. 1702)
26 Jan 1702 - 27 Jan 1767  under direct administration of
                           Archbishop of Ohrid

Metropolitans of Gora and Durrës (under Ecumenical Patriarchate)
31 Jan 1767 - 1772         Grigorios II
May/Jn 1772 - 1783         Konstantios                        (d. 1783)
Apr/My 1783 - Jan/Feb 1805 Efthymios                          (d. 1805)
Jan/Feb 1805-May/Jun 1820  Samouil                            (d. 1830)
Metropolitans of Durrës (under Ecumenical Patriarchate)

May/Jun 1820-Jul/Aug 1833  Chrysanthos                        (d. 1846)
Jul/Aug 1833 - 1837        Gerasimos                          (d. 1837)
Dec 1837/Jan 1838 - 1844   Anthimos II                        (d. 1844)
Mar/Apr 1844 - 1845        Anthimos III                       (d. 1845)
Jul/Aug 1845 - 18 Nov 1858 Ioannikios                         (d. 1859)
18 Nov 1858 - 22 Nov 1858  Gennadios                          (d. 1876)
22 Nov 1858 - Jan/Feb 1859 Afxentios                          (d. 1865)
 2 Feb 1859 - 24 Jan 1867  Iosiph                             (d. 1867)
20 Mar 1869 - Mar/Apr 1899 Vissarion                          (d. 1899)
17 May 1899 - 23 Oct 1906  Prokopios                          (d. 1923)
23 Oct 1906 - 28 Feb 1911  Ioannis                            (b. 18.. - d. 1913)
28 Feb 1911 - 20 Jan 1925  Iakovos                            (b. 1878 - d. 1958)
                             (in exile since 8 Nov 1921)
Metropolitans of Tiranë (not recognized by other Orthodox churches)
 4 Dec 1923 - 24 Dec 1924  Theofan (= Fan Noli)               (b. 1882 - d. 1965)
Dec 1924 - 18 Feb 1929     Jerotheu of Korçë (Locum Tenens)   (b. 1875 - d. 1953)
18 Feb 1929 - 27 May 1936  Visarion                           (b. 1887 - d. 1965)

Archbishops of Tiranë, Durrës and All Albania, Primates of Albania
 3 Apr 1937 - 25 Dec 1948  Kristofor¹                         (b. 1882 - d. 1958)
25 Aug 1949 -  4 Mar 1966  Paisi¹                             (b. 1882 - d. 1966)
 
7 Mar 1966 - 22 Nov 1967  Damian¹                            (b. 1893 - d. 1973)
22 Nov 1967 -  8 Jan 1991  Vacant¹
 8 Jan 1991 - 24 Jun 1992  Anastas of Androusa
-Exarch        (b. 1929)
24 Jun 1992 -              Anastas                            (s.a.)

 ¹Constantinople continued to recognize Kristofor as archbishop until his death 19 Jun 1958 and never recognized Paisi or Damian, who were only recognized by the Russian Church. The Russian Church continued to recognize Damian as archbishop until his death 18 Oct 1973. 



Orthodox Church of Czech Lands and Slovakia

 3 Mar 1923                Autonomy granted by Constantinople.
27 Sep 1942 - May 1945     Outlawed by German occupation authorities.
23 Nov 1951                Autocephaly granted by Russia.
27 Aug 1998                Autocephaly recognized by Constantinople.

Archbishop of Prague and All Czechoslovakia
 4 Apr 1923 - 15 May 1948  Sawatij (Sabbazd)¹                 (b. 1880 - d. 1959)
                             (German prisoner 30 May 1942 - May 1945)
Exarch of the Patriarchate of Moscow in Czechoslovakia

 4 May 1946 -  9 Dec 1951  Jelevferij (Eleutherius)¹          (b. 1892 - d. 1959)
                             (in opposition to 15 May 1948)

Metropolitans of Prague and All Czechoslovakia

 9 Dec 1951 - 28 Nov 1955  Jelevferij¹                        (s.a.)
17 May 1956 - 23 Oct 1964  Ján¹                               (b. 1901 - d. 1975)
25 Oct 1964 - Dec 1992
     Dorotej                            (b. 1913 - d. 1999)
Archbishops of Prague (or Prešov), Metropolitans of the Czech Lands and Slovakia
Dec 1992 - 30 Dec 1999     Dorotej                            (s.a.)
14 Apr 2000 - 30 Jan 2006  Nikolaj                            (b. 1927 - d. 2006)
 1 Feb 2006 - 12 Apr 2013  Kryštof                            (b. 1953)
                             (Locum Tenens to 2 May 2006)
12 Apr 2013 -  9 Dec 2013  Simeon of Brno and Olomouc         (b. 1926 - d. 2024)
                             (Locum Tenens)
 9 Dec 2013 - 11 Jan 2014  Rastislav of Pre
šov and Slovakia   (b. 1978)
                             (Locum Tenens)
11 Jan 2014 -              Rastislav                          (s.a.)

 ¹Constantinople continued to recognize Sawatij as archbishop until his death 14 Nov 1959 
and never recognized Jelevferij, who was recognized by the Russian Church. Constantinople recognized Ján only after the death of Sawatij (Sabbazd)(the Russian Church never recognized
Sawatij [Sabbazd]). 



Orthodox Church in America

[Orthodox Church
                          in America (Cross of Saint Herman)]
Adopted 2017

1840                       Kamchatka diocese established, centered on Novo-Arkhangelsk
                             (Sitka), Alaska.
1850                       Russian Orthodox Archdiocese of North American and the Aleutian
                             Islands.
1872                       See transferred to San Francisco.
1905                       See transferred to New York.
 
2 Apr 1924                Unilateral declaration of autonomy (Russian Orthodox Church in
                             America)
.
1946                       Autonomy under Russia.
10 Apr 1970                Autocephaly granted by Russia (not recognized by the Ecumenical
                             Patriarchate of Constantinople and the majority of the
                             Orthodox Churches).

Bishop (from 1850, Archbishop) of Kamchatka
1840 - 1868                Innokentiy (
Innocent)              (b. 1797 - d. 1879)
                             (
based in Novo-Arkhangelsk 1841-1852)
Bishops of Novo-Arkhangelsk

29 Mar 1859 -  9 Nov 1866  Pyotr (Peter)                      (b. 1820 - d. 1889)
 9 Nov 1866 - 10 Jun 1870  Pavel (Paul)                       (b. 1813 - d. 1877)
Bishops of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska
 5 Jul 1870 - 12 Apr 1877  John (
Ioann)                       (b. 1836 - d. 1914)
17 Dec 1878 - 30 Jun 1882  Nestor                             (b. 1825 - d. 1882)
20 Dec 1887 -  8 Jun 1891  Vladimir                           (b. 1852 - d. 1931)
 8 Jun 1891 - Sep 1891     Nicholas (I)(Nikolay I)            (b. 1849 - d. 1896)
                             (did not go to America)
29 Sep 1891 - 1898         Nicholas (II)(Nikolay II)          (b. 1851 - d. 1915)
14 Sep 1898 - 1900         Tikhon                             (b. 1865 - d. 1925)
Bishop of the Aleutians and North America
1900 - 1905                Tikhon                             (s.a.)
Archbishops of the Aleutians and North America

1905 - 25 Jan 1907         Tikhon                             (s.a.)
 6 Jun 1907 - 20 Mar 1914  Platon                             (b. 1866 - d. 1934)
29 Jul 1914 - 25 Feb 1919  Evdokim                            (b. 1869 - d. 1935)
                             (left America 6 Aug 1917)
 6 Aug 1917 -  7 Jun 1922  Alexander                          (b. 1876 - d. 1960)
                             (administrator to 25 Feb 1919)
Archbishops of Washington, Metropolitans of All America and Canada
 7 Jun 1922 - 20 Apr 1934  Platon                             (s.a.)
                             (administrator to 7 Nov 1922; suspended from 16 Aug 1933)
Apr 1934 - 27 Jun 1950     Theophilus                         (b. 1874 - d. 1950)
                             (Locum Tenens to 22 Nov 1934)
27 Jun 1950 - 14 May 1965  Leontiy                            (b. 1876 - d. 1965)
                             (Locum Tenens to 6 Dec 1950)
14 May 1965 - 25 Oct 1977  Ireney                             (b. 1892 - d. 1981)
                             (Locum Tenens to 23 Sep 1965)
15 May 1974 - 25 Oct 1977  Sylvester (administrator)          (b. 1914 - d. 2000)
25 Oct 1977 - 21 Jul 2002  Theodosius                         (b. 1933 - d. 2020)
22 Jul 2002 -  4 Sep 2008  Herman                             (b. 1932 - d. 2022)
                             (administrator 1 May - 8 Sep 2001)
 4 Sep 2008 - 12 Nov 2008  Dmitriy of Dallas and the South    (b. 1923 - d. 2011)
                             (Locum Tenens)
                           + Seraphim of Ottawa and Canada    (b. 1946)
                             (administrator)
12 Nov 2008 -  9 Jul 2012  Jonah                              (b. 1959)
 9 Jul 2012 - 
13 Nov 2012  Nathaniel of Detroit and the       (b. 1940)
                             Romanian Episcopate (Locum Tenens)
13 Nov 2012 -              Tikhon                             (b. 1966)



Orthodox Church of Mount Sinai

1567                       Autonomy under Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

Archbishops of Sinai and Raithu
Sep/Oct 1671-Feb/Mar 1702  Ioannikios I                       (d. 1703)
Sep/Oct 1702 - 13 Feb 1706 Kosmas                             (b. 16.. - d. 1736)
 7 May 1707 - 1720         Athanasios                         (d. 1720)
Oct? 1721 - 1727           Ioannikios II                      (d. 1727)
Oct? 1729 - 1747           Nikiphoros                         (d. af.1747)
Apr? 1748 - 1758           Konstantios I                      (d. 1758)
28 Oct 1759 - 23 Jan 1790  Kyrillos I                         (b. c.1700 - d. 1790)
Sep? 1794 - Jun/Jul 1797   Dorotheos                          (d. 1797)
Jun/Jul 1802 - 17 Jan 1859 Konstantios II                     (b. 1770 - d. 1859)
19 Jan 1859 -  5 Sep 1867  Kyrillos II                        (d. 1882)
 2 Feb 1867 - 21 Apr 1885  Kallistratos                       (b. 1818 - d. 1885)
21 Aug 1885 - 19 Apr 1904  Porphyrios I                       (b. 1838 - d. 1909)
 7 May 1904 - 14 Jul 1926  Porphyrios II                      (b. 1859 - d. 1926)
29 Jul 1926 - 24 Nov 1968  Porphyrios III                     (b. 1878 - d. 1968)
 4 Jan 1969 - 11 Sep 1973  Grigorios                          (b. 1912 - d. 1973)
10 Dec 1973 -              Damianos                           (b. 1935)



Montenegrin Orthodox Church

1219                       Bishopric of Zeta (of the Serbian Orthodox Church).
1346                       Raised to the Metropolis of Zeta.
1485                       Seat of the Metropolitan of Zeta transferred to Cetinje.
Sep/Oct 1766               Autocephaly proclaimed (
recognized only by Russian Church).
12 Sep 1920                Autocephaly abolished; merged with Serbian Orthodox Church
                             (as Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral).

Metropolitans (vladikas) of Montenegro, Skenderija and the Littoral
Sep/Oct 1766 - 9 Mar 1781  Sava II (co-adjutor 1719-1735)     (b. c.1700 - d. 1781)

10 Mar 1781 - 15 May 1784  Arsenije Plamenac 
(Locum Tenens)   (b. 1700 - d. 1784)
Mar 1782 - 30 Oct 1830     Petar I                            (b. 1747 - d. 1830)
                             (consecrated 24 Oct 1784)
30 Oct 1830 - 31 Oct 1851  Petar II                           (b. 1813 - d. 1851)
                             (consecrated 18 Aug 1833)
 1 Nov 1851 - 13 Jan 1852  Pero Petrović Njegoš (Locum Tenens)(b. 1811 - d. 1854)
13 Jan 1852 - 13 Mar 1852  Danilo II                          (b. 1826 - d. 1860)
                             (not consecrated)
Metropolitans of Montenegro and the Littoral
13 Mar 1852 - Dec 1858     Vacant
Dec 1858 -  5 Aug 1860     Nikanor Ivanović Njegoš            (b. 1825 - d. 1894)
17 Aug 1860 - 27 Jan 1882  Ilarion II Roganović               (b. 1828 - d. 1882)
                             (consecrated 4 Jun 1863)
15 Jan 1882 - 26 Apr 1884  Visarion III Ljubiša               (b. 1823 - d. 1884)
27 May 1884 - 12 Oct 1920  Mitrofan Ban                       (b. 1841 - d. 1920)
                             (consecrated 30 Apr 1885; co-adjutor 1877-1884)
Archbishops of Cetinje, Metropolitans of Montenegro and the Littoral
(within the Serbian Orthodox Church)
12 Oct 1920 - 17 Nov 1920  Vacant
17 Nov 1920 - 21 Feb 1938  Gavrilo                            (b. 1881 - d. 1950)
21 Feb 1938 - 10 Dec 1940  Vacant
10 Dec 1940 - 18 Jun 1945  Joanikije I                        (b. 1890 - d. 1945)
                            
(imprisoned from May 1945)
Apr 1945 - Nov 1946        Josif of Skopje (administrator)    (b. 1878 - d. 1957) 
Nov 1946 - 20 May 1947     Vladimir of Mukachevo-Prešov       (b. 1882 - d. 1956)  
                             (administrator) 
20 May 1947 - 1961         Arsenije II                        (b. 1883 - d. 1963)
                             (imprisoned 1954-1958, then exiled)
 6 Jul 1954 - 1958         Andrej of Budimlja-Polimlje        (b. 1916 - d. 1986)
                             (1st time) (administrator)          
1958 - Nov 1958            Pavle of Raška-Prizren             (b. 1914 - d. 2009)
                             (Locum Tenens)
                           + Simo Martinović (administrator)  (b. 1885 - d. 1961)
Nov 1958 - 24 Jun 1961     Andrej of Budimlja-Polimlje        (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) (administrator)  
24 Jun 1961 - 30 Dec 1990  Danilo III                         (b. 1895 - d. 1993)
30 Dec 1990 - 30 Oct 2020  Amfilohije                         (b. 1938 - d. 2020)
30 Oct 2020 -  5 Sep 2021  Joanikije of Budimlja and Nikšić   (b. 1959)
                             (administrator)
 5 Sep 2021 -              Joanikije II                       (s.a.)



Orthodox Church of Finland

24 Oct 1892                Separate Archeparchy of Vyborg and Finland established
                             within the Russian Orthodox Church.
26 Nov 1918                Unilateral declaration of autonomy.
Feb 1921                   Autonomy under Russia.
Oct 1921                   Adopts the Gregorian calendar.
 7 Jul 1923                Autonomy under Ecumenical Patriarchate.
 7 May 1957                Russia recognizes autonomy under Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Archeparchs of Vyborg and All Finland
1892 - 1898                Antoniy                            (b. 1846 - d. 1912)
1899 - 1905                Nikolay                            (b. 1852 - d. 1914)
1905 - 1917                Sergey                             (b. 1867 - d. 1944)
1917 - 26 Nov 1918         Seraphim                           (b. 1879 - d. 1959)
Archbishop of Vyborg and All Finland
26 Nov 1918 - 1925         Seraphim                           (s.a.)
Archbishops of Karelia and All Finland
1925 -  1 Jul 1960         Herman                             (b. 1878 - d. 1961)
29 Aug 1960 - 16 Sep 1987  Paavali                            (b. 1914 - d. 1988)
15 Oct 1987 -  1 Oct 2001  Johannes                           (b. 1923 - d. 2010)
25 Oct 2001 - 31 Dec 2017  Leo                                (b. 1948)
Archbishop of Helsinki and All Finland
 1 Jan 2018 -              Leo                                (s.a.)



Orthodox Church of Estonia

28 Jun 1920                Autonomy under Russia (Orthodox Church of Estonia).
1920 - 1945                Adopts the Gregorian calendar.
 7 Jul 1923                Autonomy under Ecumenical Patriarchate.
30 Mar 1941                Autonomy abolished by Russia.
30 Jun 1941                Autonomy under Ecumenical Patriarchate restored.
 
9 Mar 1945                Autonomy abolished by Russia.
13 Apr 1978                Autonomous status deemed inactive by Constantinople.
24 Feb 1996                Autonomy under Ecumenical Patriarchate restored.
1996
- 2012                Re-adopts the Gregorian calendar.
2012                       Adopts the revised Julian calendar.

Archbishop of Tallinn and All Estonia
14 Sep 1920 -  7 Jul 1923  Aleksander                         (b. 1872 - d. 1953)
Metropolitans of Tallinn and All Estonia
 7 Jul 1923 - 18 Oct 1953  Aleksander                         (s.a.)
                             (20 Sep 1944 - 1947 in Germany,
                             from 1947 in Sweden, exile)
Oct 1953 - 15 Oct 1962     Athinagoras I of Thyatira and      (b. 1885 - d. 1962)
                             Great Britain (Locum Tenens)
14 Oct 1956 -  3 Aug 1961  Jüri Välbe of Ravenna -Bishop      (b. 1881 - d. 1961)
                            
(in Sweden exile)
10 Dec 1963 - 12 May 1974  Athinagoras II of Thyatira and     (b. 1912 - d. 1979)
                             Great Britain (Locum Tenens
12 May 1974 - 13 Apr 1978  Pavlos of Sweden (Locum Tenens)    (b. 1935 - d. 2022)
13 Apr 1978 - 20 Feb 1996  Vacant
20 Feb 1996 - 16 Mar 1999  Johannes of Finland
(Locum Tenens) (b. 1923 - d. 2010)
16 Mar 1999 -              Stephanos                          (b. 1940)



Orthodox Church of Latvia

 6 Jul 1921                Autonomy under Russia.
Feb 1936                   Autonomy under Ecumenical Patriarchate.
30 Mar 1941                Autonomy abolished by Russia.
20 Jul 1941                Autonomy under Ecumenical Patriarchate restored.
15 Jul 1942                Autonomy abolished by Russia.
13 Apr 1978                Autonomous status deemed inactive by Constantinople.

Archbishop of Riga and All Latvia
 6 Jul 1921 - 12 Oct 1934  Janis                             (b. 1876 - d. 1934)
12 Oct 1934 - 17 Mar 1936  Vacant
Metropolitan of Riga and All Latvia
17 Mar 1936 -  5 Oct 1955  Augustins                         (b. 1873 - d. 1955)
                             (in exile from Sep 1944)
 5 Apr 1955 - 13 Apr 1978  Vacant



Orthodox Church of Japan

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                        Church in Japan]

 2 Jul 1861                Nicholas (Ivan Dmitriyevich Kasatkin) arrives in Japan as
                             a simple priest.

14 May 1871                Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Japan.
19 Apr 1907               
A Russian Orthodox diocese is founded in Tokyo.
 6 Apr 1941 -  6 Apr 1946  Subordinated to the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad.
Jan 1947 -
10 Apr 1970     Parallel hierarchy (Soviet Union/Church in America).
 1 Nov 1946 - Apr 1970     Part of the Orthodox Church in America.
10 Apr 1970                Autonomy under Russia (not recognized by the Ecumenical
                             Patriarchate).

Archimandrite (from 11 Apr 1880, Bishop of Revel)(Head of mission in Japan)
14 May 1871 - 19 Apr 1907  Nicholas (Nikolay)                 (b. 1836 - d. 1912)
Bishops of Tokyo and All Japan
19 Apr 1907 - 16 Feb 1912  Nicholas                           (s.a.)
19 May 1912 -  1 May 1921  Sergius (Sergiy)                   (b. 1871 - d. 1945)
Archbishop of Tokyo and All Japan
 
1 May 1921 -  2 Apr 1931  Sergius                            (s.a.)

Archbishop of Tokyo, Metropolitan of All Japan
 2 Apr 1931 - 10 Aug 1945
  Sergius                            (s.a.)
                             (under house arrest 4 Sep 1940 - 10 Aug 1945)
Bishops of Tokyo and All Japan
 4 Sep 1940 -  6 Apr 1941  Arseniy Ivasava (acting)           (b. 1863 - d. 1943)
                             (= Iwasawa Heikichi)
                             (temporary manager of church affairs)

 
6 Apr 1941 -  6 Apr 1946  Nicholas (Nikolay) (1st time)      (
b. 1872 - d. 1956)
                             (under the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad)
 6 Apr 1946 - 1947         Samuil Uzawa -Archpriest           (b. 1886 - d. 1966)
                             (administrator)
- under the Moscow Patriarchate -
1947 - 24 Apr 1954        
Nicholas (Nikolay)(I) (2nd time)   (s.a.)
1954 -  3 Jan 1966         Antoniy Takay -Archpriest          (b. 1874 - d. 1966)
                             (pastor; from 1957, administrator)
 7 Sep 1966 - 1967         N
ikolay Sayama -Archimandrite      (b. 1914 - d. 2008)
                             (administrator)
16 Sep 1967 - 10 Dec 1967  Yuvenaliy of Zaraysk               (b. 1935)
                             (administrator)
10 Dec 1967 - 10 Apr 1970 
Nicholas (Nikolay)(II)             (s.a.)
                             (= N
ikolay Sayama)
- under the American Metropolis -
 
7 Jan 1947 - 1953         Benjamin (Veniamin)                (b. 1887 - d. 1963)
                             (
archbishop from 1950)
 7 Jun 1953 - 14 Jun 1960  Ireney (1st time)                  (b. 1892 - d. 1981)
                            
(from 9 May 1957, Archbishop Ireney of All America)
Jun 1960 -  2 Jun 1962     Nikon -Archbishop                  (b. 1895 - d. 1983)
 2 Jun 1962 -  9 Oct 1962  Ambrose of Sitka and Alaska        (b. 1889 - d. 1974)
                             (administrator) 
 
9 Oct 1962 - 11 Apr 1964  Ireney (2nd time) -Archbishop      (s.a.)
                             (remained in America)
11 Apr 1964 - 10 Apr 1970  Vladimir                           (b. 1922 - d. 1997)
                            
(acting for Ireney 9 Oct 1962 - 11 Apr 1964)
Archbishops of Tokyo, Metropolitans of All Japan
10 Apr 1970 - 28 Mar 1972  Vladimir                           (s.a.)
28 Mar 1972 -  9 May 1999  Theodosius                         (b. 1935 - d. 1999)
 
6 Oct 1999 - 10 May 2000  Peter                              (b. 1931 - d. 2000)
                             (administrator to 7 Mar 2000)
14
May 2000 - 10 Aug 2023  Daniel                             (b. 1938 - d. 2023)
11 Aug 2023 -
28 Sep 2023  Seraphim of Sendai (Locum Tenens)  (b. 1951)
28 Sep 2023 -              Seraphim                           (s.a.)



Orthodox Church of China

1686                       First Orthodox community established in China.
May 1957                   Autonomy under Russia (not recognized by the Ecumenical
                             Patriarchate).

Bishops of Peking and All China
30 May 1957 -  3 Jan 1962  Basil                              (b. 1888 - d. 1962)
 3 Jan 1962 -  3 Mar 1965  Simeon of Shanghai                 (b. 1886 - d. 1965)
                             (de facto Locum Tenens)
 3 Mar 1965 -              Vacant



Orthodox Church of Ukraine (Moscow Patriarchate)

988                        Metropolitanate of Kiev and All Rus' (under the Ecumenical
                             Patriarchate).
1299                       Metropolitan Maximus moves the seat from Kiev to Vladimir (from
                             1325 to Moscow).
1458                       Metropolitanate of Kiev, Galicia and All Rus'
 6 Oct 1596                United with Roman Catholic Church by Union of Beresti (Brest).
Oct 1620                   Metropolitanate of Kiev re-established by Constantinople.
Oct 1685                   Metropolitanate of Kiev, Galicia and Little Russia.
 5 Jun 1686                Formal subjugation of Kiev Metropolis to Moscow Patriarchate granted
                             by Ecumenical Patriarch Dionysius IV.
30 May 1722                Autonomy abolished by Russia.
1770                       Metropolitanate of Kiev and Galicia (of the Russian Orthodox Church).
1918 - 1921                M
etropolitanate of Kiev and Galicia of the Ukrainian Autonomous
                             Orthodox Church (within the Russian Orthodox Church).
 1 Oct 1990                Autonomy under Russia (
Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow
                             Patriarchate)(UOC-MP).
11 Oct 2018               
Ecumenical Patriarchate canceled the synodal letter of 1686, which
                             subordinated the Kyiv Metropolitanate to the Moscow Patriarch (not
                             recognized
Metropolitan Onufriy or Russia)(see Ukrainian Church).
27 May 2022                Ukrainian Orthodox Church, declares its full independence and
                             autonomy from the Moscow
Patriarchate (not recognized by Moscow).
19 Oct 2023                Ukrainian parliament gave approval to a law that would ban
                             the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

Metropolitans (Archbishops 1722-1743) of Kiev, Galicia and Little Russia
31 Aug 1690 - 22 Aug 1707  Varlaam I                          (b. c.1627 - d. 1707)
15 Aug 1708 -  1 Jul 1718  Ioasaf I                           (b. c.1648 - d. 1718)
 1 Jul 1718 - 30 May 1722  Vacant
30 May 1722 -  1 Dec 1730  Varlaam II                         (b. 1688? - d. 1751)
24 Apr 1731 -  2 Nov 1747  Rafail                             (b. 1677 - d. 1747)
21 Mar 1748 -  2 Nov 1757  Timothei                           (b. 1698 - d. 1767)
 2 Nov 1757 - 19 Jun 1770  Arseniy I                          (b. 1704 - d. 1770)
Metropolitans of Kiev and Galicia
 3 Oct 1770 - 19 Aug 1783  Gavriil I                          (b. 1708 - d. 1783)
 3 Oct 1783 - 16 Jan 1796  Samuil                             (b. 1731 - d. 1796)
12 Apr 1796 - 13 Sep 1799  Ierofei                            (b. 1727 - d. 1799)
10 Oct 1799 -  2 Sep 1803  Gavriil II                         (b. 1746 - d. 1821)
23 Dec 1803 -  5 Feb 1822  Serapion                           (b. 1747 - d. 1824)
 5 Feb 1822 -  7 Mar 1837  Yevgeniy                           (b. 1767 - d. 1837)
30 Apr 1837 -  2 Jan 1858  Filaret I                          (b. 1779 - d. 1858)
13 Mar 1858 - 13 Jul 1860  Isidor                             (b. 1799 - d. 1892)
13 Jul 1860 - 10 May 1876  Arseniy II                         (b. 1797 - d. 1876)
17 May 1876 - 10 Feb 1882  Filofei                            (b. 1808 - d. 1882)
16 Feb 1882 - 13 Oct 1891  Platon                             (b. 1803 - d. 1891)
29 Nov 1891 - 20 Jun 1900  Ioannikiy
                          (b. 1826 - d. 1900)
26 Aug 1900 -  4 Feb 1903  Feognost II                        (b. 1829 - d. 1903)
14 Feb 1903 - 17 Nov 1915  Flavian                            (b. 1840 - d. 1915)
 6 Dec 1915 -  6 Feb 1918  Vladimir I                         (b. 1848 - d. 1918)
Feb 1918 - 30 May 1918     Nikodim of Chigirin (Locum Tenens) (b. 1868 - d. 1938)
30 May 1918 - 10 Aug 1936  Antoniy II                         (b. 1863 - d. 1936)
                             (Ukrainian then Polish prisoner Dec 1918-Feb 1919;
                             in Katerynodar exile Feb 1919 - Mar 1920, in
                             Greece Mar - Sep 1920,
Crimea Sep - Nov 1920,
                            
in Constantinople Nov 1920 - Feb 1921, then
                             in Serbia exile; from 1924 not recognized)
1919 - 1921                Nazariy of Cherkassy (Locum Tenens)(b. 1852 - d. 1930)
1921 - 1924                Mikhail of Grodno and Brest        (b. 1862 - d. 1929)
                             (Locum Tenens; Soviet prisoner from 5 Feb 1923)
1924 - 30 Mar 1929         Mikhail III                        (s.a.)
                             (patriarchal exarch with the rank of metropolitan;
                             Soviet prisoner from 1925)
Jan 1925 - 1928            Georgiy of Tarashchanskiy          (b. 1878 - d. 1937)
                             (Locum Tenens)
1928 - 1930                Sergiy of Bershadskiy              (b. 1869 - d. 1937)
                             (Locum Tenens)
Apr 1930 -  1 Feb 1932     Dmitriy of Kiev                    (b. 1869 - d. 1932)

                             (Locum Tenens)
21 Mar 1932 - 26 Jun 1934  Sergiy of Kiev                     (b. 1889 - d. 1943)

                             (Locum Tenens)
26 Jun 1934 - 10 Nov 1937  Konstantin III                     (b. 1871 - d. 1937)

                             (Soviet prisoner from 16 Sep 1937)
1937 - 1938                Aleksandr of Kharkov               (b. 1851 - d. 1940)
                             (Locum Tenens)
1938 - 15 Jul 1941         Vacant
15 Jul 1941 - 28 Jan 1944  Nikolay II                         (b. 1892 - d. 1961)
                             (in Moscow exile 1941-1944)

12 Feb 1944 - 30 Mar 1964  Ioann V                            (b. 1877 - d. 1968)
30 Mar 1964 - 24 Apr 1966  Ioasaf II                          (b. 1903 - d. 1966)
24 Apr 1966 - 14 May 1966  Alipiy of Vinnitsa (Locum Tenens)  (b. 1901 - d. 1977)
14 Mar 1966 -  1 Oct 1990  Filaret II                         (b. 1929)

Metropolitans of Kiev and All Ukraine
 1 Oct 1990 -  2 Apr 1992  Filaret II                         (s.a.)
Apr 1992 - 27 May 1992     Nikodim of Kharkiv (Locum Tenens)  (b. 1921 - d. 2011)
27 May 1992 -  5 Jul 2014  Vladimir II                        (b. 1935 - d. 2014)

24 Feb 2014 - 13 Aug 2014  Onufriy of Chernivtsi and Bukovyna (b. 1944)
                             (Locum Tenens [for Vladimir to 5 Jul 2014])
13 Aug 2014 -              Onufriy                            (s.a.
)


Ukrainian Autonomous Orthodox Church

18 Aug 1941                Ukrainian Autonomous Orthodox Church established by a council
                             of bishops in Pochaiv Lavra in German occupied Ukraine
                            (recognizing the authority of the Moscow Patriarchate, but
                             considering its authority suspended as long as the Patriarch
                             is under Soviet control)(not recognized by Moscow or any other
                             Orthodox church).
1944                       Upon liberation of Ukraine the clergy in Ukraine join the Russian
                             Orthodox Church.
 5 Apr 1946                Displaced clergy in the West join the Russian Orthodox Church
                             Outside Russia.

Metropolitan of Kiev
18 Aug 1941 -  7 May 1943  Aleksiy                            (b. 1882 - d. 1943)
                             (Locum Tenens to 25 Nov 1941)
Senior Bishop             

 6 Jun 1943 - 1944         Damaskin of Kamenets-Podol'skiy    (b. 1880 - d. af.1944)
                             (from ... 1944, Soviet prisoner)
First Hierarch of the Ukrainian Autonomous Church

Apr 1944 - 1944            Panteleymon of Kiev and Galicia    (b. 1898 - d. 1968)
                             (in Warsaw, then Germany exile)



Orthodox Church of Ukraine

 1 Jan 1919                "Law on the Supreme Administration of the Ukrainian Orthodox
                             Autocephalous Synodal Church" is adopted by the Directory of
                             Ukrainian People's Republic (not implemented).
 5 May 1920
                Unilateral declaration of autocephaly declared by the All-Ukrainian
                             Orthodox Church Council.
21 Oct 1921                Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC)(not recognized by
                             any other Orthodox church).
1937                       UAOC remnants are dissolved by Soviet authorities.
24 Dec 1941
- Jul 1944     Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) restored in German
                             occupied Ukraine
(not recognized by any other Orthodox church).
 
5 Apr 1946                Displaced clergy in the West join the Russian Orthodox Church
                             Outside Russia.
 5 Jun 1990                Unilateral declaration of Patriarchate of Ukrainian Autocephalous
                             Orthodox Church (not recognized by any other Orthodox church).

21 Oct 1993                The Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kiev Patriarchate, which was
                             created in an earlier split but also claimed Mstyslav as its
                             patriarch, now elects its own patriarch.
15 Dec 2018                Both united as the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU).
 5 Jan 2019                Autocephaly recognized by Constantinople (but not
by Moscow).
 1 Sep 2023                Adopts the revised Julian calendar.               

Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church

Metropolitans of Kyiv and All Ukraine
21 Oct 1921 - Oct 1927     Vasyl'                             (b. 1864 - d. 1937)
Oct 1927 - 29 Jan 1930     Mykola                             (b. 1879 - d. af.1935)
Metropolitan of Kharkiv and All Ukraine
Dec 1930 - Aug 1936        Ivan                               (b. 1893 - d. 1936)
                            
(Soviet prisoner from May 1936)
Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (until May 1942, Temporary
Administrator of Orthodox Autocephalous Church in the Liberated Lands of Ukraine)
24 Dec 1941 - Jul 1944    
Polikarp                           (b. 1875 - d. 1953)
                             (from 4 Jan 1944, in Warsaw, then Germany exile)

Patriarchs
of Kyiv and All Russ' Ukraine
 5 Jun 1990 - 11 Jun 1993  Mstyslav                           (b. 1898 - d. 1993)
 7 Sep 1993 - 25 Feb 2000  Dimitriy I                         (b. 1915 - d. 2000)
25 Feb 2000 - 15 Sep 2000  Igor of Kharkiv and Poltava        (b. 1956)
                             (Locum Tenens)  
Patriarchs of Kyiv and All Ukraine
15 Sep 2000 - 24 Feb 2015  Mefodiy                            (b. 1949 - d. 2015)

27 Feb 2015 - 15 Dec 2018  Makariy                            (b. 1944)
                             (Locum Tenens to 4 Jun 2015)


Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kiev Patriarchate

Patriarchs of Kyiv and All-Rus' Ukraine 
21 Oct 1993 - 14 Jul 1995  Volodymyr I                        (b. 1926 - d. 1995)
14 Jul 1995 - 22 Oct 1995  Filaret of Kyiv (acting)           (b. 1929)
22 Oct 1995 - 15 Dec 2018  Filaret                            (s.a.) 

Orthodox Church of Ukraine

Metropolitan of Kiev and All-Ukraine
15 Dec 2018 -              Epifaniy                           (b. 1979)



Orthodox Church of North Macedonia

1018                       Autocephalous Archdiocese of Ohrid under the Ecumenical
                             Patriarchate established by Byzantine Emperor Vasilios II.
27 Jan 1767                Autocephaly abolished by Constantinople.
 6 Oct 1958                Autonomy under Serbia.
16 Jul 1967                Unilateral elevation to autocephaly results in schism
                             (see Macedonian Orthodox Church-Archbishopric of Ohrid
).
24 May 2005                Autonomy under Serbia (Orthodox Church of Macedonia).
20 Jun 2023                Merged into Macedonian Orthodox Church-Archbishopric of Ohrid
                             (not recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate).

Archbishops of Ohrid
18 Jun 1699 - 1702         Raphail
1702 - 1703                Germanos (2nd time)                (d. 1706)
1703 - 1706                Ignatios III (2nd time)            (d. af.1719)
1706 - 1707                Dionysios II (1st time)            (d. af.1714)
1707 - 1709                Zosimas II (2nd time)              (b. c.1655 - d. 1746)
1709 - Jul 1714            Dionysios II (2nd time)            (s.a.)
27 Jul 1714 - 16 Jul 1718  Philotheos                         (d. af.1718)
16 Jul 1718 -  2 Nov 1745  Ioasaph II                         (d. 1745)
24 Jan 1746 - 1751?        Iosiph                             (d. 1761)
1752? - 1757               Dionysios III                      (d. af.1766)
 
5 Jun 1758 - 1759         Methodios
Apr/May 1759 - 1762        Kyrillos                           (d. 1765)
1763 - May/Jun 1763        Ieremias                           (d. 1763)
May/Jun 1763-Jun/Jul 1763  Ananias                            (d. 1763)
1763 - 27 Jan 1767         Arsenios II                        (d. af.1769)
Metropolitans of Skopje (under Ecumenical Patriarchate)
1767 -  6 Nov 1775         Anthimos II                        (d. af.1775)
 6 Nov 1775 - 19 Oct 1799  Zacharias                          (d. af.1801)
11 Nov 1799 - 1820         Anthimos III                       (d. 1820)
Mar/Apr 1820 - 1823        Ioasaph                            (d. 1823)
Aug/Sep 1823-Jun/Jul 1828  Ananias                            (b. 1788 - d. 1854)
Jun/Jul 1828-Jan/Feb 1831  Neophytos                          (d. 1831)
Ja/Febb 1831-Jul/Aug 1832  Gennadios                          (d. af.1832)
Jul/Aug 1832-Jun/Jul 1844  Gavriil III                        (d. af.1844)
Jun/Jul 1844 - 11 Mar 1868 Ioakim                             (d. 1868)
23 Mar 1868 - 15 Aug 1891  Paisios                            (b. 1806 - d. 1892)
15 Aug 1891 - 28 Nov 1896  Methodios II                       (d. 1896)
30 Nov 1896 - 31 Oct 1899  Amvrosios                          (b. 1854 - d. 1931)
31 Oct 1899 - 21 Dec 1903  Firmilianos                        (b. 1852 - d. 1903)
28 Jan 1904 -  5 Feb 1905  Sevastianos                        (b. 1869 - d. 1905)
24 Oct 1905 - 1915         Vikentios                          (b. 1853 - d. 1915)
Metropolitans of Skopje (under Serbian Patriarchate)
17 Nov 1920 - 12 Apr 1930  Varnava Rosić
                     (b. 1880 - d. 1937)
Jan 1932 -  3 Jul 1957     Josif Cvijović                     (b. 1878 - d. 1957)

Metropolitans of Skopje and Archbishops of Ohrid
 6 Oct 1958 - 19 Jul 1967  Dositej II Stojkovski              (b. 1906 - d. 1981)
19 Jul 1967 - 1993         Vacant
1993 - 1994                Jovan Mladenović of Tetovo         (b. 1950)
                             (administrator)
1995 - 24 May 2005         Pahomije Gačić
of Vranje           (b. 1952)
                             (administrator)

24 May 2005 - May 2023     Jovan VI Vraniškovski
             (b. 1966)
                             (imprisoned 26 Jul 2005 - 3 Mar 2006,
                             and 8 Aug 2006 - 1 May 2007)
26 Jul 2005 -  3 Mar 2006  Marko Kimev of Dremvica            (b. 1977) 
                             (acting for imprisoned Jovan)
 8 Aug 2006 -  1 May 2007 
Marko Kimev of Dremvica            (s.a.)
                           + Joakim Jovčevski of Polog

                             and Kumanovo                     (b. 1949)
 
                           (acting for imprisoned Jovan)
Metropolitan of Kruševo and Demir Hisar of the Macedonian Orthodox Church

Jun 2023 -                 Jovan Vraniškovski                 (s.a.)



Orthodox Church of Crete

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                        Orthodox Church]
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27 Oct 1900                Semi-autonomy under Ecumenical Patriarchate.
10 Mar 1924                Adopts the revised Julian calendar.
28 Feb 1967                See elevated to Archdiocese.

Metropolitans of Crete
1697 - 1702                Kallinikos II
1702 - 1704                Arsenios II
1704 - 1711?               Ioasaph                            (d. 1747)
1711 - 1715                Konstantios (1st time)             (d. 1725)
1715 - 1719                Gerasimos I
18 Dec 1718 - 1722         Konstantios (2nd time)             (s.a.)
1722 - 1725                Daniil
1725 - 13 Jan 1756         Gerasimos II
17 Feb 1756 - 1769         Gerasimos III
1769 - May 1786            Zacharias
30 May 1786 - 16 May 1800  Maximos                            (d. 1800)
 6 Jun 1800 -  6 Jul 1821  Gerasimos IV                       (b. 17.. - d. 1821)
Mar/Apr 1823 - 5 Sep 1830  Kallinikos III                     (d. 1830)
 9 Feb 1831 -  1 Aug 1839  Meletios I                         (b. 1801 - d. 1839)
Aug/Sep 1839 - 21 Sep 1839 Porphyrios                         (d. 1852)
Sep/Oct 1839 - 24 Feb 1842 Kallinikos IV                      (d. af.1844)
13Mar1842-Dec1843/Jan1844  Kallinikos V                       (d. 1845)
Dec1843/Jan1844-5 Sep1850  Chrysanthos                        (d. 1869)
 5 Sep 1850 - 26 Dec 1850  Sophronios I                       (d. 1855)
29 Dec 1850 -  9 Sep 1856  Dionysios I                        (d. 1860)
 9 Sep 1856 - 28 Jul 1858  Ioannikios                         (d. 1858)
 7 Aug 1858 - 28 Nov 1868  Dionysios II                       (b. 1820 - d. 1891)
28 Nov 1868 -  5 Dec 1874  Meletios II (1st time)             (b. 1817 - d. 1882)
 5 Dec 1874 - 21 Jun 1877  Sophronios II                      (d. 1890)
21 Jun 1877 - 25 Aug 1882  Meletios II (2nd time)             (s.a.)
 2 Oct 1882 -  2 Mar 1897  Timotheos I                        (b. 1841 - d. 1897)
24 May 1898 - 14 Apr 1920  Evmenios II                        (b. 1850 - d. 1920)
 7 Mar 1922 - 25 Apr 1933  Titos II                           (b. 1859 - d. 1933)
22 Jul 1933 -  3 Jan 1941  Timotheos II                       (b. 1876 - d. 1941)
 8 Apr 1941 - 12 Jan 1950  Vasilios V                         (b. 1872 - d. 1950)
23 May 1950 - 28 Feb 1967  Evgenios                           (b. 1912 - d. 1978)
Archbishops of Crete
28 Feb 1967 -  7 Feb 1978  Evgenios                           (s.a.)
10 Mar 1978 - 26 Jul 2006  Timotheos III                      (b. 1915 - d. 2006)
30 Aug 2006 -  2 Dec 2021  Irinaios                           (b. 1933)
 3 Dec 2021 - 11 Jan 2022  Irinaios of Lampi, Sivritos,       (b. 1944)
                             and Sfakia (Locum Tenens)
11 Jan 2022 -              Evgenios II                        (b. 1968)



Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

[Greek Orthodox
                        Archdiocese of America]

1865                       A Greek Orthodox diocese is founded in New Orleans, Louisiana.
31 Mar 1908                Greek Orthodox Church of America placed under
                             jurisdiction of Autocephalous Church of Greece.
17 Aug 1918                Archdiocese under the Church of Greece.
14 Mar 1922                Greek Orthodox Church of America reverts to the
                             jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
 9 May 1922                Archdiocese under Ecumenical Patriarchate.
10 Mar 1924                Adopts the revised Julian calendar.

Exarchs of Synod of Church of Greece
 4 Aug 1918 - 30 Oct 1918  Meletios of Athens                 (b. 1871 - d. 1935)
                            (returned to the U.S. in Feb 1921, overseeing the affairs of
                             the American Church as Meletios of Athens [not recognizing
                             his dethronement from the See of Athens] and after 8 Dec 1921
                             as Ecumenical Patriarch Meletios IV, until his departure for
                             Constantinople on 14 Jan 1922)
30 Oct 1918 -  2 Jul 1921  Alexandros of Rodostolon           (b. 1876 - d. 1942)
                            (continues in opposition to 14 Mar 1922)
 2 Jul 1921 - 14 Mar 1922  Germanos of Monemvasia             (b. 1870 - d. 1935)
                            (continues in opposition to 4 Feb 1923)
Patriarchal Exarch
14 Mar 1922 -  9 May 1922  Alexandros of Rodostolon           (s.a.)
Archbishops of America
 9 May 1922 - 19 Jun 1930  Alexandros                         (s.a.)
   Feb 1924 - 19 Jun 1930  Vasilios (in opposition)           (b. 1887 - d. 1941)
 9 Apr 1930 -  9 Feb 1931  Damaskinos of Korinthos -Exarch    (b. 1891 - d. 1949)
 9 Feb 1931 - 24 Feb 1931  Kallistos of San Francisco         (b. 1878 - d. 1940)
                             (Locum Tenens until arrival of Athinagoras in U.S.)
12 Aug 1930 -  1 Nov 1948  Athinagoras                        (b. 1886 - d. 1972)
Nov 1948 - 24 Dec 1949     Germanos of Nyssa (1st time)       (b. 1897 - d. 1993)
                             (Locum Tenens until arrival of Michail in U.S.)
 7 Jun 1949 - 20 Sep 1949  Timotheos                          (b. 1880 - d. 1949)
11 Oct 1949 - 13 Jul 1958  Michail                            (b. 1892 - d. 1958)
Jul 1958 - 31 Mar 1959     Germanos of Nyssa (2nd time)       (s.a.)
                             (Locum Tenens until arrival of Iakovos in U.S.)
14 Feb 1959 - 29 Jul 1996  Iakovos                            (b. 1911 - d. 2005)
30 Jul 1996 - 18 Aug 1999  Spyridon                           (b. 1944)
19 Aug 1999 - 11 May 2019  Dimitrios                          (b. 1928)
11 May 2019 -              Elpidophoros                       (b. 1967)



Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia

1897                       Greek Orthodox dioceses founded in Sydney and Melbourne.
31 Mar 1908                Greek Orthodox Church of Australia placed under
                             jurisdiction of Autocephalous Church of Greece.
14 Mar 1922                Greek Orthodox Church of Australia reverts to the
                             jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
 9 Feb 1924                Metropolis under Ecumenical Patriarchate (Greek Orthodox
                             Metropolis of Australia and New Zealand).
10 Mar 1924                Adopts the revised Julian calendar.
25 Aug 1959                Archdiocese under Ecumenical Patriarchate (Greek Orthodox
                             Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand).
 8 Jan 1970                Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia (
New Zealand separated).

Metropolitans of Australia and New Zealand
 9 Feb 1924 - 17 Apr 1926  Christophoros (1st time)           (b. 1872 - d. 1958)
17 Apr 1926 - 24 Jun 1926  Ioakim                             (b. 1883 - d. 1962)
24 Jun 1926 -  4 Feb 1928  Christophoros (2nd time)           (s.a.)
Mar 1928 - 30 Nov 1931     Theophylaktos Papathanasopoulos    (b. 1891 - d. 1958)
                             (Locum Tenens)
30 Nov 1931 - 16 Jan 1947  Timotheos                          (b. 1880 - d. 1949)
22 Apr 1947 -  2 Aug 1958  Theophylaktos                      (s.a.)
Aug 1958 - 24 Feb 1959     Athenagoras I of Thyatira and
                             Great Britain -Exarch            (b. 1885 - d. 1962)
Archbishops of Australia and New Zealand
24 Feb 1959 - 27 Feb 1968  Iezekiel (1st time)                (b. 1913 - d. 1987)
27 Feb 1968 - 28 Oct 1968  Dionysios of Nazianzos             (b. 1916 - d. 2008)
                             (Locum Tenens)
28 Oct 1968 - 12 Aug 1969  Iakovos of Philadelphia -Exarch    (b. 1920 - d. 1971)
12 Aug 1969 -  8 Jan 1970
 Iezekiel (2nd time)                (s.a.)
Archbishops of Australia
 8 Jan 1970 -  5 Aug 1974  Iezekiel                           (s.a.)
 5 Aug 1974 - 13 Feb 1975  Panteleimon of Theoupolis          (b. 1936)
                             (Locum Tenens)
13 Feb 1975 - 25 Mar 2019  Stylianos                          (b. 1935 - d. 2019)

25 Mar 2019 - 
9 May 2019  Iezekiel of Dervi (Locum Tenens)   (b. 1938)
 9 May 2019 -              Makarios                           (b. 1973)


Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Zealand

 8 Jan 1970                Metropolis under Ecumenical Patriarchate (separated from Greek
                             Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
).

Metropolitans of New Zealand
 8 Jan 1970 - 21 Jul 2003  Dionysios                          (b. 1916 - d. 2008)
21 Jul 2003 - Sep 2005     Ioseph                             (b. 1955)                       
Sep 2005 - 13 Oct 2005     Sotirios of Pisidia                (b. 1929 - d. 2022)
                             (Locum Tenens)
13 Oct 2005 - 22 Sep 2018 
Amphilochios                       (b. 1938)
22 Sep 2018 -              Myron                              (b. 1969)


Orthodox Metropolis of Chisinau and Moldova (Orthodox Church of Moldova)

[Orthodox Church of Moldova flag
                          from 2018]
Adopted Feb 2018

1373 - 1401                Moldavia a self-ruled church.
1401 - 1791                Part of different eparchies of the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
1791 - 1812                Part of the Moldavo-Walachia Exarchate of Constantinople.
1812 - 1918               
Eparchy of Kishinev under the Russian Orthodox Church.
Apr 1918 - 1940            Part of the Metropolis of Bessarabia under Romania
n Orthodox Church.
1940                       Bishopric of
Kishinev and Moldova under the Russian Orthodox Church.
                             (activity suppressed by Romania 1941-1944).
21 Dec 1992                Elevated to Metropolis of Chișinău and Moldova and granted
                             autonomy by Russia.

Metropolitan of Chișinău and All Moldova
21 Dec 1992 -              Vladimir (Cantarean)               (b. 1952)


Orthodox Metropolis of Bessarabia

Apr 1918 - 1947            Orthodox Metropolis of Bessarabia autonomous under Romanian
                             Orthodox Church (activity suppressed by Russia 1940-1941
                             and from 1944).
19 Dec 1992                Metropolis of Bessarabia, autonomy under Romania (recognized
                             by Constantinople, but not recognized by Moscow or Moldova).
 3 Oct 1995                Raised to the rank of an Exarchate under Romania (with jurisdiction
                             over Romanian Orthodox communities in Moldova, Ukraine and parts
                             of Russia)(not recognized by Moscow or Orthodox Church of
                             Moldova).
30 Jul 2002                Legalized by Moldova.

Archbishop of Chișinău
14 Jun 1918 - 1928         Anastasie Gribanovski              (b. 1873 - d. 1965)
Metropolitans of Bessarabia
28 Apr 1928 - 11 Nov 1936  Gurie (Grosu)                      (b. 1877 - d. 1943)
Nov 1936 - Jun 1937        Nicodim Munteanu (acting)          (b. 1864 - d. 1948)
Jun 1937 - Feb 1938        Cozma (Petrovici)                  (b. 1873 - d. 1948)
Mar 1938 - 1947            Efrem (Enăchescu)                  (b. 1893 - d. 1968)
                             (acting to 12 Jan 1944)          
1947 - 1992                post abolished
Archbishop of Chișinău, Metropolitan of Bessarabia (and from 3 Oct 1995) Exarch of Plaiurilor
19 Dec 1992 -              Petru (Păduraru)                   (b. 1946)


Orthodox Metropolis of Korea

  4 Jul 1897                Russian Spiritual Mission in Korea
1900
                      First Orthodox community established in Korea.
Nov 1921                   Patriarchate of Moscow ends its support.
 
2 Dec 1922 - 1944         Under the Japanese Orthodox Church.
1944 - 27 Dec 1945         Under the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia.
27 Dec 1945 - 1948         Under the Russian Orthodox Church.
1946                       Japanese Orthodox Church gives up its jurisdictional authority.

 9 Jul 1950 - 1953         Formal practice of the faith disrupted.
25 Dec 1955                Under the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
 8 Jan 1970                Exarchate under Metropolis of New Zealand erected by Constantinople.
20 Jun 2004                Metropolis under the Ecumenical Patriarchate (Orthodox
                             Metropolis of Korea) erected by Constantinople.

Exarchs
 8 Jan 1970 - 20 Jun 2004  the Metropolitans of New Zealand
Metropolitans of All Korea
20 Jun 2004 - 28 May 2008  Sotirios                           (b. 1929 - d. 2022)
20 Jul 2008 -              Ambrosios                          (b. 1960)



Schismatic Orthodox Churches

Croatian Orthodox Church

 4 Apr 1942                Croatian Eastern Orthodox Church erected by regime of independent
                             Croatia as its own autocephalous church for the Orthodox
                             within its borders (not recognized by any other church except
                             the Romanian Orthodox Church [on 4 Aug 1944
]).
 8 May 1945                Remnants merged into the Serbian Orthodox Church.

Metropolitan of Zagreb
 7 Jun 1942 -  8 May 1945  Germogen of Kiev                    (b. 1861 - d. 1945)



Macedonian Orthodox Church-Archbishopric of Ohrid

[Orthodox
                  Church-Archbishopric of Ohrid (North Macedonia)]

19 Jul 1967                Unilateral declaration of autocephaly (Macedonian Orthodox Church).
12 Nov 2009                Macedonian Orthodox Church-Archbishopric of Ohrid.
24 May 2022                Autocephaly recognized by Serbia (not recognized by Ecumenical
                             Patriarchate).
 5 Jun 2022                Autocephaly officially granted by Serbia.

10 Jun 2022                Autocephaly
recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Metropolitans of Skopje and Archbishops of Ohrid and Macedonia and of Justiniana Prima
19 Jul 1967 - 20 May 1981  Dositej II                         (b. 1906 - d. 1981)
18 Aug 1981 - 15 Jun 1986  Angelarij                          (b. 1911 - d. 1986)
Oct 1986 -  9 Jun 1993     Gavril II                          (b. 1921 - d. 1996)
 9 Jun 1993 -  4 Dec 1993  Timotej of Australia               (b. 1951)
                           + Stefan of Bregalnica             (b. 1955)
                           + Mihail of Povardarie             (b. 1912 - d. 1999)
                           (administrators)
 4 Dec 1993 -  6 Jul 1999  Mihail                             (s.a.)
10 Oct 1999 -              Stefan                             (s.a.)



Orthodox Church of Belorussia

25 Jul 1812 - 1812         Declared autocephalous during French invasion.
23 Jul 1922                Autonomy under Russia.
10 Aug 1927                Unilateral declaration of autocephaly.
1937 - 1941                Suppressed by Russia.
 6 Oct 1941                Belarusian Orthodox Church organized under German occupation.
 
2 Sep 1942                Declaration of autocephaly by the All-Belarusian Council         
                             (not recognized by Moscow or any other Orthodox church).

1946                       Autonomy abolished by Russia.

Archbishop of Mogilev and Vitebsk
25 Jul 1812 -  1 May 1813  Varlaam                            (b. 1750 - d. 1820)
                            (= Grigoriy Stepanovich Shishatskiy)
                            (continuing from 23 May 1808)
Metropolitans of Minsk and All Belorussia

23 Jul 1922 - 17 May 1931  Melchizedek                        (b. 1878 - d. 1931)
                             (prisoner 22 Dec 1925 - 1926, 4 Jun - 17 Sep 1927)
10 Aug 1927 - 1931         Filaret of Bobruisk                (b. 1880 - d. 1937)
                             (acting for Melchizedek)
1931 -  1 Nov 1937
         Filaret                            (s.a.)
                             (Soviet prisoner from 28 Jul 1937)

 1 Nov 1937 -  6 Oct 1941  Vacant
 
6 Oct 1941 -  2 Sep 1942  Panteleimon of Grodno              (b. 1867 - d. 1950)
                             (German prisoner May 1942 - Apr 1943)
 2 Sep 1942
- 1946         Panteleimon                        (s.a.)

                            
(from 1944, in Germany exile)
30 Aug 1942 - 1944         Philotheus (Filofei) of Slutskiy   (b. 1905 - d. 1986)

                             (acting for Panteleimon)
                             (continues in Germany exile to 1946)


Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church 

 5 Jun 1948                Unilateral declaration of autocephaly in exile
                             (not recognized by Moscow or any other Orthodox church).

Metropolitans of Minsk and All Belarusia
1946 -  9 Feb 1948         Alyaksandr of Pinsk and Polesye    (b. 1889 - d. 1948)
                             (administrator; in W. Germany exile) 
 5 Jun 1948 - 10 Feb 1971  Syarhey (Sergey) -Archbishop       (b. 1890 - d. 1971)
                             (in W. Germany; from 1950 Australia exile) 
May 1972 - 21 May 1983     Andrey of Adelaide (in U.S. exile) (b. 1901 - d. 1983)
1983 - May 1984            Iziaslau (Izyaslav) of Polatsk     (b. 1926 - d. 2007)
                             (administrator; in U.S. exile)
1983 - 20 Jun 2002         Mikalay of Toronto -Archbishop     (b. 1917 - d. 2002)
                             (in dissidence; in Canada exile)  
May 1984 - 26 Nov 2007     Iziaslau (in New York, U.S. exile) (s.a.) 
11 May 2008 -              Sviataslau (Svyatoslav) of         (b. 1964)
                             Navahrudak and North America
                             (administrator; in U.S. exile)



Montenegrin Orthodox Church

[flag of the
                        Autocephalus Orthodox Church of Montenegro]

1993                       Autocephaly proclaimed (not recognized by any other
                             Orthodox church).

Archbishops of Cetinje, Metropolitans of Montenegro (Valdikas)
31 Oct 1993 - 24 Dec 1996  Antonije Abramović                 (b. 1919 - d. 1996)
 6 Jan 1997 -              Mihailo Dedeić                     (b. 1938)



Abkhazian Orthodox Church

[Metropolis of
                          Abkhazia flag]
Metropolis of Abkhazia Flag
Adopted 8 Jun 2017

15 Sep 2009                Sukhumi-Abkhazian Eparchy declares its separation from the
                             Georgian Orthodox Church and "re-establishing the Catholicate of
                             Abkhazia disbanded in 1795" (not recognized by any other Orthodox
                             church).
15 May 2011                Holy Metropolis of Abkhazia proclaimed, with Archimandrite Dorotheus
                             (Dorotheus Dbar)(b. 1972) as chairman of the Council of Holy
                             Metropolis of Abkhazia (in opposition to the Abkhazian Orthodox
                             Church under Primate Vissarion).
17 May 2011                Primate Vissarion declares his withdrawal from the Georgian Orthodox
                             Church and proclaims the Patriarch of Moscow and All-Russia
                             Kirill
as "the Abkhaz bishop."

Primate of the Abkhazian Orthodox Church
15 Sep 2009 -              Vissarion Aplaa                   (b. 1947)
                             (chairman diocesan governing council of
                              Sukhum-Abkhaz diocese 1997-15 Sep 2009)



Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece

26 May 1935                Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece, an Old
                             Old Calendarist church severed communion with the Church of
                             Greece over the acceptance of the Revised Julian Calendar.
Sep 1937                   Split into two hostile synods.
1984                       Split in line 1 creating line 3.
18 Apr 1985                Split in line 1 creating line 5 (as Synod of the Orthodox
                             Church of Greece - Holy Synod in Resistance)(1994-2006 in full
                             communion with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia).
22 Oct 1985                Split in line 1 creating line 4.
27 May 1995                Split in line 2 creating line 6.
18 Jul 1995                Split in line 1 creating line 8.
1996                       Split in line 3 creating line 7.
30 Jun 2004                Split in line 2 creates line 9.
18 Mar 2014                Line 5 merges into line 1.
 1 Sep 2021                Line 7 merges into line 1.

Archbishops and Presidents of the Synod
- Line 1 -
26 May 1935 - 20 Sep 1955  Chrysostomos I                     (b. 1870 - d. 1955)
20 Sep 1955 - 22 Dec 1960  12 member commission
22 Dec 1960 -  1 Dec 1963  Akakios                            (b. 1888 - d. 1963)
 
7 Dec 1963 - 1984         Afxentios (Auxentios)              (b. 1912 - d. 1994)
Oct 1985 - Jan 1986        Gerontius of Piraeus               (b. 1921 - d. 1994)
                             (locum tenens)
Jan 1986 - 19 Sep 2010     Chrysostomos II                    (b. 1920 - d. 2010)

19 Sep 2010 - 17 Oct 2010  Maximos
of Thessaloniki            (b. 1933 - d. 2018)
                             (locum tenens)
17 Oct 2010 -              Kallinikos                         (b. 1946)
- Line 2 -
May 1938 - 16 Jul 1943     Germanos                           (b. 1859 - d. 1944)
Jul 1943 - 27 May 1950     Matthaios                          (b. 1861 - d. 1950)
1950 - 1958                Demetrios of Thessaloniki          (b. 1902 - d. 1976)
                             (locum tenens)
18 Mar 1958 - 21 Apr 1967  Agathangelos                       (b. 1888 - d. 1972)
1967 - 2003                Andreas                            (b. 1915 - d. 2005)
12 Jun 2003 - 20 Oct 2013  Nikolaos                           (b. 1924 - d. 2013)
23 Nov 2013 -              Stefanos                           (b. 1951)
- Line 3 -
1984 - 17 Nov 1994         Afxentios (Auxentios) I            (s.a.)
 
7 Jan 1995 -  4 Dec 2002  Maximos                            (b. 19.. - d. 2002)
 4 Dec 2002 -  6 Dec 2012  Afxentios (Auxentios) II           (b. 1961) 
 6 Dec 2012 -              Iakov                              (b. 1978)
- Line 4 -
1985 - 19..                Dorotheos                          (d. 19..)
19.. -                     Isaias
- Line 5 -
18 Apr 1985 - 30 May 2013  Kyprianos                          (b. 1935 - d. 2013)
                             (president of the Holy Synod in Resistance)
19 Oct 2007 - 18 Mar 2014  Kyprianos of Oreoi                 (b. 1948)
                             (acting [for 
Kyprianos to 30 May 2013])
- Line 6 -
27 May 1995 - 2009         Grigorios                          (b. 19.. - d. 2009)
2009 -                     Chrysostomos
(locum tenens)        (b. 1941) 
- Line 7 -
1996 - 31 Aug 2021         Athanasios                         (b. 1928 - d. 2021)
- Line 8 -
18 Jul 1995 -  7 Feb 2004  Kallinikos                         (b. 1925 - d. 2016)
                             (chairman of the Synod)
 7 Feb 2004 -              Markarios                          (b. 1962)
- Line 9 -
30 Jun 2004 -  5 Dec 2004  Panaretos                          (b. 1919 - d. 2004)
 5 Dec 2004 -              Kirykos                            (b. 1950)



Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Romania

13 Apr 1955                Split from Orthodox Church of Romania (Traditional
                             Orthodox Church of the East).

Archbishops and Metropolitans
13 Apr 1955 -  8 Jul 1959  Galaction                          (b. 1883 - d. 1959)
18 Jul 1959 - 28 Jun 1985  Glicherie (Glycherie)              (b. 1892 - d. 1985)
1985 - 18 Mar 1992         Silvestru (Sylvester)              (b. 1924 - d. 1992)
26 Apr 1992 -              Vlasie                             (b. 1941)


Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Bulgaria

17 Jan 1993                Split from Orthodox Church of Bulgaria.

Bishop of Triaditza
17
Jan 1993 -              Photii (Photios)                   (b. 1956)



Old Believers

1666                       Split from Russian Orthodox Church.
Oct 1846                   Hierarchy established (Old Orthodox Church of Christ of the
                             Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy).
1923                       Another group of Old Believers obtains a hierarchy.

Belaya Krynitsa hierarchy

Metropolitans of Belokrinitsky
Oct 1846 - 1849            Ambrosiy                           (b. 1791 - d. 1863)
1849                       Kiril                              (b. c.1786 - d. 1873)
1849 - 1852                Sofroniy (bishop of
Simbirsk)      (d. 1879)
1853 - 1860                Antoniy (bishop of Vladimir)       (b. 1800/12 - d. 1881)
1860 - 1863                Onufriy (in opposition)            (b. 1816 - d. 1894)
                             (bishop of Brailov)
Archbishops of Moscow and All Rus'
18 Feb 1863 - 20 Nov 1881  Antoniy                            (s.a.)

1863 - 1870                Antoniy Guslitskiy (in opposition) (d. 1870)
1871 - 1912                Iov (in opposition)
10 Oct 1882 - 19 Mar 1898  Savatiy                            (b. 1824 - d. 1898)
19 Mar 1898 - 16 Oct 1898  Arseniy of Ural'sko-Orenburgskiy   (b. 1840 - d. 1908)
                             (Locum Tenens)
16 Oct 1898 -  7 May 1915  Ioann                              (b. 1837 - d. 1915)
 
7 May 1915 - 30 Aug 1915  Aleksandr of Ryazan and Yegoryevsk (b. 1853 - d. 1928)
                             (Locum Tenens)
30 Aug 1915 -  4 Jun 1934  Meletiy                            (b. 1859 - d. 1934)
1934 - 12 Apr 1938         Vikentiy of Kazan (Locum Tenens)   (b. 1892 - d. 1938)
1938 - 1941                Vacant
Apr 1941 -  7 Mar 1952     Irinarkh                           (b. 1881 - d. 1952)
16 Mar 1952 - 12 Dec 1960  Flavian                            (b. 1879 - d. 1960)
Dec 1960 -  3 Nov 1970     Iosif (Locum Tenens to 19 Feb 1961)(b. 1886 - d. 1970)
24 Oct 1971 - 29 Jan 1986  Nikodim                            (b. 1916 - d. 1986)
14 Feb 1986 -  9 Apr 1986  Anastasiy
of Don and the Caucasus  (b. 1896 - d. 1986)
                             (Locum Tenens
13 Apr
1986 - 24 Jul 1988  Alimpiy                            (b. 1929 - d. 2003)
                             (Locum Tenens to 6 Jul 1986)   
Metropolitans of Moscow and All Russia

24 Jul 1988 - 31 Dec 2003  Alimpiy                            (s.a.)
 3 Jan 2004 - 12 Feb 2004  Ioann of Kostroma and Yaroslavl    (b. 1926 - d. 2010)
                             (1st time)(Locum Tenens
12 Feb 2004 - 10 Aug 2005  Andrian                            (b. 1951 - d. 2005)
11 Aug 2005 - 18 Oct 2005  Ioann of Kostroma and Yaroslavl    (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)(Locum Tenens
18 Oct 2005 -              Korniliy                           (b. 1947)

Novozybkov hierarchy

Archbishops of Novozybkov, Moscow and All Russia
 4 Nov 1923 -  1 Sep 1934  Nikola                             (b. 1853 - d. 1934)
 1 Sep 1934 -  2 Sep 1937  Stefan                             (b. 1861 - d. 1937)
                             (Locum Tenens to Jul 1935; arrested 27 Jul 1937)
May 1938 -  6 Apr 1944     Mikhail                            (b. 1860 - d. 1944)
14 Oct 1944 -  5 Nov 1955  Ioann                              (b. 1868 - d. 1956)
 
9 Nov 1955 - 24 Mar 1963  Yepifaniy                          (b. 1885 - d. 1965) 
24 Mar 1965 - 17 Jun 1969  Ierermiya                          (b. 1883 - d. 1969)
27 Jul 1969 - Jul 1977     Pavel                              (b. 1905 - d. 1980)
Jul 1977 - Sep 1978        Varsonofiy of Kursk (Locum Tenens) (b. 1897 - d. 19..)
23 Sep 1978 -  2 Feb 1996  Gennadiy                           (b. 1903 - d. 1996)
Feb 1996 -  4 May 2000     Aristarkh                          (b. 1907 - d. 2000)
                             (Locum Tenens to 9 Jun 1996)
 
9 May 2000 -              Aleksandr                          (b. 1957)
                             (titled Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia from 3 Mar 2002)


Pomorian Church

Supreme Old Believer Council (Vilnius)

1925 - 1939                Headed the church in Poland.
1944                       Restored as supreme in Lithuania.

Chairmen of the Supreme Council
Oct 1925 -  7 Jan 1939     Arseniy Moiseyevich Pimenov        (b. 1863 - d. 1939)
 7 Jan 1939 - Nov 1939     Boris Arsenyevich Pimenov          (b. 1901 - d. 1963)
                             (1st time)
18 Nov 1943 - Jun 1944     Boris Arsenyevich Pimenov          (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
Dec 1944 - 1948            Ivan Fyodorovich Romanov           (b. 1905 - d. 1976)
1948 - 25 Oct 1965         Fyodor Silovich Kuznetsov          (b. 1870 - d. 1965)
1965 -  9 Feb 1969         Iosif Ivanovich Nikitin            (b. 1905 - d. 1996)
21 Feb 1969 - Jul 1993     Ivan Isayevich Yegorov             (b. 1905 - d. 1998)
1993 - 1998                Vasiliy Nikolayevich Vasilyev
                             (acting to 1996)

Jul 1995 - Feb 2002        Nikifor Leontiyevich Pilnikov      (b. 1929 - d. 2016)
                             (in opposition)
1998 - Jan 2002            Aleksandr Maksimovich Kudryashev   (b. 1942)
Feb 2002 - 16 Feb 2007     Mark Yakovlevich Semyonov          (b. 1931 - d. 2007)
16 Feb 2007 -              Grigoriy Alekseyevich Boyarov      (b. 1976)

Central Old Believer Council (Kaunas)

1922 - 1944                Headed the church in Lithuania.
1940 - 1942                Ceased functioning.
1944                       Merged into Supreme Old Believer Council (Vilnius).

Chairmen
 
6 May 1922 - 1934         Vasily Prozorov                    (b. 1890 - d. 1950)
1934 -
2 Apr 1938          Aristarkh Yefremov                 (b. 1890 - d. 1946)
22 Apr 1938 - 15 Jun 1941  Ivan Prozorov                      (b. 1900 - d. 1956)
Mar 1942 - Jan 1944        Boris Leonov
28 Jul 1996 - 28 Mar 1998  Ioann Yefishov                     (b. 1932)

Central Council of Old Believer Pomorian Church in Belarus

Chairmen 
11 Oct 1998 - 28 Dec 1999  Georgiy Al'viyanovich Karpov
28 Dec 1999 - 12 Oct 2010  Pyotr Aleksandrovich Orlov         (b. 1938)
12 Oct 2010 -              Aleksander Nikolayevich Belov

Supreme Old Believer Pomorian Church Council in Poland

Chairmen of the Supreme Council
1983 - 1993                Leonid Vasilyevich Pimenov
1993 - 25 Feb 2000         Fyodosiy Lazarevich Novichenko     (b. 1929 - d. 2000)
15 Sep 2002 - Jul 2006     Vasiliy (Vatslav) Alekseyevich
                             Yefishov
Jul 2006 -                 Mechislav Terentyevich Kaplanov



Renewal Church

spring 1922                Some Renewal-type churches split from the Russian
                             Orthodox Church.
end 1923                   Almost all of them merge in one Renewal Church (also called
                             Living Church), officially named the Orthodox Russian Church
                             and later the Orthodox Church in the Union of Soviet Socialist
                             Republics.

1923                       Adopts the revised Julian calendar.
1946                       Last communities return to the Russian Orthodox Church.

Metropolitans
15 May 1922 - 25 Jun 1923  Antonin                            (b. 1859 - d. 1927)
26 Jun 1923 - Feb 1925     Yevdokim                           (b. 1869 - d. 1935)
Feb 1925 -  6 May 1930     Veniamin                           (b. 1855 - d. 1930)
10 May 1930 -  6 Oct 1941  Vitaliy                            (b. 1870 - d. 1950)
10 Oct 1941 - 25 Jul 1946  Aleksandr                          (b. 1889 - d. 1946)


Ukrainian Renewal Church

mid 1922                   Some Renewal-type churches split from the Ukrainian
                             Orthodox Church
.
 7 Oct 1925                A
utocephaly granted by the Russian Renewal Church
                             (All-Ukrainian Renewal Synod).
1941                      
Last communities return to the Russian Orthodox Church.

Metropolitans of Kiev and Galicia
1923 - 1923                Tikhon                             (b. 1867 - d. 1926)
22 Nov 1923 - 10 Mar 1924  Nikolay                        
1924                       Aleksandr
1924 - 1929                Innokentiy                         (b. 1868 - d. 1937)

1928 - 1929                Yuvenaliy                          (b. 1883 - d. 1941)
1929 - 1934
                Pimen                              (b. 1875 - d. 1937/42)
Metropolitans of Kiev and All Ukraine
1934 - 16 Feb 1935         Pimen                              (s.a.)
 9 May 1935 - 20 Oct 1937  Aleksandr                          (b. 1881 - d. 1937)
10 Jan 1938 - 1941         Vladimir

Fraternal Parish Association of the Ukrainian Orthodox Autocephalous Churches

1925 - 1937                Fraternal Parish Association of the Ukrainian Orthodox
                             Autocephalous Churches, split from
Ukrainian Renewal Church.
Nov 1941 - 1942            Some parishes restored under German occupation.
27 Jul 1942                Merged into Ukrainian Orthodox Autocephalous Church (UOAC).

Archbishop (from 1928, Metropolitan)
1925 - 1937                Feofil                             (b. 1865 - d. 1944)
                             (metropolitan of Kharkov Nov 1941 - 27 Jul 1942)



Eastern non-Chalcedonian churches

Armenian Apostolic Church

[former Catholicos
                        of Armenians Karekin I to 1999 (Armenian
                        Apostolic Church)] Karekin I flag to 29 Jun 1999

[Flag of Catholicos
                        of Armenians Karekin II (Armenian Apostolic
                        Church)]
Flag of Catholicos Karekin II

c.43                       Founded by St. Thaddeus the Apostle.
314                        Armenia adopts Christianity (traditional date 301).
506                        Synod of Armenian Church rejects Council of Chalcedon.
1058 - 1414                See transferred to Cilicia.
1815                       See of Aluank' abolished.

Catholicoi of the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin and All Armenians
1691 - 1705                Nahapet I                          (d. 1705)
1706 - 22 Nov 1714         Alek'sandr I                       (d. 1714)
1715 - 1725                Astuatsatur I                      (d. 1725)
27 Feb 1726 -  9 Oct 1729  Karapet II                         (d. 1729)
1730 - 1734                Abraham II                         (b. 1677 - d. 1734)
1734 - 18 Apr 1737         Abraham III                        (d. 1737)
1737 - 1751                Lazar I                            (d. 1751)
1751 - 12 May 1753         Minas I                            (d. 1753)
1753 - 1755                Alek'sandr II                      (d. 1755)
1755                       Sahak V
                             (elected but never consecrated)
1755 - 1759                Vacant
1759 - 21 Mar 1763         Yakob V                            (d. 1763)
1763 - 1780                Simeon                             (b. 1710 - d. 1780)
1780 - 1799                Lukas                              (b. 1722 - d. 1799)

1800 - 1801                Hovsep' Arlut'ean                  (b. 17.. - d. 1801)
                             (elected but never consecrated)
1801 - 1807                Dawit' V                           (b. 17.. - d. 1817)
25 May 1802 -  9 Oct 1808  Daniel (in opposition)             (d. 1808)
 6 Nov 1810 -  8 Dec 1830  Yeprem                             (b. 1740 - d. 1835)
30 Jun 1831 - 25 Mar 1842  Hovhannes VIII                     (b. 1762 - d. 1842)
13 Apr 1843 - 13 Feb 1857  Nerses V                           (b. 1770 - d. 1857)
17 May 1858 - 22 Aug 1865  Matevos I                          (b. 1802 - d. 1865)
16 Sep 1866 - 18 Dec 1882  Gevorg IV                          (b. 1813 - d. 1882)
18 Dec 1882 - 18 Jul 1885  Vacant
18 Jul 1885 - 16 Apr 1891  Makar                              (b. 1813 - d. 1891)
 5 May 1892 - 29 Oct 1907  Mkrtich                            (b. 1820 - d. 1907)
30 Oct 1908 - 11 Dec 1910  Matevos II                         (b. 1845 - d. 1910)
11 Dec 1910 -  8 May 1930  Gevorg V                           (b. 1847 - d. 1930)
                            (Locum Tenens to 13 Dec 1911)
 8 May 1930 -  6 Apr 1938  Khoren                             (b. 1893 - d. 1938)
                            (Locum Tenens to 12 Nov 1932)
 
6 Apr 1938 -  9 May 1954  Gevorg VI                          (b. 1868 - d. 1954)
                            (Locum Tenens to Jun 1945)
 2 Oct 1955 - 17 Aug 1994  Vazgen                             (b. 1908 - d. 1994)
 4 Apr 1995 - 29 Jun 1999  Karekin I                          (b. 1932 - d. 1999)
 4 Jul 1999 -  4 Nov 1999  Nerses Pozapalyan (acting)         (b. 1937 - d. 2009)
 4 Nov 1999 -              Karekin II                         (b. 1951)

Catholicoi of Aluank'
1676 - 1701                Eremia II
1702 - 1728                Esayi Hasan-Jalalean               (d. 1728)
1706 - 1763                Nerses V (anti-catholicos)
1763 - 1765                Israyel I (anti-catholicos)
1763 - 1786                Hovhannes X Hasan-Jalalean         (d. 1787)
1794 - 1810                Simeon V
1810 - 1815                Sargis Hasan-Jalalean              (d. 1828)

[flag of Armenian
                Catholicosate of Cilicia (Armenian Apostolic Church)]

C
atholicoi of Cilicia of the Holy See of Cilicia
1694 - 1705                Matevos I
1705 - 1721                Hovhannes V
1721 - 1729                Krikor III
1729 - 1731                Hovhannes VI
1731 - 1737                Ghougas I
1737 - 1758                Mikael I
1758 - 1770                Gabriel I
1771 - 1784                Yeprem I
1784 - 1796                Teotoros I
1797 - 1822                Giragos I
1822 - 1833                Yeprem II
1833 - 1855                Mikael II
1855 - 1866                Giragos II
1866 - 1871                Giragos (Locum Tenens)
1871 - 1894                Mkrtich I                          (d. 1894)
1895                       Grigor (Locum Tenens)
1902 -  8 Oct 1939         Sahak II                           (b. 1849 - d. 1939)
1940 - 28 Sep 1940         Bedros II                          (b. 1870 - d. 1940)
1940 - 1942                Eghishe (Locum Tenens)
1942 - 1945                Khad (1st time) (Locum Tenens)
1943 - 21 Jun 1952         Karekin I                          (b. 1867 - d. 1952)
1952 - Oct 1955            Khad (2nd time) (Locum Tenens)
Oct 1955 - 20 Feb 1956     Khoren (Locum Tenens)              (d. 1983)
20 Feb 1956 - 18 Feb 1963  Zareh I                            (b. 1915 - d. 1963)
12 May 1963 -  9 Feb 1983  Khoren I                           (s.a.)
 9 Feb 1983 -  5 Apr 1995  Karekin II                         (b. 1932 - d. 1999)
28 Jun 1995 -              Aram I                             (b. 1947)



Coptic Church

c.43                       Church of Alexandria founded by Apostle Mark (St. Mark).
451                        Egyptian hierarchy rejects Council of Chalcedon.

Popes of Alexandria and Patriarchs of All Africa on the Holy See of St. Mark the Apostle
18 Mar 1676 - 15 Jun 1718  Yoannis XVI                        (d. 1718)
19 Aug 1718 -  2 Apr 1726  Petros VI                          (d. 1726)
12 Jan 1727 - 20 Apr 1745  Yoannis XVII                       (d. 1745)
30 May 1745 - 18 May 1769  Markos VIII                        (d. 1769)
13 Oct 1769 -  7 Jun 1796  Yoannis XVIII                      (d. 1796)
 6 Sep 1796 - 21 Dec 1809  Markos IX                          (d. 1809)
24 Dec 1809 -  5 Apr 1852  Petros VII                         (d. 1852)
 4 Jun 1854 - 31 Jan 1861  Kyrillos IV                        (b. c.1816 - d. 1861)
15 Jun 1862 - 18 Jan 1870  Dimitrios II                       (d. 1870)
19 Jan 1870 -  1 Nov 1874  Markos of Alexandria and Beheirah
                             (Locum Tenens)
 1 Nov 1874 -  7 Aug 1927  Kyrillos V                         (b. 1831? - d. 1927)
 7 Aug 1927 -  7 Dec 1928  Yoannis of Beheirah and Minufiyah  (b. 1855 - d. 1942)
                             (Locum Tenens)
16 Dec 1928 - 22 Jun 1942  Yoannis XIX                        (s.a.)
22 Jun 1942 -  4 Feb 1944  Yusab of Jirja (Locum Tenens)      (b. 1880 - d. 1956)
 4 Feb 1944 - 31 Aug 1945  Makari III                         (b. 1872 - d. 1945)
Aug 1945 - 12 Jun 1946     Athanasios of Beni Suef (1st time) (b. 1923 - d. 2000)
                             (Locum Tenens)
12 Jun 1946 - 13 Nov 1956  Yusab II                           (s.a.)
13 Nov 1956 -  3 May 1959  Athanasios of Beni Suef (2nd time) (s.a.)
                             (Locum Tenens)
 3 May 1959 -  9 Mar 1971  Kyrillos VI                        (b. 1902 - d. 1971)
 9 Mar 1971 - 31 Oct 1971  Antonios of Suhaj (Locum Tenens)
31 Oct 1971 - 17 Mar 2012  Shenouda III                       (b. 1923 - d. 2012)
18 Mar 2012 -  4
Nov 2012  Pakhomios of Beheira               (b. 1935)
                             (Locum Tenens)
 4 Nov 2012 -              Tawadros II                        (b. 1952)



Ethiopian Orthodox Church

[Ethiopian Orthodox
                  Church]

c.330                      Christianity introduced as state religion.
451                        Ethiopians follow Copts on rejection of Chalcedon.
11 Feb 1626 - 14 Jun 1632  Emperor
Susenyos I makes Roman Catholicism the state religion.
28 Jun 1959                See elevated to Patriarchate by Coptic Church.

Metropolitans of Ethiopia
1694 - 1716                Markos (X)
c.1718 - 1745              Christodoulos (III)
c.1747 - 1770              Yoannis (XIV)
1770 - 1803                Yusab (III)
c.1808                     Makari
1816 - 1829                Kyrillos (III)
1841 - 1866                Selama III
1868 - 1876                Athanasios
1876 - 1889                Petros (VII)                       (b. 18.. - d. 1918)
1889 - 1926                Mattheos (X)                       (b. 18.. - d. 1926)
 2 Jun 1927 - 1936         Kyrillos (IV)(1st time)            (d. 1950)
1936 - 1939                Abraham                            (d. 1939)
1939 - 1945                Yohannis                           (d. 1946)
1945 - 10 Oct 1950         Kyrillos (IV)(2nd time)            (s.a.)
14 Jan 1951 - 28 Jun 1959  Basilios                           (d. 1970)
Patriarchs and Catholicoi
of Ethiopia, Icheges of the See of St. Tekle Haymanot,
and Archbishops of Axum

28 Jun 1959 - 12 Oct 1970  Basilios                           (s.a.)
 9 May 1971 - 18 Feb 1976  Theophilos¹                        (b. 1909 - d. 1979)
                             (acting 12 Oct 1970 - 9 May 1971)
 7 Jul 1976 -  5 Jun 1988  Tekle Haimanot                     (b. 1917 - d. 1988)
29 Aug 1988 - Sep 1991     Merkurios                          (b. 1938 - d. 2022)
                             (continues in U.S. exile, recognized
                             again 26 Jul 2018 - 3 Mar 2022)
Sep 1991 -  5 Jul 1992     Yacob (Locum Tenens)               (b. 1926 - d. 2003)
 5 Jul 1992 - 16 Aug 2012  Paulos                             (b. 1935 - d. 2012)
20 Aug 2012 - 
28 Feb 2013  Natnael of Arsi (Locum Tenens)     (b. 1931 - d. 2016)
28 Feb 2013 -              Mathias                            (b. 1941)
                             (jointly with Merkurios
26 Jul 2018 - 3 Mar 2022)

 ¹The Coptic Church refused to recognize the removal of Theophilos. Even after the execution of Theophilos became widely known, the lack of an official announcement of his death kept the Coptic Church from recognizing any other person as head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and it continued to refuse recognition of Tekle Haimanot as his successor.



Eritrean Orthodox Church

28 Sep 1993                Autocephaly granted by the Coptic Church.
Apr 1998                   See elevated to Patriarchate by the Coptic Church.

Archbishop of Asmara
28 Sep 1993 -  8 May 1998  Philipos                           (b. 1901 - d. 2002)
Patriarchs of Eritrea 
 8 May 1998 - 18 Sep 2002  Philipos                           (s.a.)
18 Sep 2002 -  1 Dec 2003  Yacob                              (b. 1924 - d. 2003)
                             (Locum Tenens to 5 Dec 2002)
 1 Dec 2003 - 13 Jan 2006¹ Antonios                           (b. 1927 - d. 2022)
                             (Locum Tenens to 5 Mar 2004)
Jan 2006 - 21 Dec 2015     Dioskoros                          (b. 1935 - d. 2015)
                             (Head of the Holy Synod to 19 Apr 2007)
21 Dec 2015 - 2019         Vacant      
2019 - 13 May 2021         Petros of Assab (Locum Tenens)
13 May 2021 -  2 Dec 2022  Qerlos                             (b. 1928 - d. 2022)
 2 Dec 2022 -              Vacant

 ¹He was deposed in Eritrea, but did not recognize this, nor was the action recognized by the Coptic Church. Antonios was under house arrest in Asmara, Eritrea from Jan 2006 until his death on 9 Feb 2022.



Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church

[Malankara Orthodox
                        Syrian Church]

1665                       United with Syrian Orthodox Church.
1912                       Declaration of autocephaly.
1975                       Syrian Patriarch appoints a rival Catholicos.

Catholicoi of the East and Metropolitans of Malankara
14 Sep 1912 -  2 May 1913  Baselios Paulose I                 (b. 1836 - d. 1913)
 2 May 1913 - 30 Apr 1925  Vacant
30 Apr 1925 - 17 Dec 1928  Baselios Geevarghese I             (b. 1870 - d. 1928)
15 Feb 1929 -  3 Jan 1964  Baselios Geevarghese II            (b. 1874 - d. 1964)
12 May 1964 - 24 Sep 1975  Baselios Augen I                   (b. 1884 - d. 1975)
- "Patriarch faction" -
 7 Sep 1975 -  1 Sep 1996  Baselios Paulose II                (b. 1914 - d. 1996)
Sep 1996 - 22 Feb 1999     Gregorios Mar Geevarghese          (b. 1933 - d. 1999)
                             (Locum Tenens)
Feb 1999 - 26 Jul 2002     Dionysios Mar Thomas               (b. 1929)
                             (Locum Tenens)
Catholicos of India of the East and Metropolitan of Malankara
- "Patriarch faction" -
26 Jul 2002 -              Baselios Thomas I                  (s.a.)
                             (= Dionysios Mar Thomas)
Catholicoi of the East and Metropolitans of Malankara
- "Catholicos faction" -

27 Oct 1975 - 27 Apr 1991  Baselios Marthoma Mathews I        (b. 1907 - d. 1996)
29 Apr 1991 - 30 Oct 2005  Baselios Marthoma Mathews II       (b. 1915 - d. 2006)
31 Oct 2005 - 30 Oct 2010  Baselios Marthoma Didymos I        (b. 1920 - d. 2014)
 1 Nov 2010 - 12 Jul 2021  Baselios Marthoma Paulose II       (b. 1946 - d. 2021)
13 Jul 2021 -
15 Oct 2021  Kuriakose Mar Clemis (acting)      (b. 1936)
15 Oct 2021 -              Baselios Marthoma Mathews III      (b. 1949)



Syrian Orthodox Church

[Syrian Orthodox
                        Church]

c.44                       Church of Antioch founded by Apostle Peter (St. Peter).
451                        Part of Antiochian Church rejects Council of Antioch
                             (later referred to as "Jacobites").

Patriarchs of Antioch and All the East
1687 - 1708                Ignatius George II
1709 - 1722                Ignatius Isaac Azar
1722 - 1745                Ignatius Shukr Allah II
1745 - 1768                Ignatius George III
1768 - Jul 1780            Ignatius George IV                 (d. 1780)
1782 - 1817                Ignatius Matthew
1817 - 1818                Ignatius Yunan
1819 - 1837                Ignatius George V
1838 - 1847                Ignatius Elias II
1847 - 1871                Ignatius Jacob II
1872 -  7 Oct 1894         Ignatius Peter IV                  (b. 1798 - d. 1894)
1895 - 10 Nov 1903         Ignatius Abded Mashiho II          (b. 1854 - d. 1915)
                            
(continues in dissidence to 30 Aug 1915)
10 Nov 1903 - 18 Aug 1906  Vacant
18 Aug 1906 - 26 Nov 1916  Ignatius Abdullah ll Stephan       (b. 1833 - d. 1916)

25 Feb 1917 - 13 Feb 1932  Ignatius Elias III                 (b. 1867 - d. 1932)
30 Jan 1933 - 23 Jun 1957  Ignatius Afram I Barsoum           (b. 1887 - d. 1957)
27 Oct 1957 - 26 Jun 1980  Ignatius Jacob III                 (b. 1912 - d. 1980)
14 Sep 1980 - 21 Mar 2014  Ignatius Zakka I Iwas              (b. 1931 - d. 2014)
31 Mar 2014 -              Ignatius Aphrem II                 (b. 1965)



Assyrian Church of the East

[Assyrian flag]
Adopted 1972

[Assyrian Ancient
                        Church of the East flag]
Ancient Church of the East

35                         Church founded by Apostle Thomas.
310                        Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon unites church and becomes
                             Catholicos of the East (so-called "Nestorians").
410                        Title Patriarch adopted.
1450                       Post of Patriarch becomes hereditary.
1552                       Schism of the Church of the East is divided into many splinters
                             but two main factions.
1692                       A second line of Patriarchs is created by Shimoun XIII Dinkha,
                             who abandons union with Rome.
1804                       The original line of Patriarchs becomes extinct.
Sep 1968                   A schism occurs creating another line of Patriarchs
                             (Ancient Church of the East).

Catholicos-Patriarchs of the Assyrian Church of the East
- Line 1 -
1617 - 18 Jun 1660         Eliyya IX (VIII)                   (d. 1660)           
1660 - 17 May 1700         Eliyya X (IX) Yohannan Marogin     (b. 1645 - d. 1700)
1700 - 14 Dec 1722         Eliyya XI Marogin                  (d. 1722)
25 Dec 1722 - 12 Apr 1778  Eliyya XII Dinkha                  (b. 1700 - d. 1778)
1778 - 1804                Eliyya XIII Isho-Yahb              (b. 17.. - d. 1804)
1780 - 1804                Yohannan VIII Hormizd (Hormez)     (b. 1760 - d. 1838)
                             (in dissidence)

- Line 2 -

1662 - c.1700              Shimoun XIII Dinkha                (d. c.1700)
1700 - 1740                Shimoun XIV Shlemon                (d. 1740)
1740 - 1780                Shimoun XV Maqdassi Mikhail        (d. 1780)
1780 - 1820                Shimoun XVI Yohanan                (d. 1820)
1820 - 1861                Shimoun XVII Abraham               (b. c.1800 - d 1861)
1861 - 16 Mar 1903         Shimoun XVIII Rubil                (b. c.1844 - d. 1903)
30 Mar 1903 - 16 Mar 1918  Shimoun XIX Benyamin               (b. 1887 - d. 1918)
23 Apr 1918 - 27 Apr 1920  Shimoun XX Paulos                  (b. 1890 - d. 1920)
1918 - 1927                Locum Tenentes
                           - Mar Yosip Khnanishu of Rustaqa   (b. 1893 - d. 1977)
                           - Mar Abimaleck Timotheus of       (b. 1875 - d. 1945)
                              India (for a part of this
                              period during the 1920's)
20 Jun 1920 -  6 Nov 1975  Shimoun XXI Ishaya                 (b. 1908 - d. 1975)
                             (in exile from 1933)
17 Oct 1976 - 26 Mar 2015  Mar Dinkha IV Khanania             (b. 1935 - d. 2015)
26 Mar 2015 - 27 Sep 2015  Mar Aprem of India (Locum Tenens)  (b. 1940)
27 Sep 2015 - 13 Sep 2021  Mar Gewargis III Sliwa             (b. 1941)
13 Sep 2021 -              Mar Awa III Royel                  (b. 1975)
- Line 3 -
Sep 1968 -  7 Sep 1969     Mar Thoma Darmo                    (b. 1904 - d. 1969)
Sep 1969 - 20 Feb 1972     Mar Addai of Baghdad               (b. 1946 - d. 2022)
                             (Locum Tenens)
20 Feb 1972 - 11 Feb 2022  Mar Addai II Giwargis              (s.a.)
11 Feb 2022 -  1 Jun 2022  Mar Yakoob Danil of Australia      (b. 1964)
                             and New Zealand (Locum Tenens)
 1 Jun 2022 - Aug 2022     Mar Yakoob III Danil               (s.a.)

 9 Jun 2023 -              Mar Gewargis III Younan            (b. 1980)    


Malabar Independent Syrian Church

1772                       Split from Malankara Syrian Church. Known initially as
                             Thozhyur Sabha (Thozhyur Church) or Anjoor Church.
1862                       Malabar Independent Syrian Church
name adopted.

Metropolitans
1772 - 10 Jul 1802         Kattumangattu Abraham Mar
                             Koorilose I                      (b. 17.. - d. 1802)
1802 - 1807                Kattumangattu Geevarghese Mar      (d. 1809)
                             Koorilose II
1807 (six months)          Joseph Mar Evaniose
1807 - 1811                Cheeran Skaria Mar Philoxenos I
1811 -  7 Feb 1829         Kidanagan Geevarghese Mar          (d. 1829)
                             Philoxenos II
1829 - 1856                Koothoor Geevarghese Mar
                             Koorilose III
1856 - 1888                Alathoor Panakkal Joseph Mar
                             Koorilose IV
1888 - 1898                Maliyekkal Joseph Mar Athanasios I
1898 - 1935                Karumamkuzhi Geevarghese Mar
                             Koorilose V
1935 - 1947                Koothoor Kuriakose Mar Koorilose
                             VI
1948 - 1967                Cheeran Geevarghese Mar Koorilose
                             VII
 9 Dec 1967 - 28 Aug 1977  Ayyamkulangara Paulose Mar          (b. 1928 - d. 1998)
                             Philoxenos III
1978 - 1986                Koothoor Mathew Mar Koorilose VIII  (d. 1986)
27 Aug 1986 - 28 May 2001  Alathoor Panakkal Joseph Mar
                             Koorilose IX                      (b. 1951 - d. 2015)
 
28 May 2001 -              Cyril Mar Baselius I                (b. 1956)   



Judaism

Ottoman Empire/Turkey

Chief Rabbis of Istanbul (title Hahambaşı)
1452 - 1454                Eli Kapsali
1454 - 1495                Moşe Kapsali                        (b. 1420 - d. 1496)
1497 - 1526                Eliyau Mizrahi
1526 - 1542                Mordechai Komitano
1542 - 1543                Tam ben Yahya                       (d. 1542)
1543                       Eliyyah Benjamin ha-Levi
1543 - 1602                Eliyyah ben Hayyim
1602 - 1625                Yehiel Bassan                       (d. 1625)
1625 - 1639                Yasef Mitrani

1639 - 1642                Yomtov Ben Ya'esh (Ibn Yaish)

1642 - 1677                Yomtov Ben Hananiah ben Yakar

1677 - 1715                Hayyim Qamhi                        (d. 1730)
1715 - 1717                Yehuda Ben Rey
1717 - 1720                Samuel Levi
1720 - 1745                Abraham ben Hayyim Rosanes          (d. 1745)
1745 - 1762                Salomon Hayyim Alfandari
1762 - 1780                Meir Ishaki
1780 - 1800                Eliyaho Palombo
1800 - 1835                Hayyim Yakup Benyakar
Chief Rabbis of the Ottoman Empire (title Hahambaşı)
1835 - 1836                Abraham Ha-Levi
1836 - 1837                Samuel ben Moshe Hayyim
1837 - 1839                Samuel Hayyim
1839 - 1841                Moshe Fresko (Moses Fresco)
1841 - 1854                Yaakov Behar David
1854 - 1860                Hayyim Ha-Kohen
1860 - 1863                Yakup Avigdor
1863 - 1872                Yakir Geron                        (b. 1813 - d. 1874)
1872 - 1908                Moshe ha-Levi (Moses Levi)         (b. c.1827 - d. 1910)
1908 - 1920                Hayyim Nahum Efendi                (b. 1872 - d. 1960)
May 1910 - Sep 1912        Sabbetay Levi (interim)
Nov 1918 - Sep 1929        İsak Ariel (interim)
Chief Rabbis of the Turkish Republic (title Hahambaşı)
1920 - 1931                Hayyim Moshe Bejerano (Becerano)   (b. 1846 - d. 1931)
1931 - 1940                Hayim Izak Shaki (Ishak Sciaky)    (b. 1852 - d. 1940)
                             (interim)
1940 - 1960                Rafael David Saban                 (b. 1877 - d. 1960)
                             (interim to 1952)
1961 - 14 Jul 2002         David Asseo                        (b. 1914 - d. 2002)
14 Jul 2002 -              İsak Haleva                        (b. 1940)
                             (acting to 19 Dec 2002)

Egypt

Chief Rabbis of Cairo (title Hakham Bashi Misri)

1846 - 1866                Elijah Israel-Cherezli             (b. 1800 - d. 1866)
1866 - 1890                Yomtov Israel-Cherezli             (b. 1821 - d. 1891)
1890 - 1922                Raphael Aaron Bensimon             (b. 1848 - d. 1929)
 2 Mar 1925 - 14 Nov 1960  Haim Nahum Effendi                 (b. 1872 - d. 1960)
Nov 1960 - 1967            Haim Moussa Douek (Duwayk)         (b. 1905 - d. 1974)
                             (left Egypt 14 Mar 1972)

Great Britain

Rabbi of the Great Synagogue of London

1696 - 1700                Judah Loeb ben Ephraim Anschel     (b. c.1635 - d. 1715)
                             Cohen (Judah Leib ben Anschel Cohen)
1700 - 1704                Aaron ben Moses "Scribe of Dublin" (b. c.1650 - d. 1715)
                            
(acting)
1704 - 21 Nov 1756         Aaron Hart (Uri Phoebus)           (b. 1670 - d. 1756)
Chief Rabbis (later Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth)
1758 - 1764                Hirshel Löbel (
Hart Lyon)          (b. 1721 - d. 1800)
                             (Hirschel Ben Arye Löb Levin)
 
24 Feb 1765 - 17 Dec 1791  David Tevele Schiff                (b. c.1715 - d. 1791)
1765 - 1780                Israel Meshullam Solomon (Zalman)  (b. 1724 - d. 1793)
                             (appointeed
in opposition by Hambro Synagogue)
1792 - 1802                Moses Myers (acting)               (b. c.1759 - d. 1804)
1802 - 31 Oct 1842         Solomon Hirschell                  (b. 1762 - d. 1842)
31 Oct 1842 -  6 Jul 1845  Vacant
 9 Jul 1845 - 21 Jan 1890  Nathan Marcus Adler                (b. 1803 - d. 1890)
                             (Natan ben Mordechai ha-Kohen)

23 Jun 1891 - 18 Jul 1911  Herman Marcus Adler                (b. 1839 - d. 1911)
18 Jul 1911 - 14 Apr 1913  Vacant
14 Apr 1913 - 14 Jan 1946  Joseph Herman Hertz                (b. 1872 - d. 1946)
14 Jun 1946 - 30 May 1948  Vacant
30 May 1948 - May 1965     Israel Benjamin Brodie             (b. 1895 - d. 1979) 
May 1965 - 11 Apr 1967     Vacant
11 Apr 1967 -  1 Sep 1991  Immanuel Jakobovits               
(b. 1921 - d. 1999)
                             (from 22 Jul 1981, Sir
Immanuel Jakobovits; from
                             5 Feb 1988,
Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits
                             of Regent's Park in Greater London
)
 1 Sep 1991 -  1 Sep 2013  Jonathan Henry Sacks               (b. 1948 - d. 2020)
                             (from 11 Jun 2005, Sir Jonathan Sacks; from 1 Sep 2009
                             Jonathan Sacks, Baron Sacks of Aldgate in the City of London)
 1 Sep 2013 -              Ephraim Mirvis                     (b. 1956)
                             (from 1 Jan 2023, Sir Ephraim Mirvis)

Palestine/Israel

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Ashkenazi Chief Rabbis
23 Feb 1921 -  1 Sep 1935  Abraham Isaac Kook                 (b. 1865 - d. 1935)
1937 - 25 Jul 1959         Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog              (b. 1888 - d. 1959)
                             (Isaac Halevi Herzog)
1964 - 1972                Isser Yehuda Unterman              (b. 1886 - d. 1976)
1972 - 1983                Shlomo Goren                       (b. 1917 - d. 1994)
1983 - 1993                Avraham Shapira                    (b. 1935 - d. 2007)
1993 -  3 Apr 2003         Yisrael Meir Lau                   (b. 1937)
 3 Apr 2003 - 14 Apr 2003  She'ar-Yashuv Cohen (acting)       (b. 1927 - d. 2016)
14 Apr 2003 - 14 Aug 2013  Yona Metzger                       (b. 1953)
14 Aug 2013 -              David Baruch Lau                   (b. 1966)
Sephardic Chief Rabbis
(also styled Rishon Le-Zion)
23 Feb 1921 - 26 May 1939  Ya'akov Meir                       (b. 1856 - d. 1939)
1939 -  4 Sep 1953         Benzion Uziel                      (b. 1880 - d. 1954)
1955 - 1972                Yitzhak Nissim                     (b. 1896 - d. 1981)
1972 - 1983                Ovadiah Yosef                      (b. 1920 - d. 2013)
1983 - 1993                Mordechai Eliyahu                  (b. 1929 - d. 2010)
1993 -  3 Apr 2003         Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron               (b. 1941 - d. 2020)
 3 Apr 2003 - 14 Apr 2003  She'ar-Yashuv Cohen (acting)       (s.a.)
14 Apr 2003 - 14 Aug 2013  Shlomo Moshe Amar                  (b. 1948)
14 Aug 2013 -              Yitzhak Yosef                      (b. 1952)



Chabad Chassidism

[Chabad-Lubavitch
                        Movement (Chabad Chassidism)]

c.1780                     Chabad (Chabad-Lubavitch) movement of orthodox Judaism founded.
12 Jun 1994                No new leader appointed.

Leaders, called Lubavitcher Rebbe
c.1780 - 15 Dec 1812       Shneur Zalman                      (b. 1745 - d. 1812)
1812 - 16 Nov 1827         Dovber Shneuri                     (b. 1773 - d. 1827)
1827 - 17 Mar 1866         Menachem Mendel Schneerson         (b. 1789 - d. 1866)
1866 - 14 Sep 1882         Shmuel Schneerson                  (b. 1834 - d. 1882)
1882 - 21 Mar 1920         Sholom Dovber Schneerson           (b. 1860 - d. 1920)
1920 - 28 Jan 1950         Yosef Yitzhak Schneerson           (b. 1880 - d. 1950)
28 Jan 1950 - 12 Jun 1994  Menachem Mendel Schneerson         (b. 1902 - d. 1994)


World Jewish Congress

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WJC website
HeadquartersNew York (U.S.); Geneva (Switzerland)
 1939-1940; Paris (France)
 1936-1939

Presidents
1936 - 19 Apr 1949         Stephen S. Wise                    (b. 1874 - d. 1949)
1949 - 1977                Nahum Goldmann (acting to 1953)    (b. 1895 - d. 1982)
1977 - 1979                Philip M. Klutznick                (b. 1907 - d. 1999)
1979 - 10 Jun 2007         Edgar M. Bronfman                  (b. 1929 - d. 2013)
                             (acting to Jan 1981)
10 Jun 2007 -              Ronald S. Lauder                   (b. 1944)



World Zionist Organization

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                        Flag 1897 (ZO)]
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[World Zionist
                        Organization flag (WZO)]
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                        Organization Variant Flag (WZO)]
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[Jewish Agency for
                        Israel Flag (Israel)]
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WZO website
WZO Constitution
(Jan 1960/Nov 2008)
Headquarters: Jerusalem
(Israel)

 3 Sep 1897                Zionist Organization (ZO)(HaHistadrut HaTsionit) founded
                             (with the
Zionist Congress as its supreme organ).
Jan 1960                   Renamed World Zionist Organization (WZO).

Presidents of the Zionist Organization (from Jan 1960, World Zionist Organization)  
1897 -  3 Jul 1904         Theodor Herzl                     (b. 1860 – d. 1904)
1904 - 1905                Max Nordau (de facto)             (b. 1849 - d. 1923)
1905 - 1911                David Wolffsohn                   (b. 1856 - d. 1914)

1911 - 1921                Otto Warburg                      (b. 1859 - d. 1938)
1921 - 1931                Chaim Weizmann (1st time)         (b. 1874 - d. 1952) 
1931 - 1935                Nahum Sokolow                     (b. 1859 - d. 1936)
1935 - 1946                Chaim Weizmann (2nd time)         (s.a.)
1946 - 1956                David Ben-Gurion (acting)         (b. 1886 - d. 1973)
1956 - 1968                Nahum Goldmann                    (b. 1895 - d. 1982)
1968 - 1972                Ehud Avriel                       (b. 1917 - d. 1980) 
Chairmen of the Executive of World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency for Israel

1963 - 1968                Simon Greenberg                   (b. 1901 - d. 1993)
                            (head of the WZO executive committee) 
1968 - Oct 1973            Louis Arie Pincus                 (b. 1912 - d. 1973)

                            (head of the WZO executive committee to 1972) 
Oct 1973 - 1975            Arye Leon Dulzin (1st time)       (b. 1913 - d. 1989)
                            (only chairman of the Jewish Agency)
1975 - 12 Aug 1975         Pinhas Sapir                      (b. 1906 - d. 1975)
                            (only head of the Jewish Agency)
12 Aug 1975 -  6 Jan 1976  Arye Leon Dulzin (2nd time)       (s.a.)
                            (only chairman of the Jewish Agency)
 6 Jan 1976 - 1978         Joseph Almogi                     (b. 1910 - d. 1991)
1978 - Dec 1987            Arye Leon Dulzin (3rd time)       (s.a.)
Dec 1987 - 14 Feb 1994     Simcha Dinitz                     (b. 1929 - d. 2003)
Feb 1994 - Feb 1995        Yehiel Leket (acting)             (b. 1941)
Feb 1995 - Feb 1999        Avraham Burg                      (b. 1955)
25 Feb 1999 -  1 Jul 2005  Sallai Meridor                    (b. 1955)
                             (acting to May 1999) 
 1 Jul 2005 - 24 Feb 2009  Ze'ev Bielski                     (b. 1949)
Feb 2009 - 27 Jun 2009     Aviezer "Avi" Pazner (acting)     (b. 1937)  
Chairmen of the
Executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel
27 Jun 2009 -  1 Aug 2018  Natan Sharanskiy                  (b. 1948)
 1 Aug 2018 -  7 Jul 2021 
Isaac "Bougie" Herzog             (b. 1960)
 
7 Jul 2021 - 10 Jul 2022  Yaakov Hagoel (acting)            (b. 1971)
10 Jul 2022 -              Doron Almog (= Doron Avrotzky)    (b. 1951)
Chairmen of the World Zionist Organization

15 Jun 2010 - 22 Oct 2020  Avraham Duvdevani                 (b. 1945)
22 Oct 2020 -              Yaakov Hagoel                     (s.a.)



Samaritans

c.721/c.583 BC             Foreign deportees mingle with local Israelite remnants
                             and develop a divergent Jewish sect around the
                             hills of Samaria. In the Talmud, the Samaritans are called
                             Cutheans (Hebrew: Kutim), referring to the ancient city of Kutha,
                             geographically located in what is today Iraq. The name Samaritans
                             (Hebrew: Shomronim, Arabic: as-Samariyyun),
referring to the
                             Samaria region in Palestine, comes into use.
484 AD                     Justa (Justasa) (d. 484) revolt
against Byzantine rule.
495 AD                     Samaritan woman leads revolt
against Byzantine rule.
Apr 529 - 531 AD           Julianus ben Sabar (Iulianus Sabarides)(d. 531) revolt against
                             Byzantines outlawing the Samaritan religion.
Jul 556                    Samaritan and Jewish revolt against Byzantine rule.
572 - 573                  Final Samaritan and Jewish revolt against Byzantine rule.
1624                       Original High priestly line of the sons of Phineas ends with the
                             death of Shelemia ben Pinhas (descended of
Eleazar son of Aaron)
                             and the priesthood transfers to the line of the sons of Ithamar
                             brother of Phineas.

High Priests (kohen gadol)(civil name in parentheses)
1614/15 - 1624             Shalma I ben Phinhas               (d. 1624)
                             (Shelemia ben Pinhas)
1624 - 1650                Tsedaka II ben Tabia Ha'abta'ai
                             (
Sadaqa ben Tabia Halevi)
1650 - 1694                Yitzhaq I ben Tsedaka
                             (Jishaq ben Sadaqa)
1694 - 1732                Abram ben Yitzhaq
                            
(Abraham ben Jisgaq ben Sadaqa)
1733 - 1752                Levi V ben Abram ben Yitzhaq       (d. 1787)
                             (Levi ben Abraham)
1752 - 1787                Tabia III ben Yitzhaq ben Abram    (d. 1787)
                             (Tabia ben Jishaq)
1787 - 1798?               Shelah ben Yitzhaq (acting)
                             (guardian of the Temple during minority of Shalma)
1798 - 1855                Shalma II ben Tabia "the Great"    (b. 1784 - d. 1855)
                            
(Salama ben Tabia ben Jishaq)
1855 - 1874                Amram VIII ben Shalma              (b. 1809 - d. 1874)
                             (Amram ben Salama)
1874 - 23 Apr 1916         Yaacob I ben Aaharon ben Shalma    (b. 1840 - d. 1916)
                             (Jaaqob ben Aharon ben Salama)
23 Apr 1916 - 1932         Yitzhaq II ben Amram ben Shalma    (b. 1855 - d. 1932)
                             ben Tabia 
                             (Jishaq ben Amram ben Salama)
1933 - 22 Jan 1943         Matzliach ben Phinhas ben Yitzhaq  (b. 1868 - d. 1943)
                             ben Shalma
                             (Masliah ben Pinhas ben Jishaq ben Salama)
22 Jan 1943 - Jan 1961     Abisha III ben Phinhas ben Yitzhaq (b. 1880 - d. 1961)
                             ben Shalma
                             (Abisha ben Pinhas ben Jishaq ben Salama)
Jan 1961 -  3 Mar 1980     Amram IX ben Yitzhaq ben Amram ben (b. 1889 - d. 1980)
                             Shalma 
                             (Amram ben Jishaq ben Amram ben Salama)
 
3 Mar 1980 -  7 Feb 1982  Asher ben Matzliach ben Phinhas    (b. 1895 - d. 1982)
                             (Asher ben Masliah ben Pinhas)
 
7 Feb 1982 - 20 Oct 1984  Phinhas X ben Matzliach ben Phinhas(b. 1899 - d. 1984)
                             (Pinhas ben Masliah)
20 Oct 1984 - 26 Jan 1987  Yaacob II ben Uzzi ben Yaacob ben  (b. 1900 - d. 1987)
                             Aaharon 
                             (Jaaqob ben Azi ben Jaaqob)
26 Jan 1987 - 14 Feb 1998  Yoseph II ben Ab-Hisda ben Yaacob  (b. 1919 - d. 1998) 
                             ben Aaharon
                             (Josef ben Ab Hisda ben Jaaqob)
14 Feb 1998 - 23 May 2001  Levi VI ben Abisha ben Phinhas ben (b. 1920 - d. 2001)
                             Yitzhaq  (Levi ben Abisha)
23 May 2001 -  9 Feb 2004  Shalom II ben Amram ben Yitzhaq    (b. 1921 - d. 2004)
                             (Salum Is'haq al-Samiri)
 9 Feb 2004 -  3 Feb 2010  Elazar XX ben Tsedaka ben Yitzhaq  (b. 1927 - d. 2010)
                             (Eleazar ben Sedaqah ben Jishaq)
 3 Feb 2010 - 19 Apr 2013  Aharon IV ben Ab-Chisda ben Yaacob (b. 1927 - d. 2013)
                             (Aharon ben Ab-Hisdah ben Jaaqob ben Aharon)
19 Apr 2013 -              Aabed-El V ben Asher ben Matzliach (b. 1935)
                             (Abdel ben Asher ben Masliah)



Muslim Caliphate

Note: Of the three styles that usually combine to make up the style of a caliph, Khalifat Rasul Allah (successor/substitute of the Messenger of God) originates with Abu Bakr (632), Amir al-Mu'minin ("Commander of the Faithful") originates with Umar (634), and Imam (prayer leader) only becomes a formal part in 817.
   The claim that, upon the conquest of Egypt in 1517 and the displacement of the last Abbasid holder of the office, al-Mutawakkil III, the office and style of Khalifat Rasul Allah, Amir al-Mu’minin (Halife-i Resulullah, Emirülmüminin)("Successor to the Messenger of God, Commander of the Faithful") was transferred to the Ottoman ruler by a formal deed of assignment has no corroboration from any contemporary source. A variety of "khalifal" titles were used by Ottoman rulers, and accorded to them by others in diplomatic correspondence and treaties. The Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca (21 Jul 1774) between the Ottoman and the Russian Empire the Ottoman side consequently forcefully asserted the remaining authority of the Ottoman ruler in his capacity as halife (khalifa) over all Muslims in the ceded territories. The status of the Padışah (Padishah) as halife was given formal sanction in the Ottoman Constitution of 23 Nov 1876 (rescinded 13 Feb 1878, restored 24 Jul 1908). Upon the extinction of the Ottoman Empire by the Turkish Grand National Assembly on 1 Nov 1922, the ruler, Mehmed Vahideddin, continued to be recognized as halife; after his flight from Istanbul on 17 Nov 1922, he was declared deposed from the office of halife by a fetva, endorsed by the Şeyhülislam (Sheikh al-Islam) and ratified by the Grand National Assembly on 19 Nov 1922, and replaced on that date by Abdülmecid bin Abdülaziz, who was installed on 24 Nov 1922. The office of halife was abolished by the Grand National Assembly on 3 Mar 1924. A last attempt at restoring the office and style with ecumenical recognition was made by Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi, King of the Hejaz, who assumed both on 11 Mar 1924 and held them until his passing the kingship to his son Ali ibn Hussein al-Hashimi, who did not adopt the Khalifal office and style.

632 - 29 Jan 661           Rashidun Caliphs (Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman ibn Affan, and Ali)
28 Jul 661 - 25 Jan 750    Ummayyad (Omayyad) Caliphate.
683 - Oct/Nov 692          `Abd Allah al-Zubayr in Mecca contests the khalifal office. 
750 - 1517                 Abbasid Caliphate (from 1261, in Cairo).
909 - 1171                 Fatmid Ismaili Shi'a Caliphate (from 973, in Cairo).
1147 - 1269                Almohad rulers in Iberia also claim the khalifal office.
1249 - 1581                Hafsid rulers of Tunis also claim the khalifal office.
1517 -  1 Nov 1922         Ottoman Sultans claim the Caliphate.
11 Mar 1924 -  3 Oct 1924  Caliphate claimed by the Sharif of Mecca and King of Hejaz.

Caliphs
1517 -  1 Nov 1922         the Ottoman Sultans
 1 Nov 1922 - 18 Nov 1922  Mehmed VI Vahideddin "Kara"        (b. 1861 - d. 1926)
                             (Mehmed Vahideddin Han bin Abdülmecid)
                             (continues from 4 Jul 19418)
24 Nov 1922 -  3 Mar 1924  Abdülmecid II                      (b. 1868 - d. 1944)
                             (Abdülmecid bin Abdülaziz)
11 Mar 1924 -  3 Oct 1924  Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi         (b. 1856 - d. 1931)
                             (continues claim title in exile to 4 Jun 1931)



Isma`ilia  

[Ismailia flag]Isma'ilia Flag Adopted 19 Jun 1927 

[Ismailia Aga
                        Khan's flag]Aga Khan's Flag

Note: The Aga Khan is the dynastic spiritual head of the Nizari sect of Shi'a Islam.

1094                       Ecclesiastic Islamic hereditary dynasty splits into 
                             Mustalis and the Nizaris.
1094 - 1256                Known by the Chrisian crusaders as the "Assassins"
1818                       Persian Shah Fath Ali recognizes Hasan Ali Shah as Aga Khan (the
                             hereditary title of the Imam of the largest branch of the
                             Ismaili followers of the Shia faith).
1877                       Aga Khans recognized by Britain.

Imams (title Mawlana Hazar Imam)
1818 - 12 Apr 1881         Aga Khan I (Hasan Ali Shah)        (b. 1800 - d. 1881)
12 Apr 1881 - 17 Aug 1885  Aga Khan II (Ali Shah)             (b. 1830 - d. 1885)
17 Aug 1885 - 11 Jul 1957  Aga Khan III (Sultan Muhammad Shah)(b. 1877 - d. 1957)
                            
(from 21 May 1898, Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah,
                            
Aga Khan III)
12 Jul 1957 -              Aga Khan IV (Karim Shah)           (b. 1936)



Dawoodi Bohra

c.1138                     Dawoodi Bohra community in India founded after schisms
                             develop in the Ismaili movement.

Leaders (title Da'i al-Mutlaq)
1692 - 20 Jun 1710         Syedna Musa Kalimuddin             (d. 1710)
1710 -  3 Jun 1718         Syedna Nur Mohammed Nuruddin       (d. 1718)
1718 -  7 May 1737         Syedna Ismail Badruddin II         (b. 1686 - d. 1737)
1738 -  3 Nov 1754         Syedna Ibrahim Wajihuddin          (b. 1690 - d. 1754)
1756 - 14 Aug 1779         Syedna Hebatullah al-Moayyad       (b. 1713 - d. 1779)
                             Fiddin
1780 -  7 Dec 1785         Syedna Abdultayeb Zakiuddin III    (b. 1734 - d. 1787)
1785 - 27 Nov 1798         Syedna Yusuf Najmuddin             (b. 1764 - d. 1798)
1799 - 23 Sep 1817         Syedna Abdeali Saifuddin           (b. 1774 - d. 1817)
1817 - 19 Jun 1821         Syedna Mohammed Izzuddin           (b. 1789 - d. 1821)
1821 - 20 Feb 1837         Syedna Taiyeb Zainuddin            (b. 1782 - d. 1837)
1837 - 27 Aug 1840         Syedna Mohammed Badruddin          (b. 1811 - d. 1840)
1840 - 11 May 1885         Syedna Abdulqadir Najmuddin        (b. 1814 - d. 1885)
1885 -  2 Aug 1891         Syedna Abdulhusain Husamuddin      (b. 1823 - d. 1891)
1891 - 21 Feb 1906         Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin I      (b. 1840 - d. 1906)
1906 - 25 Jan 1915         Syedna Abdullah Badruddin          (b. 1846 - d. 1915)
1915 - 12 Nov 1965         Syedna Taher Saifuddin             (b. 1888 - d. 1965)
13 Nov 1965 - 17 Jan 2014  Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin II     (b. 1915 - d. 2014)
17 Jan 2014 -              Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin          (b. 1946)
17 Jan 2014 - 31 Mar 2016  Syedna Khuzaima Qutbuddin          (b. 1940 - d. 2016)
                             (in opposition)



Baha´i Faith

[The Ringstone
                          flag, the Bahai ethnic / national flag and the
                          unofficial flag of the Bahai]Unofficial

1844                       Babi movement founded.
1866                       Baha´i Faith separated; the original Babist movement
                             subsequently fades into obscurity.

Leaders
1844 -  9 Jul 1850         Mirza Ali Muhammad "Bab"           (b. 1819 - d. 1850)
                             ("the Gate")
1850 - 1866                Mirza Yahya Nuri "Sobh-e Azal"     (b. 1831 - d. 1912)
                             ("the Morning of Eternity")
1866 - 29 May 1892         Mirza Hussein Ali "Bahaullah"      (b. 1817 - d. 1892)
                             ("the Glory of God")
 7 Jun 1892 - 28 Nov 1921  Abbas Effendi "Abdul Baha"         (b. 1844 - d. 1921)
                             ("Servant of God")
 3 Jan 1922 -  4 Nov 1957  Shoghi Effendi Rabbani -Guardian   (b. 1897 - d. 1957)
 4 Nov 1957 - 28 Apr 1963  "the Hands of the Cause of God"
                           (a group of initially 27), of whom
                           9 are chosen as Custodians of the
                           Baha´i World Faith on 25 Nov 1957:
                           - Ruhiyyih Rabbani (f)             (b. 1910 - d. 2000) 
                             (Amatu'l-Baha Rahiyyih Khanum [Mary Sutherland Maxwell])
                           - Charles Mason Remey              (b. 1874 - d. 1974)
                           - Amelia "Millie" Engelder         (b. 1873 - d. 1962)
                               Collins (f) 
                           - Leroy C. Ioas                    (b. 1896 - d. 1965)
                           - Hasan Muvaqqar Balyuzi           (b. 1908 - d. 1980)
                           - Ali Akbar Furutan                (b. 1905 - d. 2003) 
                           - Jalal Khazeh (Khadih)            (b. 1897 - d. 1990) 
                           - Paul Edmond Haney                (b. 1909 - d. 1982)
                           - Adelbert Mühlschlegel            (b. 1897 - d. 1980)
28 Apr 1963 -              "Universal House of Justice" (9 members)
                           - Lutfullah Hakim                  (b. 1888 - d. 1968)
                               (to 10 Aug 1968)
                           - Amoz Everett Gibson              (b. 1918 - d. 1982)
                               (to 14 May 1982)
                           - Charles Wolcott                  (b. 1906 - d. 1987)
                               (to 26 Jan 1987)
                           - David Hofman (to 1988)           (b. 1908 - d. 2003)
                           - Howard Borrah Kavelin            (b. 1906 - d. 1988)
                               (to 18 Dec 1988)
                           - Hugh Chance (to 1993)            (b. 1911 - d. 1998)
                           - Hushmand Fatheazam               (b. 1924 - d. 2013)
                               (to 29 Apr 2003) 
                           - ‘Alí-Yulláh Nakhjavání           (b. 1919 - d. 2019)
                               (to 29 Apr 2003)

                           - Ian Chalmers Semple              (b. 1928 - d. 2011)
                               (to 21 Mar 2005)

                           - David Ruhe (1968 - 1993)         (b. 1914 - d. 2005)

                           - Glenford Eckleton Mitchell       (b. 1935) 
                               (1982 - 30 Apr 2008) 
                           - Peter Jamel Khan                 (b. 1936 - d. 2011)
                               (1987 - 20 Mar 2010)  
                           - Adib Taherzadeh                  (b. 1921 - d. 2000)
                               (1988 - 26 Jan 2000)
                           - Hooper Cameron Dunbar            (b. 1937) 
                               (1988 - 20 Mar 2010) 
                           - Farzam Arbab (1993 - 29 Apr 2013)(b. 1941 - d. 2020) 
                           - James Douglas Martin             (b. 1929 - d. 2020)
                               (1993 - 21 Mar 2005)
                           - Kiser Barnes (2000 - 29 Apr 2013)(b. 1943) 
                           - Hartmut Grossmann                (b. 1933 - d. 2017) 
                               (29 Apr 2003 - 30 Apr 2008) 
                           - Firaydoun Javaheri               (b. 1946?)
                               (30 Apr 2003 - 30 Apr 2018) 
                           - Payman Mohajer (from 21 Mar 2005) 
                           - Paul Lample (from 21 Mar 2005)
                           - Gustavo Correa                   (b. 1948?)
                               (30 Apr 2008 - 30 Apr 2018)
                           - Shahriar Razavi (from 30 Apr 2008)
 
                           - Stephen Birkland                 (b. c.1952)
                               (20 Mar 2010 - 1 May 2023)
                           - Stephen Hall                     (b. c.1954)
                               (20 Mar 2010 - 1 May 2023)
                           - Chuungu Malitonga
                               (from 29 Apr 2013)
                           - Ayman Rouhani (from 29 Apr 2013)
                           - Praveen Kumar Mallik
                               (from 30 Apr 2018)
                           - Juan Francisco Mora
                               (from 30 Apr 2018)
                           - Albert Nshisu Nsunga
                               (from 1 May 2023)
                           - Andrej Donoval
                               (from 1 May 2023)


Baha´is Under the Hereditary Guardianship

 8 Apr 1960                Charles Mason Remey issues a proclamation claiming
                             he is the second Guardian.

Guardians
 8 Apr 1960 - 14 Feb 1974  Charles Mason Remey                (s.a.)
14 Feb 1974 - 19 Oct 1991  Donald Harvey                      (b. 1923 - d. 1991)
19 Oct 1991 -              Jean-Jacques Soghomonian           (b. 1954)


Orthodox Baha´i Faith

12 Nov 1969                Split from Baha´is under the Hereditary Guardianship.

Guardians
12 Nov 1969 -  1 Sep 2013  Joel Bray Marangella               (b. 1918 - d. 2013)
 1 Sep 2013 -              Nosrat'u'llah Bahremand            (b. 1942)



Ahmadiyya

[Islamic Ahmadiyya
                        Movement]
Adopted 28 Dec 1939

23 Mar 1889                Ahmadiyya movement founded.
 
3 May 1914                Split into two branches, one remaining in Qadian, today
                             known as Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam (jamaat-i ahmadiyya),
                             and one being established in Lahore, known as the ahmadiyya
                             anjuman ishaat-i Islam.

Mahdi
23 Mar 1889 - 26 May 1908  Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad          (b. 1835 - d. 1908)
Khalifas
27 May 1908 - 13 Mar 1914  Maulana Hakim Nur-ud-Din           (b. 1841 - d. 1914)
14 Mar 1914 -  7 Nov 1965  Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud  (b. 1889 - d. 1965)
                             Ahmad 
 8 Nov 1965 -  9 Jun 1982  Hazrat Hafiz Mirza Nasir Ahmad     (b. 1909 - d. 1982)
10 Jun 1982 - 19 Apr 2003  Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad           (b. 1928 - d. 2003)
22 Apr 2003 -              Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad         (b. 1950)


Lahore branch

Emirs
 
3 May 1914 - 13 Oct 1951  Maulana Muhammad Ali               (b. 1874 - d. 1951)
28 Oct 1951 - 15 Nov 1981  Maulana Sadr-ud-Din                (b. 1881 - d. 1981)
20 Nov 1981 - 15 Nov 1996  Saeed Ahmad Khan                   (b. 1900 - d. 1996)
13 Dec 1996 - 14 Oct 2002  Asghar Hameed                      (b. 1919 - d. 2002)
 3 Nov 2002 -              Abdul Karim Saeed                  (b. 1945)



Nation of Islam

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                        first flag]First Flag

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                        flag]Current Flag

Aug 1930                   Community founded which comes to be called Nation of Islam.
1975                       Renamed American Bilalian Community.
1976                       Renamed World Community of al-Islam in the West.
Mar 1978                   A group breaks away, calling itself again Nation of Islam.
1980                       Original group renamed American Muslim Mission.
May 1985                   American Muslim Mission dissolved, that group later renames itself
                             American Society of Muslims.

Ministers
Aug 1930 - Jun 1934        Wallace D. Fard                    (b. c.1877 - d. 1934?)
                             (= Wallace Fard Muhammad)
Jun 1934 - 25 Feb 1975     Elijah Muhammad                    (b. 1897 - d. 1975)
26 Feb 1975 - May 1985     Wallace D. Muhammad                (b. 1933 - d. 2008)
                             (from 1976, Warith Deen Muhammad) 
Mar 1978 -                 Louis Farrakhan                    (b. 1933)



Tibetan Buddhism

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                        Flag]

Dge-lugs-pa sect

c.1400                     Dge-lugs-pa (Yellow Hat) sect founded.

Dalai Lamas
 8 Dec 1697 - 27 Jun 1706  Rin-chen-blo-bzang-rig-'dzins-
                             tshangs-dbyangs-rgya-mtsho
                            (6th Dalai Lama)                  (b. 1683 - d. 1706)
16 Oct 1720 - 22 Mar 1757  rGyal-dbang-blo-bzang-bskal-
                             bzang-rgya-mtsho (7th Dalai Lama)(b. 1708 - d. 1757)
                            (ritually presumed to have ruled from 1708)
28 Aug 1762 - 19 Nov 1804  Blo-bzang-'jam-dpal-rgya-mtsho
                            (8th Dalai Lama)                  (b. 1758 - d. 1804)
 5 Mar 1808 - 26 Mar 1815  Blo-bzang-lung-rtogs-rgya-mtsho
                            (9th Dalai Lama)                  (b. 1806 - d. 1815)
 6 Feb 1822 - 30 Sep 1837  Blo-bzang-tshul-khrims-rgya-mtsho
                            (10th Dalai Lama)                 (b. 1816 - d. 1837)
29 Sep 1841 - 31 Jan 1856  Blo-bzang-mkhas'-grub-rgya-mtsho
                            (11th Dalai Lama)                 (b. 1838 - d. 1856)
26 Feb 1858 - 25 Apr 1875  Ngag-dbang-blo-bzang-'phrin-las-
                             rgya-mtsho (12th Dalai Lama)     (b. 1856 - d. 1875)
12 Feb 1878 - 17 Dec 1933  Ngag-dbang-blo-bzang-thub-bstan-
                             rgya-mtsho-'jigs-bral-dbang-phyug-
                             phyogs-las-rnam-rgyal
                            (13th Dalai Lama)                 (b. 1876 - d. 1933)
                            (30 Jul 1904 - Dec 1909 and 25 Feb 1910 - Jun 1912 in exile)
25 Aug 1939 -              rJe-btsun-'Jam-dpal-ngag-dbang-
                             blo-bzang-ye-shes-bstan-'dzin-
                             rgya-mtsho (14th Dalai Lama)     (b. 1935)
                             (from 31 Mar 1959 in exile)

Panchen Lamas (Pandita Chen-po)
1663 - 1737                Blo-bzang-ye-shes
                            (5th Panchen Lama)                (b. 1663 - d. 1737)
1737 - Nov 1780            Blo-bzang-dpal-ldan-ye-shes
                            (6th Panchen Lama)                (b. 1737 - d. 1780)
1781 - 1854                Blo-bzang-bstan-pa'i-nyi-ma
                            (7th Panchen Lama)                (b. 1781 - d. 1854)
1854 - 1882                Bs-tan-pa'i-dbang-phyug
                            (8th Panchen Lama)                (b. 1854 - d. 1882)
1883 -  1 Dec 1937         Chos-kyi-nyi-ma
                            (9th Panchen Lama)                (b. 1883 - d. 1937)
1943 - 28 Jan 1989         Bskal-bzang Tshe-brtan
                            (10th Panchen Lama)               (b. 1938 - d. 1989)
14 May 1995 -              Dge-'dun-chos-kyi-nyi-ma
                            (11th Panchen Lama)               (b. 1989)
                            (under arrest from 17 May 1995)
29 Nov 1995 -              Rgyal-mtshan-nor-bu                (b. 1989)
                            (rival installed by Chinese government)



Karma-Kagyu sect

[Flags of the
                        Karma-Kagyu school of Tibetan buddhism]

988                       Karma-Kagyu (Black Hat) sect of Tibetan Buddhism founded.

Karmapa Lamas
1676 - 1702               Yeshe Dorje
                           (11th Karmapa Lama)                (b. 1676 - d. 1702)
1703 - 1732               Changchub Dorje
                           (12th Karmapa Lama)                (b. 1703 - d. 1732)
1733 - 1797               Dudul Dorje
                           (13th Karmapa Lama)                (b. 1733 - d. 1797)
1798 - 1868               Thegchog Dorje
                           (14th Karmapa Lama)                (b. 1798 - d. 1868)
1871 - 1922               Khakhyab Dorje
                           (15th Karmapa Lama)                (b. 1871 - d. 1922)
1924 -  5 Nov 1981        Rangjung Rigpe Dorje
                           (16th Karmapa Lama)                (b. 1924 - d. 1981)
                           (from 1959 in exile)
Mar 1994 -                Trinley Thaye Dorje                 (b. 1983)
 
                          (17th Karmapa Lama)
                           (recognized by the Shamarpa Lama, the second highest
                            in the Karma-Kagyu hierarchy)
                           (in exile)
27 Sep 1992 -             Ugyen Trinley Dorje                 (b. 1985)
                           (rival recognized by China and the Dalai Lama)
                           (from 28 Dec 1999 in exile)



Sakya sect

[Sakya school
                          of Tibetan Buddhism]

1073                       Sakya sect founded.

Throne holders (Sakya Trizin)
1685 - 1711                Duchod Labrangpa Jamgon Kunga
                             Tashi                            (b. 1656 - d. 1711)
1711 - 1741                Duchod Labrangpa Jamyang Sonam
                             Rinchen                          (b. 1705 - d. 1741)
1741 - 1783                Duchod Labrangpa Sachen Kunga
                             Lodroe                           (b. 1729 - d. 1783)
1783 - 1806                Duchod Labrangpa Jamgon Wangdue
                             Nyingpo                          (b. 1763 - d. 1809)
1806 - 1843                Dolma Phodrang Padma Dudul
                             Wangchuk                         (b. 1792 - d. 1853)
1843 - 1845                Phuntsog Phodrang Jamgon Dorje
                             Rinchen                          (b. 1819 - d. 1867)
1846 - 1865                Dolma Phodrang Thegchen Tashi
                             Rinchen                          (b. 1824 - d. 1865)
1866 - 1882                Phuntsog Phodrang Ngawang Kunga
                             Sonam                            (b. 1842 - d. 1882)
1883 - 1899                Dolma Phodrang Kunga Nyingpo
                             Samphel Norbu                    (b. 1850 - d. 1899)
1901 - 1915                Phuntsog Phodrang Zamling Chegu
                             Wangdu                           (b. 1855 - d. 1919)
1915 - 1936                Dolma Phodrang Dragshul Thinley
                             Rinchen                          (b. 1871 - d. 1936)
1937 - 1950                Phuntsog Phodrang Ngawang Thutob
                             Wangchuk                         (b. 1900 - d. 1950)
1951 -  9 Mar 2017         Dolma Phodrang Ngawang Kunga
                             Thegchen Palbar Thinley Samphel  (b. 1945)
                             Wangi Gyalpo (from 9 Mar 2017,
                             Kyabgon Gongma Trichen Rinpoche)
 9 Mar 2017 - 16 Mar 2022  Ratna Vajra Rinpoche               (b. 1974)
16 Mar 2022 -              Gyana Vajra Rinpoche               (b. 1979)



Tibetan Buddhist Mongolia

Bogd Gegeen (Mongolian and ceremonial Tibetan-language names)
1635 - 1723                Zanabazar Öndur Gegeen             (d. 1723)
                             Luvsadambiyjaltsan
                            (blo-bzang-bstan-pa'i-rgyal-mtshan)
1724 - 1757                Luvsandambiydonmi
                 (d. 1757)
                            (blo-bzang-bstan-pa'i-srgon-me)
1758 - 1773                Ishdambiynyam                      (d. 1773)
                            (Ye-shes-bstan-pa'i-nyi-ma)
1775 - 1813                Luvsantüvdenvanchug                (d. 1813)
                            (blo-bzang-thub-bstan-dbang-phyug)
1815 - 1841                Luvsanchültimjigmed                (d. 1841)
                            (blo-bzang-tshul-khrim-'jigs-med)
1843 - 1848                Luvsantüvdenchoyjijaltsan          (d. 1848)
                            (blo-bzang-dpal-ldan-bstan-pa)
1850 - 1868                Agvaanchoyjivanchugperenlaijamts   (b. 1849 - d. 1868)
                            (Ngag-dbang-chos-kyi-dbang-phyug-
                            'phrin-las-rgya-mtsho)
1870 - 
20 May 1924         Agvaanluvsan Choijiinyam           (b. 1869 - d. 1924)
                             Danzanvanchig Balsambuu
                            (Ngag-dbang-blo-bzang-chos-rje-
                             nyi-ma-bstan-'dzin-dbang-phyug
                             rJe-btsun-dam-pa bla-ma)        

1936 -  1 Mar 2012         Jambalnamdolchoyjijantsan          (b. 1932 - d. 2012)
                             (Jampal Namdrol Chokye Gyeltsen)
                             (in Tibet exile to 1959, then in India to 2011;
                             formally recognized by Dalai Lama Sep 1991)
 8 Mar 2023 -              (A. Altannar)                      (b. c.2015)



Buddhist Thailand (Thai Sangha)

[Thailand Dharma
                        Wheel Flag (Thong Dhammacak)]

Supreme Buddhist Patriarchs of Thailand (secular names in parentheses)
(title Somdet Phra Sangharaja Sakalamahasanghaparinayaka
)
1782 - 1794                Somdet Phra Ariyavongsanana I
                             (Sri)
1794 - 1816                Somdet Phra Ariyavongsanana II
                             (Suk) 
1816 - 1819                Somdet Phra Ariyavongsanana III
                             (Mee)
1820 - 1822                Somdet Phra Ariyavongsanana IV
                             (Suk)
1822 - 1843                Somdet Phra Ariyavongsanana V
                             (Don)
1843 - 1849/50             Somdet Phra Ariyavongsanana VI
                             (Nag)
1849/50 - 1851             Vacant
1851 -  8 Dec 1853         Somdet Phra Maha Samana Chao       (b. 1790 - d. 1853)
                             Kromma Phra Paramanuchitchinorot
                             (Prince Vasugri) 
1853/54 - 28 Sep 1892      Somdet Phra Maha Samana Chao       (b. 1809 - d. 1892)
                             Kromma Phraya Pavares
                             Variyalongkorn (Prince Rurk) 
1893 - 11 Jan 1899         Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatanana II (b. 1812 - d. 1899) 
                             (Sa Pussadevo) 
11 Jan 1899 - 1910         Vacant
1910 -  2 Aug 1921         Somdet Phra Maha
Samana Chao
                             Kromma Phraya Vajirananavarorasa
                             (Prince Manusyanagamanob)        (b. 1860 - d. 1921)
1921 - 1937                Phrachao Worawong Thoe Kromma Luang
                             Jinavorn Sirivaddhana Somdet
                             Phra Sangharaja Chao                            
                             (Prince Bhujong Jombunud) 
1938 - 1944                Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatanana III
                             (Phae Phongpala) 
1945 - 1958                Somdet Phra Sangharaja Chao Kromma
                             Luang Vajirananavongs
                             (Mom Rajavongse Chuen Navavongs)
                             (= Prince Chuen Navavongs Sucitto) 
1958 - 1960                Vacant
1960 - 1962                Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatanana IV 
                             (Plod Ketuthat)
1963 - 1965                Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatanana V 
                             (Yoo Changsopha)
1965 - 18 Dec 1971         Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatanana VI (b. 1897 - d. 1971) 
                             (Chuan Sirisom)
1972 - 1973                Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatanana VII(b. 1896 - d. 1974) 
                             (Pun Sukcharoen) 
1973 - 27 Aug 1988         Somdet Phra Sangharaja Chao Kromma (b. 1897 - d. 1988)
                             Luang Jinavajiralongkorn  

                             (Vasana Nilprapha) 
1989 - 24 Oct 2013         Somdet Phra Sangharaja Chao Kromma (b. 1913 - d. 2013)
                             Luang Vajirañanasamvara
                             (Charoen Khachawat)
2005 - 10 Aug 2013         Somdet Phra Buddhacarya            (b. 1928 - d. 2013)
                             (Kiaw Chokchai)
                             (acting for Vajirañanasamvara)
10 Aug 2013 - 12 Feb 2017 
Somdet Phra Maha Ratchamangkalajarn(b. 1925 - d. 2021)
                             (acting [for Vajirañanasamvara to 24 Oct 2013])
                             (Chuang Sudprasert)
12 Feb 2017 -              Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatanana IX (b. 1927)
                             (Amborn Prasatthapong)



Soka Gakkai

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                        Buddhist flag]

[Soka Gakkai
                        Buddhist alternate flag]
Alternate Flag

18 Nov 1930                Sōka Kyōikugaku Taikei sect of Nichiren Buddhism founded in Japan.
1937                       Renamed Sōka Kyōiku Gakkai.
 6 Jul 1943 - 1945         Suppressed by the Japanese government.
Mar 1946                   Renamed Sōka Gakkai.

Presidents
18 Nov 1930 - 18 Nov 1944  Tsunesaburō Makiguchi              (b. 1871 - d. 1944)
                             (imprisoned in Japan from 6 Jul 1943)
18 Nov 1944 -  3 May 1951  Vacant
 3 May 1951 -  2 Apr 1958  Jōsei Toda                         (b. 1900 - d. 1958)
 2 Apr 1958 -  3 May 1960  Vacant
 3 May 1960 - 24 Apr 1979  Daisaku Ikeda                      (b. 1928 - d. 2023)
24 Apr 1979 - 18 Jul 1981  Hiroshi Hō                       (b. 1923 - d. 1981)
18 Jul 1981 -  9 Nov 2006  Einosuke Akiya                     (b. 1930)
 9 Nov 2006 -              Minoru Harada                      (b. 1941)



Sikhism

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                        religion]

20 Aug 1507                First personal guru Nanak Dev takes office.
 7 Oct 1708                Death of the last personal guru (who proclaimed that after
                             him the Sikh guru was to be the holy book Adi Granth).

Gurus
 7 Oct 1661 - 30 Mar 1664  Har Krishan (8th guru)            (b. 1656 - d. 1664)
30 Mar 1664 - 11 Nov 1675  Tegh Bahadur (9th guru)           (b. 1621 - d. 1675)
11 Nov 1675 -  7 Oct 1708  Gobind Singh (10th guru)          (b. 1666 - d. 1708)



Svetambara

[Flag of Jains
                        (Terapanthi sect of Svetambara Jainism)]

25 Mar 1760                Terapanthi sect of Svetambara Jainism founded.

Leaders (Acaryas)
25 Mar 1760 - 30 Aug 1803  Bhiksu                             (b. 1726 - d. 1803)
1803 - 1821                Bharimal                           (b. 1747 - d. 1821)
1821 - 1850                Raycand                            (b. 1790 - d. 1850)
1851 - 1881                Jitmal                             (b. 1803 - d. 1881)
1881 - 1892                Maghraj                            (b. 1840 - d. 1892)
1892 - 1897                Maniklal                           (b. 1855 - d. 1897)
1897 - 1909                Dalcand                            (b. 1852 - d. 1909)
1909 - 1936                Kaluram                            (b. 1877 - d. 1936)
1936 - Mar 1994            Tulsi                              (b. 1914 - d. 1997)
Mar 1994 -  9 May 2010     Mahaprajna                         (b. 1920 - d. 2010)
 9 May 2010 -              Mahashraman
                       (b. 1962)


 
Other Religious Sects


Christian Science

30 Oct 1875                Mary Baker Eddy publishes "Science and Health, with Key to the
                             Scriptures."

 
4 Jul 1876                Christian Scientist Association
12 Apr 1879                Church of Christ (Scientist) established.

14 Apr 1883                Christian Science Journal founded.
Apr 1895                   Mary Baker Eddy instituted the Bible and "Science and Health,
                             with Key to the Scriptures" the the only pastor of the
                             Church of Christ, Scientist.

25 Nov 1908                The Christian Science Monitor founded.

Pastor (Leader to 3 Dec 1910, then Pastor Emeritus)
1886 - Apr 1895            Mary Baker Eddy                    (b. 1821 - d. 1910)
                             (Mary Baker Glover Patterson Eddy)
Chairmen of the Christian Science Board of Directors
1889 - 1910?               Ira Oscar Knapp                    (b. 1839 - d. 1910)
1910? - 1916               Archibald Mclellan                 (b. 1857 - d. 1917)
1916 - 1918                Allison Vance Stewart              (b. 1856 - d. 19..)
1918 - 1925?               Adam Herbert Dickey                (b. 1864 - d. 1925)
1925? - 1931               ....
1931 - 1932                George Wendell Adams (1st time)    (b. 1874 - d. 1953)

1932 - 1933                Charles E. Heitman                 (b. 1874 - d. 1948)
1933 - 1934                William Roedel Rathvon             (b. 1854 - d. 1939)
1934 - 1935                George Wendell Adams (2nd time)    (s.a.)
1935 - 1936                William P. McKenzie                (b. 1861 - d. 1942)
1936 - 1937                Nelvia E. Ritchie (f)              (b. 1879 - d. 1948)
1937 - c. 1941             ....
c.1941 - c.1947            W. Stuart Booth

1947 - 1948                George Wendell Adams (3rd time)    (s.a.)
1948 - c.1957              ....
c.1957 - c.1960            Francis Lyster Jandron             (b. 1885 - d. 1968)

c.1960 - 1969              ....
1969 - 1970                Inman H. Douglass
                  (b. 1904 - d. 1994)
1970 - 1971                Clayton Bion Craig                 (b. 1902 - d. 1978)
1971 - 1972                Lenore D. Hanks (f) (1st time)
1972 - 1973                Arthur P. Wuth                     (b. 1908 - d. 1982)
1973 - 1974                David Edredge Sleeper (1st time)   (b. 1917 - d. 2010)
Jun 1974 - 1975            DeWitt John (1st time)             (b. 1915 - d. 1985)
1975 - 1976                Otto Bertschi                      (b. 1907 - d. 1995)
1976 - 1977                Lenore D. Hanks (f) (2nd time)
1977 - 1978                David Edredge Sleeper (2nd time)   (s.a.)

1978 - 1979                DeWitt John (2nd time)             (s.a.)
1979 - 1980                Harvey W. Wood (1st time)          (b. 1925 - d. 2000)    
1980 - 1981                Jean Stark Hebenstreit (f)         (b. 1915 - d. 2006)
1981 - 1982                Hal M. Friesen
1982 - 1983                Michael B. Thorneloe (1st time)    (b. 1930 - d. 1998)
1983 - 1984                Harvey W. Wood (2nd time)          (s.a.)
1984 - 1986                H. Dickinson Rathbun
1986 - 1987                Harvey M. Wood (3rd time)          (s.a.)
1987 - 1988                Ruth Elizabeth Jenks (f)           (b. 1919 - d. 2009)
1988 - 1989                John Lewis Selover                 (b. 1930 - d. 2003)
1989 - 1991                ....
1991 -  7 Mar 1992         Harvey W. Wood (4th time)          (s.a.)
Mar 1992 - Dec 2004        Virginia S. Harris (f)             (b. 1946?)
Jan 2005 - 2006            Mary Metzner Trammell (f)(1st time)(b. 1941)
2006 - 2007                Nathan A. Talbot (1st time)         
2007 - 2008                J. Thomas Black
2008 - 2009                Margaret Rogers (f)
2009 - 2010                Walter Jones

2010 - 2011                Michael Pabst
2011 - 2012                Mary Metzner Trammell (f)(2nd time)(s.a.)
2012 - 2013                Nathan A. Talbot (2nd time)
2013 - 2014                Bosede Funmilola Bakarey (f)
 1 Jul 2014 - 30 Jun 2015  Robin Hoagland (f) (1st time)
 1 Jul 2015 - 30 Jun 2016  Beverley Beddoes-Mills (f)
 1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2017  Annu Matthai (f)
 1 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2018  Allison W. "Skip" Phinney, Jr.
 1 Jul 2018 -
2019         Robin Hoagland (f) (2nd time)
2019 - 2020                Keith Wommack (1st time)
2020 - 2021                Scott F. Preller
2021 - 2022                Megumi "Mimi" Oka (f)
2022 - 2023                Keith Wommack (2nd time)
2023 -                     Richard Hunt Evans



Falun Gong

[Falun Gong banner]

13 May 1992                Falun Gong (or Falun Dafa) literally, "Dharma Wheel Practice",
                             in the qigong tradition, introduced in
China.
22 Jul 1999                Falun Gong is banned in China.

Master
(Spiritual Leader)
1992 -                     Li Hongzhi                         (b. 1951)

Scientology

 9 May 1950                Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
                             published by L. Ron Hubbard.
 7 Jun 1950                Hubbard Dianetics Research Foundation established.
21 Sep 1952                Hubbard Association of Scientologists International
                            (HASI) founded.
18 Feb 1954                Scientology Church established.
12 Aug 1967                Sea Organization ("Sea Org") formed.
19 May 1981                Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization established.
16 May 1982                Religious Technology Center (RTC) founded.
 1 Oct 1993                Church of Scientology obtains tax exempt status from the U.S.
                             Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Executive Director
18 Feb 1954 -  1 Sep 1966  L. Ron Hubbard                     (b. 1911 - d. 1986)
                            (Lafayette Ronald Hubbard)
 1 Sep 1966 - 11 Dec 1980  Executive Council 
Executive Directors International
11 Dec 1980 - Dec 1981     William Franks
1981 - Sep 1982            Kerry Gleeson
Sep 1982 -                 Guillaume Lesèvre 
President of the Church of Scientology International
1982 -                     Heber Carl Jentzsch                (b. 1935)

Chairmen of the Board of the Religious Technology Center

1982 - Aug 1982            David Mayo
1982 - 1986                Steve Marlowe
1986 -                     David Miscavige                    (b. 1960)



Unification Church

[flag of the
                        Unification Church]

 1 May 1954                Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World
                             Christianity (commonly called the "Unification Church"
                             and later by its detractors "the Moonies") founded.
 1 May 1994                Renamed The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification.

Presidents
 1 May 1954 -  3 Sep 2012  Sun Myung Moon                      (b. 1920 - d. 2012)
 3 Sep 2012 -  6 Mar 2015  Hyung Jin "Sean" Moon               (b. 1979)
 6 Mar 2015 -              Sung Jin Moon                       (b. 1946)





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