Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East

For Patriarchs before 1724, see List of Greek Patriarchs of Antioch before 1724.

This is a list of Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch. The present complete title is Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. This Church was formed when a portion of the Orthodox Church of Antioch went back into visible communion with Rome in 1724, becoming an Eastern Catholic Church, while the rest of the ancient Patriarchate continues in full communion with the rest of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

The Melkite Catholic Church is a continuation of the original See of Antioch that traces its existence all the way back to St. Peter according to the Canons of both the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches. This claim is accepted by the Vatican and is not disputed by the Maronite Catholic Church nor the Syriac Catholic Church (the legal continuation of what was the Syrian Orthodox Church, the current Syriac Orthodox Church being a later counter creation) which both also have Patriarchs of Antioch.

Titular Patriarchates of Alexandria and of Jerusalem

In continuation of the earlier Melkite patriarchates of those ancient sees, two titular patriarchates exist, which are however simply titles, vested in the residential Patriarch of Antioch, which also have Catholic residential counterparts :

• Melkite Catholic Titular Patriarch of Alexandria
• Melkite Catholic Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem

Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch

• Cyril VI Tanas (1724–1760)
• Maximos II Hakim (1760–1761)
• Theodosius V Dahan (1761–1788)
• Athanasius IV Jawhar (1788–1794)
• Cyril VII Siaj (1794–1796)
• Agapius II Matar (1796–1812)
• Ignatius IV Sarrouf (1812)
• Athanasius V Matar (1813)
• Macarius IV Tawil (1813–1815)
• Ignatius V Qattan (1816–1833)
• Maximos III Mazloum (1833–1855)
• Clement Bahouth (1856–1864)
• Gregory II Youssef-Sayur (1864–1897)
• Peter IV Jaraijiry (1898–1902)
• Cyril VIII Geha (1902–1916)
  • vacant (1916–1919)
• Demetrius I Qadi (March 29, 1919 – October 25, 1925)
• Cyril IX Moghabghab (December 8, 1925 – September 8, 1947)
• Maximos IV Sayegh (October 30, 1947 – November 5, 1967)
• Maximos V Hakim (November 22, 1967 – November 22, 2000)

Apostolic Administrator

• Jean Assaad Haddad (June 6, 2000 - November 29, 2000)

Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch

• Gregory III Laham (November 29, 2000 – present)

Gallery

• Cyril VIII Geha.jpg

  Cyril VIII Geha

• Peter IV Geraigiry.jpg

  Peter IV Geraigiry

• Ben Gurion - George Hakim 1960.jpg

  Ben Gurion - George Hakim 1960

• Gregorio.III.laham.JPG

  Gregorio.III.laham

• Gregory II Youssef.jpg

  Gregory II Youssef

See also

• Latin Patriarch of Antioch
• List of Popes

External links

• List of the Melkite Patriarchs of Antioch from Melkite Church official website
• Greek-Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch by GCatholic.org.
• Catholic Hierarchy entry
• History of Melkite Church including Cannons regarding Reunion with Rome and the legal continuation of the See of Antioch.
• Legal circumstances of union with Rome.