Patriarchs of Antioch before 512 Syriac patriarchs from 512 to 1292 Unless otherwise stated, all information is from the Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage and the list provided in
The Syriac World as noted in the bibliography below. Numeration includes incumbents deemed legitimate by the Syriac Orthodox Church prior to the schism in 518. •
Severus I (512–538) • :
vacant (538–/557) •
Sergius of Tella (– or –560) • :
vacant (– or 560–564) •
Paul II (/564–578) • :
vacant (578–581) •
Peter III (578/581–591) •
Julian II (591–594) • :
vacant (594–603) •
Athanasius I Gammolo (594/595/603–631) •
John III (631–648) •
Theodore (649–666/667) •
Severus II bar Masqeh (667/668–680/684) • :
vacant (680–684) •
Athanasius II Baldoyo (683/684–687) •
Julian III (687–707/708) •
Elias I (709–723/724) •
Athanasius III (724–739/740) •
Iwannis I (739/740–754/755) • :
Isaac I (755–756) • :
Athanasius Sandalaya (756–758) •
George I (758/759–789/790) • :John of Raqqa (758–762) • :David of Dara (762–774) •
Joseph (790–791/792) •
Quriaqos of Tagrit (793–817) • :Abraham (807/808–837) •
Dionysius I Telmaharoyo (818–845) • :Simeon () •
John IV (846/847–873/874) • :
vacant (874–878) •
Ignatius II (878–883) • :
vacant (883–887) •
Theodosius Romanus (887–896) • :
vacant (896–897) •
Dionysius II (896/897–908/909) • John V (910–922) • Basil I (923–935) • John VI (936–953) • Iwannis II (954–957) • Dionysius III (958–961) • Abraham I (962–963) • :
vacant (963–965) •
John VII Sarigta (965–985) •
Athanasius IV Salhoyo (986/987–1002/1003) •
John VIII bar Abdoun (1004–1030/1031/1033) • Dionysius IV Yahyo (1031–1042) • :
vacant (1042–1049) • John IX bar ʿAbdun (1042/1048/1049–1057) • Athanasius V Yahyo (1057/1058–1062/1064) •
John X bar Shushan (1063/1064–1072/1073) • Basil II (1074–1075) • :John bar ʿAbdun (1075–1076/1077) • Dionysius V Lazarus (1077–1078/1079) • :
vacant (1078/1079–86) • Iwannis III (1086–1087/1088) • Dionysius VI (1088–1090) •
Athanasius VI bar Khamoro (1090/1091–1129) •
John XI bar Mawdyono (1129/1130–1137) •
Athanasius VII bar Qatra (1138/1139–1166) •
Michael I (1166–1199) • :
Theodore bar Wahbun (1180–1193) • Athanasius VIII bar Salibi (1199–1207) • :
Michael II the Younger (1199/1200–1215) •
John XII (1207/1208–1219/1220) • :
vacant (1220–1222) •
Ignatius III David (1222–1252) • :Dionysius VII ʿAngur (1252–1261) •
John XIII bar Ma'dani (1252–1263) • Ignatius IV Yeshu (1264–1282/1283) • Philoxenus I Nemrud (1283–1292)
Syriac Orthodox patriarchs from 1292 to 1445 On the death of Patriarch Philoxenus I Nemrud in 1292, the Syriac Orthodox Church split into the patriarchates of Antioch, Mardin, and Melitene. A separate
patriarchate of Tur Abdin broke off from the patriarchate of Mardin in 1364. The patriarchate of Melitene ended in , and the patriarch of Mardin
Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo was acknowledged as the patriarch of Antioch in 1445, thus ending the schism.
Patriarchate of Antioch •
Michael II (1292–1312) • Michael III Yeshu (1313–1349) • Basil III Gabriel (1349–1387) • Philoxenus II (1387–) •
Basil IV Simon (1421/1422–1444/1445)
Patriarchate of Mardin •
Ignatius bar Wahib (1293–1333) •
Ignatius Ismail (1333–1365/1366) • Ignatius Shahab (1365/1366–1381) •
Ignatius Abraham bar Garib (1382–1412) •
Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo (1412–1445)
Patriarchate of Melitene • Ignatius Constantine (1292–1293) • Ignatius Philoxenus (1349–)
Patriarchate of Tur Abdin (1364–1840)
Syriac Orthodox patriarchs from 1445 to 1782 •
Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo (1445–1455) •
Ignatius Khalaf Maʿdnoyo (1455/1456–84) •
Ignatius John XIV (1484–1493) •
Ignatius Noah of Lebanon (1493/1494–1509) •
Ignatius Yeshu I (1509–1510/1519) •
Ignatius Jacob I (1510/1512–1517/1519) • :Athanasius bar Subay (1511–between 1514 and 1518) • Ignatius David I (1519–1521) •
Ignatius Abdullah I (1521–1557) •
Ignatius Ni'matallah (1557–1576) •
Ignatius David II Shah (1576–1591) •
Ignatius Pilate (1591–1597) •
Ignatius Hidayat Allah (1597/1598–1639/1640) •
Ignatius Simon (1640–1653) • :Ignatius Shukrallah I (1640–1670) •
Ignatius Yeshu II (1653/1655–1661) •
Ignatius Abdulmasih I (1661/1662–1686) •
Ignatius George II (1687–1708) •
Ignatius Isaac II (1709–1722) •
Ignatius Shukrallah II (1722/1723–1745) •
Ignatius George III (1745/1746–1768) •
Ignatius George IV (1768–1781)
Syriac Orthodox patriarchs from 1782 to present •
Ignatius Matthew (1782–1817) •
Ignatius Yunan (1817–1818) •
Ignatius George V (1819–1836) • :
vacant (1836–1838) •
Ignatius Elias II (1838–1847) •
Ignatius Jacob II (1847–1871) •
Ignatius Peter IV (1872–1894) •
Ignatius Abdulmasih II (1894/1895–1903) •
Ignatius Abdullah II (1906–1915) • :
vacant (1915–1917) •
Ignatius Elias III (1917–1932) •
Ignatius Aphrem I (1933–1957) •
Ignatius Jacob III (1957–1980) •
Ignatius Zakka I (1980–2014) •
Ignatius Aphrem II (2014–present) ==See also==