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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, bold/light green = Oriental Orthodoxy, italic blue = Nestorianism

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)
Patriarch of Antioch (1st cent.)	Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch (since 518) Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia (since 1058) Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch (since 519) Maronite Patriarchate (since 685) Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch (since 1668) Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch (since 1724) Latin Patriarchate of Antioch (1099–1964)
Patriarch of Alexandria (1st cent.)	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)
Patriarch of Jerusalem (451)	Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem (since 451) Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem (since 638) Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem (since 1099)

Other

Patriarch of Carthage (2nd cent.–1076)	Latin Catholic titular episcopate (1518–1964) Archbishop of Tunis (since 1884)
Patriarch of Seleucia-Ctesiphon (280–1552)	Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Baghdad (since 1553) 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) Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem (since 638) Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople (since 1461) Patriarchate of Cilicia (since 1742)

Middle Ages
(476–1517)

Patriarchate of Aquileia (568–1751)
Patriarchate of Grado (725–1451)
Patriarchate of Bulgaria (since 919)
Patriarchate of Georgia (since 1010)
Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate of Peć (since 1346)
Patriarchate of Venice (since 1451)

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)
Patriarchate of Moscow (since 1589)
Patriarchate of Lisbon (since 1716)

Late Modern era
(since 1789)

Patriarchate of Romania (since 1925)
Ethiopian Orthodox Patriarchate of Ethiopia (since 1959)
Patriarchate of Kyiv (1992–2018; since 2019)
Eritrean Orthodox Patriarchate of Eritrea (since 1994)

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