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1 St. Peter the Apostle 37-67 2 St. Evodius 67-68 3 St. Ignatios I Nurono (the Illuminator) 68-107 4 St. Heron 107-127 5 St. Korneilos 127-154 6 St. Heros 154-169 7 St. Theophilos 169-182 8 St. Maximos I 182-191 9 St. Seraphion 191-211 10 St. Ascelpiadis the Confessor 211-220 11 Philitus 220-231 12 Zbina 231-237 13 St. Babulas the Martyr 237-251 14 Fabius 254-551 15 S. Demetrianos 254-260 16 Paul I of Samosate 260-268 17 Domnus I 268-273 18 Timos 273-282 19 Cyrille I 283-303 20 Tyrannos 304-314 21 Vitalis 314-320 22 St. Philogone 320-323 23 Paulinos of Tyre 323-324 24 Ostatheous 324-337 The Arians took control of the See of Antioch and appointed the following Patriarchs   Eulalius 331-333   Euphornius 333-334   Philaclus 334-342   Stephanos 342-344   Leonce 344-357   Eudoxyos 358-359   Euzoios 360 25 Malatius 360-381 26 St. Flavin I 381-404 27 Porphyros 404-412 28 Alexander 412-417 29 Theodotos 417-428 30 John I 428-442 31 Domnus II 442-499 32 Maximos II 449-455   Maximos abdicated and the Chalcedonians seized control over the See of Antioch and appointed the following Patriarchs:   Basil 456-458   Aqaq 458-459 33 Martoros 459-468 34 Peter II the Fuller (Qassar 468-488 35 Bladius 488-498 36 Flavin II 498-512 37 St. Severius the Great 512-538 The Chalcedonians took control of the See of Antioch in 518 and sent Mor Severius to exile and appointed the following Patriarchs whose line continues in the Byzantine (Rum/Antiochene Orthodox) Patriarchate   Paul the Jew 518-521   Euphrosius 521-528   Ephrem of Amid 528-546 Six years after the death of Mor Severius, Sargius of Tella became the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch. 38 Sargius of Tella 544-546 During this turbulent time, the Holy See remained vacant for 4 years. 39 Paul II the Black of Alexandria 550-575 He was deposed in 575 for joining the Chalcedonians. The Holy See remained vacant for the next few years. 40 Peter III of Raqqa 581-591 41 Julian I 595-591 42 Athanasius I Gammolo 595-631 43 John II of the Sedre 631-648 44 Theodore 649-667 45 Severius II bar Masqeh 667-681 46 Athanasius II 683-686 47 Julian II 686-708 48 Elias I 709-723 49 Athanasius III 724-740 50 Iwanis I 740-754 After the death of Iwanis, two Patriarchs were appointed at the behest of the Caliph: 51 George I 758-790 52 Joseph 790-792 53 Quryaqos of Takrit 793-817 54 Dionysius I of Tellmahreh 817-845 55 John III 846-873 56 Ignatius II 878-883 57 Theodosius Romanos of Takrit 887-896 58 Dionysius II 897-909 59 John IV Qurzahli 910-922 60 Baselius I 923-935 61 John V 936-953 62 Iwanis II 954-957 63 Dionysius III 958-961 64 Abraham I 962-963 65 John VI Sarigta 965-985 66 Athanasius IV of Salah 986-1002 67 John VII bar `Abdun 1004-1033 68 Dionysius IV Yahya 1034-1044 Due to internal conflicts within the Church, the Holy See was vacant for the next few years. 69 John VIII 1049-1057 70 Athanasius V 1058 -1063 71 John IX bar Shushan 1063-1073 72 Baselius II 1074-1075 After the death of Baselius, John Abdun got himself appointed Patriarch and caused trouble in the Church. He was deposed but continued causing trouble until 1091 73 Dionysius V Lazaros 1077-1078 74 Iwanis III 1080-1082 75 Dionysius VI 1088-1090 76 Athanasius VI bar Khamoro 1091-1129 77 John X bar Mawdyono 1129-1137 78 Athanasius VII bar Qutreh 1138-1166 79 Michael I the Great 1166-1199 80 Athanasius VIII 1200-1207 81 John XI 1208-1220 82 Ignatius III David 1222-1252 83 John XII bar Ma`dani 1252-1263 84 Ignatius IV Yeshu 1264-1282 85 Philoxenos I Nemrud 1283-1292 86 Michael II 1292-1312 87 Michael III Yeshu 1312-1349 88 Baselius III Gabriel 1349-1387 89 Philoxenos II the Writer 1387-1421 90 Baselius IV Shem`un 1421-1444 91 Ignatius Behnam al-Hadli 1445-1454 92 Ignatius Khalaf 1455-1483 93 Ignatius John XIII 1483-1493 94 Ignatius Nuh of Lebanon 1493-1509 95 Ignatius Yeshu I 1509-1512 96 Ignatius Jacob I 1512-1517 97 Ignatius David I 1517-1520 98 Ignatius Abd-Allah I 1520-1557 99 Ignatius Ne`met Allah I 1557-1576 100 Ignatius David II Shah 1576-1591 101 Ignatius Pilate I 1591-1597 102 Ignatius Hadayat Allah 1597-1639 103 Ignatius Simon I 1640-1659 104 Ignatius Yeshu II Qamsheh 1659-1662 105 Ignatius Abdul Masih I 1662-1686 106 Ignatius George II 1687-1708 107 Ignatius Isaac Azar 1709-1722 108 Ignatius Shukr Allah II 1722-1745 109 Ignatius George III 1745-1768 110 Ignatius George IV 1768-1781 111 Ignatius Matthew 1782-1817 112 Ignatius Yunan 1817-1818 113 Ignatius George V 1819-1837 114 Ignatius Elias II 1838-1847 115 Ignatius Jacob II 1847-1871 116 Ignatius Peter IV 1872-1894 117 Ignatius Abdul Masih II 1895-1905 Abdul Masih was deposed in 1905. 118 Ignatius Abd Allah II 1906-1915 119 Ignatius Elias III 1917-1932 120 Ignatius Afram I Barsoum 1933-1957 121 Ignatius Jacob III 1957-1980 122 Ignatius Zakka I Iwas 1980-2014  123  Ignatius Aprem II  2014 -