The Record of Apostolic Succession from Saint Andrew the Apostle
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1. St. Andrew the First Called Apostle, founder of Byzantium A.D. 38
2. St. Stachys the Apostle of the Seventy, Bishop of Byzantium 38-54
3. St. Onesimos the Apostle, Bishop of Byzantium 54-68
4. Polykarpos, Bishop of Byzantium 69-89
5. Ploutarchos, Bishop of Byzantium 89-105
6. Sedekion, Bishop of Byzantium 105-114
7. Diogenes, Bishop of Byzantium 114-129
8. Eleftherios, Bishop of Byzantium 129-136
9. Felix, Bishop of Byzantium 136-141
10. Polykarpos II, Bishop of Byzantium 141-144
11. Athenodoros, Bishop of Byzantium 144-148
12. Euzoios, Bishop of Byzantium 148-154
13. Laurentios, Bishop of Byzantium 154-166
14. Alypios, Bishop of Byzantium 166-169
15. Pertinax, Bishop of Byzantium 169-187
16. Olympianos, Bishop of Byzantium 187-198
17. Markos I, Bishop of Byzantium 198-211
18. Philadelphos, Bishop of Byzantium 211-214
19. Kyriakos I, Bishop of Byzantium 214-230
20. Kastinos, Bishop of Byzantium 230-237
21. Eugenios I, Bishop of Byzantium 237-242
22. Titos, Bishop of Byzantium 242-272
23. Dometios, Bishop of Byzantium 272-303
24. Roufinos, Bishop of Byzantium 303
25. Provos, Bishop of Byzantium 303-315
26. St Metrophanes I, Bishop of Byzantium 315-325
27. St. Alexandros, Bishop of Byzantium 325-340
*During the reign of St Alexandros, the city was renamed Constantinople, and the See was elevated to an Archbishopric*
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28. Paulos I the Confessor, Archbishop of Constantinople 340-41, 342-34, 348-50
29. Eusebios of Nicodemia, Archbishop of Constantinople 341-342
30. Makedonios I, Archbishop of Constantinople 344-348, 350-360
31. Eudoxios, Archbishop of Constantinople 360-369
32. Demophilos, Archbishop of Constantinople 369-379
33. Evagrios, Archbishop of Constantinople 379
34. Maximos I, Archbishop of Constantinople 38
35. St. Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople 379-381
36. Nectarios, Archbishop of Constantinople 381-397
37. St. John I, the Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople 398-404
38. Arsakios, Archbishop of Constantinople 404-405
39. Attikos, Archbishop of Constantinople 406-425
40. Sisinios I, Archbishop of Constantinople 425-427
41. St. Nestorius, Archbishop of Constantinople 428-431
42. Maximianos, Archbishop of Constantinople 431-434
43. St. Proklos, Archbishop of Constantinople 434-447
44. St Flavianos, Archbishop of Constantinople 447-449
45. St. Anatolios, Archbishop of Constantinople 449-458
*During the reign of St Anatolios, the See was elevated to a Patriarchate at the Council of Chalcedon*
46. Gennadios I, Patriarch of Constantinople 458-471
47. Akakios, Patriarch of Constantinople 471-489
48. Favritas, Patriarch of Constantinople 489-490
49. Euphemios, Patriarch of Constantinople 490-496
50. Makedonios II, Patriarch of Constantinople 496-511
51. Timotheos I, Patriarch of Constantinople 511-518
52. John II – the Cappadocian, Patriarch of Constantinople 518-520
53. Epiphanios, Patriarch of Constantinople 520-535
54. Anthimos, Patriarch of Constantinople 535-536
55. Menas, Patriarch of Constantinople 536-552
56. Eutychios I, Patriarch of Constantinople 552-565, 577-582
57. John III, Patriarch of Constantinople 566-577
58. Eutychios II, Patriarch of Constantinople 577-582
59. John IV, Patriarch of Constantinople 582-595
60. Kyriakos II, Patriarch of Constantinople 595-607
61. Thomas I, Patriarch of Constantinople 607-610
62. Serios I, Patriarch of Constantinople 610-638
63. Pyrros, Patriarch of Constantinople 638-641, 652-654
64. Paulos II, Patriarch of Constantinople 641-652
65. Pyrros II (same person as Pyrros I above)
66. Petros, Patriarch of Constantinople 652-664
67. Thomas II, Patriarch of Constantinople 665-668
68. John V, Patriarch of Constantinople 668-674
69. Constantine I, Patriarch of Constantinople 674-676
70. Theodoros I, Patriarch of Constantinople 676-678, 683-686
71. Georgios I, Patriarch of Constantinople 678-683
72. Paulos III, Patriarch of Constantinople 686-693
73. Kallinikos I, Patriarch of Constantinople 693-705
74. Kyros, Patriarch of Constantinople 705-711
75. John VI, Patriarch of Constantinople 711-715
76. St. Germanos I the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople 715-730
77. Anastasios, Patriarch of Constantinople 730-751
78. Constantine II, Patriarch of Constantinople 754-766
79. Niketas the Slav, Patriarch of Constantinople 766-780
80. Paulos IV, Patriarch of Constantinople 780-784
81. St. Tarasios, Patriarch of Constantinople 784-806
82. Nikephoros I, Patriarch of Constantinople 806-815
83. Theodotos Melissenos, Patriarch of Constantinople 815-821
84. Antonios I, Kasymatas, Patriarch of Constantinople 821-826
85. John VIII the Grammatikos, Patriarch of Constantinople 826-842
86. Methodios I the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople 842-846
87. Prince Ignatios I, Patriarch of Constantinople 846-857, 867-878
88. St. Photios the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople 857-867, 878-886
89. Prince Stephanos I, Patriarch of Constantinople 886-893
90. Antonios II, kavleas, Patriarch of Constantinople 893-895
91. Nikolaos I, the Mystic, Patriarch of Constantinople 895-906, 911-925
92. Euthymios I, Patriarch of Constantinople 906-911
93. Stephanos II, Patriarch of Constantinople 925-928
94. Tryphon, Patriarch of Constantinople 928-931
95. Theophylactos, Lakapenos, Patriarch of Constantinople 923-956
96. Polyeuctos, Patriarch of Constantinople 956-970
97. Vasilios I, Skamandrenos, Patriarch of Constantinople 970-974
98. Antonios III, Skandalios, Patriarch of Constantinople 974-980
99. Nikolaos II, Chrysoverges, Patriarch of Constantinople 984-996, who in 989 AD consecrated,
100. St. Michael the Syrian, Metropolitans of Kiev and all Rus' 989-996
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*During the reign of St. Michael the Syrian, the Metropolitan See of Kiev was established by the Patriarchate of Constantinople*
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101. Leontius, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 998
102. John, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1015
103. Theopemtus, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1037
104. Hilarion, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1051
105. George, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1072
106. John II, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1080
107. John III, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1089
108. Ephraim, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1096
109. Nicholas, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1098
110. Nicephorus, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1108
111. Nicetas, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1124
112. Michael II, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1127
113. Clement, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1197
114. Constantine, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1136
115. Theodore, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1160
116. John IV, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1164
117. Constantine II, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1167
118. Nicephorus II, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1185
119. Matthew, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1201
120. Kyrill I, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1205
121. Joseph, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1240
122. Kyrill II, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1250
123. Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1283
124. St. Peter, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1308
125. Theognostes, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1328
126. Alexis, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1353
127. Cyprian, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1380
128. Photius, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1410
129. Isidore, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' 1432
130. St. Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' 1448
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*During the reign of St. Jonah, the Russian Orthodox Church gains full autocephaly, dropping title of “Kiev” and becoming the Metropolitan See of Moscow and All Rus, separating from the Patriarchate of Constantinople*
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131. Theodosius, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' 1462
132. Philip I, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' 1467
133. Gerontius, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' 1472
134. Zosimus, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' 1491
135. Simon, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' 1496
136. Barlaam, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' 1511
137. Daniel, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' 1522
138. Joasaph, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' 1539
139. Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' 1542
140. Athanasius, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' 1654
141. Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' 1565
142. Cyrill III, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' 1568
143. Anthony, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' 1572
144. Dionysius, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' 1582
145. St. Job, Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' 1589
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*During the reign of St. Job, the Metropolitan See was elevated to a Patriarchate *
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146. St. Hermogenes, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' 1606
147. St. Philaret, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' 1620
148. Joasaph I, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' 1631
149. Joseph, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' 1642
150. Nikon, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' 1653
151. Joasaph II, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' 1667
152. Pitirim, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' 1672
153. Joachim, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' 1673
154. Adrian, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' 1690
155. Mar Stephen of Rostov, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' 1701
156. The Most Holy Synod led by Metropolitans and Archbishops 1721-1918
157. St. Nikon, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', The Most Holy Synod
158. Marcarious (Makarij) Meveskij, Patriarch of All Russia (1884-1917), assisted by Bishop Innocentus II of St. Petersberg, consecrated Metropolitan Evdokim as Metropolitan, who on May 11, 1927 Consecrated,
159. Bishop Afitimos Ofiesh, elected by Patriarch Tycon and the Holy Synod of Moscow, as Bishop of Brooklyn, New York; Bishop Ofiesh was later elevated by Metropolitan Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York to the rank of Archbishop.
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Archbishop Aftimios Ofiesh, Exarch and Primate of the American Orthodox Catholic Church (assisted by Metropolitan Elias of Tyre and Sidon of the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, and Bishop Emmanuel Abo-Hatab [Rizkallah Abouhatab] of the Syrian Orthodox mission of the Russian North American Diocese)
Consecrated on May 26, 1928
160. Bishop Sophoronios Bishara as Bishop of Los Angeles, who (being assisted by Metropolitan Theophan (Noli), head of the Albanian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in exile in the USA)
Consecrated on February 10, 1934
161. Bishop Christopher Contrageroge as Bishop of Philadelphia. Bishop Christopher was later was named Metropolitan of Pentapolis and the Exarch in America of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria
Metropolitan Christopher Contrageroge, Metropolitan of Pentapolis and the Exarch in America of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria
consecrated on November 3, 1935
162. Archbishop Arsenios Saltas as Archbishop and Exarch in the United States and Canada for the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, who
Consecrated in 1935
163. Bishop Joseph Klimovicz who would be later elevated to Archbishop and Patriarch of the Orthodox Catholic Patriarchate of America, who
Consecrated on October 15, 1950
164. Metropolitan Peter Andrew Zurawetsky as Metropolitan Bishop for the Orthodox Church of America, who
Consecrated on July 1, 1961
165. Bishop Robert Schuyler Zeiger. Bishop Zeiger would become Archbishop and Primate of the Byzantine Catholic Church, who
Consecrated on June 21, 1964
166. Archbishop Christopher Maria Carl John Stanley, who
Consecrated on January 10, 1965
167. Leo Christopher Skelton Miller, who would be elected Patriarch Mar Markus I of the Byzantine Catholic Church, who
Consecrated on September 30, 1984
168. Metropolitan Archbishop William Francis Patrick Malloy, Jr. M.Div PhD, who at the decree of Patriarch Heyward "Paul" Bruce Ewart III of the Holy Catholic Church International
Consecrated on June 10, 2012
169. Archbishop Charles Hill Sr, PhD, DD ,
Archbishop in The Holy Catholic Church International and Presiding Prelate of Ambassadors for Christ Ministries of America who with co-consecrators Metropolitan-Archbishop Frank Bobo, IV and Archbishop Arthur Smith,
consecrated on June 20, 2014
170. Apostle Trevor 'Elihu' Greene
as Metropolitan-Archbishop of New York and All-USA. He would later be unanimously elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Port of Spain, Patriarch and Primate of Trinidad & Tobago and All The Caribbean
Metropolitan Christopher Contrageroge, Metropolitan of Pentapolis and the Exarch in America of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria consecrated on November 3, 1935
162. Archbishop Nicholas Kedroffsky as Archbishop of North America and the Aleutian Islands, who
Consecrated on June 2, 1951
163. Metropolitan Archbishop Joakin Souris, who
Consecrated on October 3, 1914
Consecrated on July 31, 1966
165. Bishop John A. Christian (Nee Chiasson), who
Consecrated on April 27, 1974
166. Archbishop Richard Morrill (Archbishop Mar Apriam I), who
Co-consecrated on September 30, 1984
167. Metropolitan Archbishop William Francis Patrick Malloy, Jr. MDiv PhD, who at the decree of Patriarch Heyward "Paul" Bruce Ewart III of the Holy Catholic Church International
Consecrated on June 10, 2012
168. Archbishop Charles Hill Sr, PhD, DD as Archbishop in The Holy Catholic Church International and Presiding Prelate of Ambassadors for Christ Ministries of America who with co-consecrators Metropolitan-Archbishop Frank Bobo, IV and Archbishop Arthur Smith
consecrated on June 20, 2014
169. Apostle Trevor 'Elihu' Greene as
Metropolitan-Archbishop of New York and All-USA. He would later be unanimously elected Metropolitan Archbishop of Port of Spain, Patriarch and Primate of Trinidad & Tobago and All The Caribbean