Oriental Orthodox Churches List of current Christian leaders




1 oriental orthodox churches

1.1 pope of alexandria
1.2 patriarch of antioch
1.3 catholicos of armenia
1.4 catholicos of east
1.5 patriarch of ethiopia
1.6 patriarch of eritrea
1.7 churches not in full communion





oriental orthodox churches
pope of alexandria

tawadros ii, coptic orthodox pope of alexandria.


pope tawadros ii of alexandria 118th pope of coptic orthodox church of alexandria. holds title patriarch of africa on holy apostolic see of saint mark evangelist , spiritual leader of more 16 million copts.


patriarch of antioch

ignatius aphrem ii karim 123rd reigning syriac orthodox patriarch of antioch , east, presides on entire syriac orthodox church. enthroned @ st. ephrem s monastery, maarat saidnaya, on 29 may 2014 in ceremony overseen baselios thomas i, succeeding ignatius zakka iwas.


abune paulos, of 2006 1 of 7 serving presidents of world council of churches.


catholicos of armenia

karekin ii 132nd catholicos of armenian apostolic church. elected catholicos of armenians @ mother see of holy etchmiadzin in 1999, succeeding karekin i.


catholicos of east

baselios mar thoma paulose ii 91st catholicos of east in lineage of apostle thomas in indian orthodox church; 8th catholicos after reinstatement in india , 20th malankara metropolitan. baselios mar thoma paulose ii seated in apostolic throne of st. thomas catholicos of east.


patriarch of ethiopia

abune paulos, former patriarch of ethiopia


as patriarch of ethiopian orthodox tewahedo church, abune mathias leader of 40 million christians.


the church of ethiopia largest church in africa, largest of oriental orthodox churches, second largest eastern church (after church of russia), , third largest autocephalous church in world. patriarch of church archbishop of axum, presides on see of tekle haymanot.


patriarch of eritrea

abune dioskoros 4th patriarch of eritrean orthodox tewahedo church, though legitimacy of assumption of office has been questioned due predecessor abune antonios being removed office, largely seen non-canonical, criticizing civil government.


the church of eritrea recognized autocephalous church then-pope shenouda iii of coptic orthodox church after eritrea gained independence ethiopia in 1993. means of movement criticized ethiopian orthodox tewahedo church, though separation has been accepted.


churches not in full communion

h.g. rt. rev. dr. joseph mar thoma xxi 21st metropolitan of universal malankara mar thoma syrian church , 21st successor of st. thomas apostle.


hasyo mar baselios cyril 1 metropolitan metropolitan of malabar independent syrian church , 14th successor of mor koorilos abraham.








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