List of current patriarchs

See also: List of religious leaders in 2009 § Christianity, and List of current Christian leaders

This is a list of current Christian Popes and Patriarchs, including also others whose titles (as Major Archbishop or Catholicos, for example) are equivalent to the Patriarchal dignity.

Pope, Patriarchs, and Major Archbishops in the Catholic Church

See	Bishop	Election
Rome	Pope Francis	2013
Alexandria of the Copts	Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak	2013
Antioch, Alexandria & Jerusalem of the Greek Melkites	Patriarch Gregory III Laham	2000
Antioch of the Syrians	Patriarch Mar Ignatius Joseph III Yonan	2009
Antioch of the Maronites	Patriarch Bechara Boutros Cardinal al-Rahi	2011
Babylon of the Chaldeans	Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako	2013
Cilicia of the Armenians	Patriarch Krikor Bedros XX Gabroyan	2015
Kiev-Galicia	Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk	2011
Ernakulam-Angamaly	Major Archbishop George Cardinal Alencherry	2011
Trivandrum	Major Archbishop Moran Mor Baselios Cardinal Cleemis Catholicos	2007
Făgăraş and Alba Iulia	Major Archbishop Lucian Cardinal Mureșan	2005

In 2006, Benedict XVI renounced the title of "Patriarch of the West" (Patriarcha Occidentis).

Titular

The following patriarchs in the Latin Church are titular – that is, they have the title of patriarch for various historical reasons, but are not to be considered the same as the patriarchs and major archbishops who are heads of Churches sui iuris. These titular patriarchs are bishops of metropolitan archdioceses (except for Jerusalem) without other jurisdiction.

See	Bishop	Election
Jerusalem	Patriarch Fouad Twal	2008
Venice	Patriarch Francesco Moraglia	2012
West Indies	Vacant since 1963
Lisbon	Patriarch Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente	2013
East Indies	Patriarch Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão	2004

Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East

See	Bishop	Election
Assyrian Church of the East	Catholicos-Patriarch Mar Gewargis III	2015

Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East

See	Bishop	Election
Ancient Church of the East	Mar Addai II	1970

Patriarchs in the Eastern Orthodox Church

See	Bishop	Election
Constantinople (New Rome)	Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I	1991
Alexandria	Pope & Patriarch Theodoros II	2004
Antioch	Patriarch John X (Yazigi)	2012
Jerusalem	Patriarch Theophilus III	2005
Moscow	Patriarch Kirill I	2009
Georgia	Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II	1977
Serbia	Patriarch Irinej	2010
Romania	Patriarch Daniel	2007
Bulgaria	Patriarch Neofit	2013

Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kiev Patriarchate

See	Bishop	Election
Kiev	Patriarch Filaret	1995

Patriarch of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church – Canonical

See	Bishop	Election
Kiev	Patriarch Moses	2005

Patriarch of the Russian Old-Orthodox Church

See	Bishop	Election
Moscow	Patriarch Alexander	2002

Pope, Patriarchs, and Catholicoses in the Oriental Orthodox Church

See	Bishop	Election
Alexandria	Pope & Patriarch Theodoros II	2012
Antioch	Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II	2014
Armenia	Catholicos Karekin II	1999
Ethiopia	Patriarch Catholicos Mathias	2013
East	Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II	2010
Jerusalem	(Titular) Patriarch Nourhan	2013
Cilicia	(Titular) Catholicos Aram I	1995
Constantinople	(Titular) Patriarch Mesrob II	1998
Eritrea	Patriarch Antonios	2004
India	(Titular) Catholicos Baselios Thomas I	2002

Note: the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and the Catholicos of India, head of the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church in India (Autonomous "part of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch") are not in communion with the Catholicos of the East and the Malankara Metropolitan of the Indian Orthodox Church (Autocephalous "Independent"); likewise, the Catholicos of the East, the head of the Indian Orthodox Church is not in communion with the Catholicos of India, head of the Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church in India; all the others are in full communion with each other.

Patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church

See	Bishop	Election
Prague	Patriarch Tomáš Butta	2006

Patriarch of the Apostolic Catholic Church (Philippines)

See	Bishop	Election
Apostolic Catholic Church	Patriarch John Florentine L. Teruel, OMJF	1992

See also

• Patriarchs
• List of Primates in the Anglican Communion

External links

• Lucian Mureșan became Archbishop of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia in 1994, but only became Major Archbishop in 2005. Lucian Cardinal Mureșan
• http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/general-docs/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_20060322_patriarca-occidente_fr.html | Communiqué concernant la suppression du titre «Patriarche d’Occident» dans l’Annuaire pontifical 2006