List of Jerusalem Patriarchs

Content

1 Jewish bishops of Jerusalem
2 Bishops of Elia Capitolina
3 Bishops of Jerusalem
4 Patriarchs of Jerusalem
5 Jerusalem Patriarchs in exile
6 Return of the Orthodox patriarchs to Jerusalem
7 See also
8 References

Jewish bishops of Jerusalem

Eusebius of Caesarea gives the names of the continuous succession of the bishops of Jerusalem until the year 324. The first fifteen of these bishops were Christians of Jewish origin from Jacob to Judah (d. 135), the rest were converted pagans:

No.	First name	years
one	Apostle James, brother of the Lord	OK. 27 - 62
2	Simeon , son of Cleopas	62 - approx. 107
3	Just	OK. 107 - ???
four	Zacchaeus	??? - ???
5	Tobiah	??? - ???
6	Benjamin I	??? - 117
7	Joachim I	117 - ???
8	Matthew I	??? - ???
9	Benjamin II, called Philip	??? - ???
10	Seneca	??? - ???
eleven	Just II	??? - ???
12	Levi	??? - ???
13	Ephraim I	??? - ???
fourteen	Joseph I	??? - ???
fifteen		??? - 133

Bishops of Elia Capitolina

The result of the Bar Kochba rebellion in 135 was Adrian's decision to eradicate Judaism in the Province of Judea . The province was renamed Syria Palestine . Not far from the ruins of Jerusalem was built a new town Eliya Capitolina . The family inheritance of the bishops of Jerusalem was interrupted (Jews were expelled from the city), the bishop of Jerusalem was subordinate to the authority of the Metropolitans of Caesarea Palestine . Before the creation of the patriarchates in 325, the dignity of the metropolitan was the highest bishop in the Christian church.

No.	Name	years
16	Mark	134
17	Cassian	??? - ???
eighteen	Puvly	??? - ???
19	Maxim I	??? - ???
twenty	Julius	??? - ???
21	Guy I or Guyana	??? - ???
22	Symmachus	??? - ???
23	Guy II	??? - 162
24	Julian or Walis	162 -?
25	Capion	??? - ???
26	Maxim II	??? - ???
27	Anthony	??? - ???
28	Walis	??? - ???
29th	Dolikhian	??? - 185
thirty	Narcissus	185 - 205
31	Elios or Zeus	205 - 207
32	Germanion	207 - 211
33	Gordey	211 - 212
thirty	Narcissus (secondary)	212 - 213
34	Alexander	213 - 251
35	Mazavan	251 - 260
36	Of names	260 - 298
37	Deputy	298 - 300
38	Hermon	300 - 314
39	Macarius I	314 - 325

Bishops of Jerusalem

Elia Capitolina [Jerusalem] received special status VII by the rule of the First Council of Nicaea in 325, but, nevertheless, did not become a metropolis. The bishops of Jerusalem were appointed by the patriarchs of Antioch.

No.	Name	years
39	Macarius I	325 - 333
40	Maksim	333 - 348
41	Cyril I	350 - 357
	Eutyhy Arian Antipatriarch	357 - 358
41	Cyril I (second)	358 - 360
	Irenaeus Arian Antipatriarch	360 - 362
41	Cyril I (third time)	362 - 367
	Hilaria Arian Antipatriarch	367 - 378
41	Cyril I (for the fourth time)	378 - 386
42	John II	386 - 417
43	Right I	417 - 422
44	Juvenile	422 - 451

Patriarchs of Jerusalem

The Cathedral of Chalcedon in 451 elevated the bishop of Jerusalem to the rank of patriarch. For Byzantine politics, this meant that Jerusalem passed from the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Antioch to submission to the Greek authorities of Constantinople. For centuries, the Jerusalem clergy has been dominated by orthodox clergy, for example, the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulcher . At the same time, the Roman church insists on its primacy over Jerusalem.

No.	Name	years
44	Juvenile	451 - 458
	Theodosius Monophysitic Anti-Patriarch	451 - 452
45	Anastasius I	458 - 478
46	Martyrius	478 - 486
47	Sallust	486 - 494
48	Ilya I	494 - 516
49	John III	516 - 524
fifty	Peter	524 - 544
	the department is vacant	544 - October 552
51	Macarius II	October - December 552
52		December 552 - 564
53	Macarius II (secondary)	564 - 575
54	John IV Mosch	575 - 594
55	Amos	594 - 601
56	Isaac	601 - 609
57	Zachariah	609 - 632
	Modest Jerusalem , locum tenens	614 - approx. 628
58	Modest	632 - December 18, 634
59	Sophronius I	634 - 638
	the department is vacant	638 - approx. 650
	George I	OK. 650 - 668
	Theodore I	OK. 668 - approx. 692
60	Anastasius II	? OK. 692 - 706
61	John V	706 - 735
62	Theodore II	735 - 770
63	Ilya II	770 - 797
	Theodore (or Theodosius) antipatriarch	??? - ???
64	George II	797 - 807
65	Thomas I	807 - 820
66	Basil	820 - 838
67	John VI	838 - 842
68	Sergius I	842 - 844
	the department is vacant	844 - 855
69	Solomon	855 - 860
	the department is vacant	860 - 862
70	Theodosius	862 - 878
71	Ilya III	878 - 907
72	Sergius II	908 - 911
73	Leonty	912 - 929
74	Athanasius I	929 - 937
75	Christodoul I	937
76	Agafon	950 - 964
77	John VII	964 - 966
78	Christodulus II	966 - 969
79	Thomas II	969 - 977
	the department is vacant	977 - 696
80	Joseph	980 - 983
81	Orest	984 - 1005
	the department is vacant	1006 - 1012
82	Theophilus	1012-1020
83	Nicephorus I	1020 - approx. 1048
84	Ioannic	OK. 1048 - ???
85	Sophronius II	??? - 1084
86	Euthymius I	1084 - approx. 1092
87	Simeon II	OK. 1092 - 1106

Jerusalem Exiled Patriarchs

One of the results of the First Crusade in 1099 was the creation of the Latin Patriarchate , with a residence in Jerusalem from 1099 to 1187. The Orthodox patriarchs continued to be appointed, but lived in Constantinople.

No.	Name	years
88	Savva	1106
89	John VIII	1106 - 1156
90	Nikolay	1156
91	John IX	1156 - 1166
92	Nicephorus II	1166 - 1170
93	Leonty II	1170 - 1190

Return of Orthodox Patriarchs to Jerusalem

In 1187, after the defeat of the crusaders, the Latin patriarch was forced to flee the region. The post of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem remained, and the Latin Patriarchs continued to be appointed by the Catholic Church, but their residence from that time until 1847 was in Rome. The Orthodox Patriarch returned to Jerusalem.

Seal of the Patriarch of Jerusalem. 2001

No.	Name	years
94	Dosipheus I	1191
95	Mark II	1191
96	Euthymius II	until 1223
97	Athanasius II	1224 - 1236
98	Sophronius III	1236
99	Gregory I	1298
one hundred	Thadday	1298
101	Athanasius III	1313 - 1334
102	Gregory II	1332
103	Lazarus	1334 - 1368
104	Arseny	1344
105	Dorofei	1376 - 1417
106	Theophilus II	1417 - 1424
107	Theophanes I	1424 - 1431
108	Joachim	1431 - 1450
109	Theophan II	1450 - 1452
110	Athanasius IV	1452 - 1460
111	Jacob II	about 1460
112	Abraham	1468
113	Gregory II	1468 - 1493
114	Mark III	1503
115	Dorotheus II	OK. 1505/1506 - 1537]
116	Herman I, renounced	1537 - 1579
117	Sophronius IV	1579 - 1608
118	Theophan III	1608 - December 15, 1644
119	Paisius	March 23, 1645 - December 2, 1660
120	Nectarius , renounced	March 1660 - January 1669
121	Dosipheus II	January 23, 1669 - February 7, 1707
122	Chrysanthus	February 19, 1707 - February 18, 1731
123	Meletius	February / March 1731 - March / April 1737
124	Parthenius	March / April 1737 - October 28, 1766
125	Ephraim II	December 1766 - April 15, 1770
126	Sofroniy V	April 17, 1771 - January 4, 1775
127	Avramy	June / July 1775 - November 1, 1787
128	Procopius I , renounced	November 2, 1787 - October 24, 1788
129	Anfim	November 4, 1788 - November 22, 1808
130	Polycarp	November 22, 1808 - January 15, 1827
131	Athanasius V	January 15, 1827 - December 16, 1844
132	Cyril II , overthrown	March 28, 1845 - November 18, 1872
	Procopius , Metropolitan of Petra, Locum Tenens	December 14, 1872 - December 27, 1872
133	Procopius II	December 28, 1872 - March 10, 1875
134	Hierofei	May 19, 1875 - June 23, 1882
	the department is vacant	June 24, 1882 - August 3, 1883
135	Nicodemus	August 4, 1883 - July 30, 1890
	Nicephorus, Metropolitan of Petra, Locum Tenens	July 31, 1890 - February 27, 1891
136	Gerasim	February 27, 1891 - February 9, 1897
	Damian (Casatos) , Archbishop of Philadelphia, Locum Tenens	February 10, 1897 - July 21, 1897
137	Damian , deposed	July 22, 1897 - December 13, 1908
	Meletius, Archbishop of Tiberias, Locum Tenens	December 13, 1908 - February 10, 1909
	Damian, second time, deposed	February 16, 1909 - September 6, 1918
	Porfiry (Logofetis) , Archbishop of Sinai, Faran and Raif, Locum Tenens	September 6, 1918 - December 23, 1918
	Damian, the third time	January 5, 1919 - August 14, 1931
	Keladion , Metropolitan of Ptolemaida, Locum Tenens	August 15, 1931 - October 1, 1934
	Meletius, Archbishop of Madav, Locum Tenens	October 1, 1934 - July 22, 1935
138	Timothy	July 22, 1935 - December 31, 1955
	Athenagoras , Archbishop of Sivastia, Locum Tenens	January 1, 1956 - January 29, 1957
139	Benedict	January 29, 1957 - December 10, 1980
	Herman , Metropolitan of Petra, Locum Tenens	December 11, 1980 - February 16, 1981
140	Diodorus	February 16, 1981 - December 19, 2000
	Cornelius (Rodusakis) , Elder Metropolitan of Petra, Locum Tenens	December 20, 2000 - August 13, 2001
141	Irenaeus (deposed)	August 13, 2001 - May 6, 2005
	Cornelius (Rodusakis), Elder Metropolitan of Petra, Locum Tenens	May 30, 2005 - August 22, 2005
142	Theophilus III	since august 22, 2005