Template:Patriarchates in Christianity

Patriarchates in Christianity

Traditional ecclesiastical jurisdictions of primates in Christianity, sorted according to earliest apostolic legacy and branched where multiple denominational claimants:
bold blue = Catholic Church, light blue = Eastern Orthodox Church (* unrecognized), bold/light green = Oriental Orthodoxy, italic blue = Nestorianism, bold italic blue = pre-schism

Early
Christianity
(Antiquity)
(30–325/476)

Pentarchy
(five
apostolic
sees)

Patriarch of Rome (1st cent.)	Holy See (since 1st cent.)
Patriarch of Constantinople (451)	Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (since 330) Latin Patriarchate of Constantinople (1204–1964) Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople (since 1461) Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate (since 1924*)
Patriarch of Antioch (1st cent.)	Patriarchate of Antioch (1st cent.–518) Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch (since 518) Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch (since 519) Maronite Patriarchate (since 685) Latin Patriarchate of Antioch (1099–1964) Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch (since 1668) Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch (since 1724)
Patriarch of Alexandria (1st cent.)	Patriarchate of Alexandria (1st cent.–451) Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria (since 451) Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria (since 451) Latin Patriarchate of Alexandria (1219–1964) Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria (since 1824) Melkite Catholic Titular Patriarchate of Alexandria (since 1838)
Patriarch of Jerusalem (451)	Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem (since 451) Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem (since 638) Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem (since 1099) Melkite Catholic Titular Patriarchate of Jerusalem (since 18938)

Other

Patriarch of Carthage (2nd cent.)	Patriarch of Carthage (2nd cent.–1076)
Patriarch of Seleucia-Ctesiphon (280)	Patriarch of Seleucia-Ctesiphon (280–1552) Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Baghdad (since 1553) Patriarchs of the Church of the East (Eliya line) (1558–1830) Patriarchs of the Church of the East (Shimun line) (1692–1830) Assyrian Church of the East Patriarchate of Seleucia-Ctesiphon (since 1830) Ancient Church of the East Patriarchate of Seleucia-Ctesiphon (since 1968)
Patriarch of Armenia (301)	Catholicos of All Armenians (Patriarch of Etchmiadzin) (since 301) Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia (since 1058) Patriarchate of Cilicia (since 1740)

Middle Ages
(476–1517)

Patriarchate of Aquileia (568–1751)
Patriarchate of Grado (725–1451)
Patriarchate of Bulgaria (919*/927–1018)
Patriarchate of Georgia (1010–1811)
Patriarchate of Cyprus (1185*–1191)
Primate of Bulgaria (1204–1235)
Tarnovo Patriarchate of Bulgaria (1235–1394)
Serbian Patriarchate of Peć (1346*/1375–1463)
Patriarchate of Tur Abdin (1364–1844)
Patriarchate of Venice (since 1451)
Catholicate of Abkhazia (15.*/16. century–1814)

Early Modern era
(1517–1789)

Patriarchate of the West Indies (since 1524)
Latin Patriarchate of Ethiopia (1555–1663)
Patriarchate of the East Indies (since 1572)
Serbian Patriarchate of Peć (1557–1766)
Patriarchate of Moscow (since 1589)
Patriarchate of Lisbon (since 1716)

Late Modern era
(since 1789)

Serbian Patriarchate of Karlovci (1848–1920)
Catholicosate of the East and Malankara Metropolitans (since 1912)
Patriarchate of Georgia (since 1917*/1990)
Serbian Patriarchate (since 1920)
Patriarchate of Romania (since 1925)
Patriarchate of Bulgaria (since 1953)
Patriarchate of Ethiopia (since 1959)
Catholisate of India (since 1964)
Patriarchate of Kyiv (1992*–2018)
Patriarchate of Eritrea (since 1994)
Patriarchate of Kyiv (since 2019*)