List of Syriac Orthodox patriarchs of Antioch

The Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East is the head of the Syriac Orthodox Church. The Patriarchate of Antioch was established by Saint Peter in the 1st century AD, but split into two separate lines of patriarchs after the deposition of Patriarch Severus of Antioch in 518 over the issue of the Council of Chalcedon of 451. The non-Chalcedonian supporters of Severus went on to form what is now known as the Syriac Orthodox Church, whilst the Chalcedonians developed the church now known as the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch.
The Syriac Orthodox Church underwent schism in the medieval era, first, after the death of Patriarch Philoxenus I Nemrud in 1292 with the formation of separate patriarchates of Mardin and Melitene, and again in 1364 due to the emergence of a patriarchate of Tur Abdin. Unity was restored to the church gradually as the patriarchate at Melitene came to an end in c. 1360, and the patriarchate of Mardin lapsed after its patriarch Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo was acknowledged as Patriarch of Antioch in 1445. A line of patriarchs in communion with the Roman Catholic Church split permanently in 1783, and thus formed the Syriac Catholic Church.
The following is a list of all the incumbents of the office of Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
List of patriarchs.
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.
Syriac 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 c. 1360, and the patriarch of Mardin Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo was acknowledged as the patriarch of Antioch in 1445, thus ending the schism.
Patriarchate of Antioch<br>
Patriarchate of Mardin<br>
Patriarchate of Melitene<br>
Patriarchate of Tur Abdin (1364–1840)
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