This is a list of the Maronite patriarchs of Antioch and all the East, the

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of the Maronite Church, one of the

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. Starting with Paul Peter Massad in 1854, after becoming

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of the

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, they assume the name "Peter" (Boutros in Arabic, بطرس ), after the traditional first Bishop of Antioch,

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, who was also the head of the

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. The official title that the Maronite Patriarch assumes is "Patriarch of Antioch and All the East". To this date 15 patriarchs have been

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by the Catholic Church, with an extra two being

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but not yet canonized. For the Patriarchs of Antioch before John Maron, see List of Patriarchs of Antioch.

List of Patriarchs of Antioch and all the Levant of the Maronite Church

A famous list of Maronite Patriarchs of Antioch was written and published by Giuseppe Simone Assemani,J.S.Assemani ''Serie chronologica Patriarchorum Antionchiae'', edited and integrated by Joanne Darauni, Rome 1881 and

Simon Awad Simon VII Awad (or Sim'an Awwad, ''Auwad'', ''Aouad'', ar, سمعان السابع عوّاد, la, Simeon Evodius, born in 1683 in Hasroun, Lebanon – died on February 12, 1756, in El Midane, Lebanon), was the 61st Maronite Patriarch of Antioc ...

, which follows the ''Series of Maronite Patriachs'' written by Patriarch Estephan El Douaihy in the 17th century, but it is incomplete for the first centuries. Besides the Assemani's list, another more detailed list was written in Bejjeh in 1766 by Georges Saad. In the list here below the names shifted on the right are not included in the incomplete Assemani's list and derive from the Bejjeh list.

Patriarchs of Antioch before the Maronite-Greek schism, 1st century–686

Patriarchs during the Marada states, 686–1099

Patriarchs during the Crusades 1099–1305

Patriarchs during the Mamluk rule, 1305–1516

Patriarchs during the Ottomans, 1516–1918

Patriarch during modern Lebanon, 1918–present

Gallery

File:Maronite Patriarchs.jpg, Maronite Patriarchs File:Estephane-Douaihi.jpg, Estephanus II El Douaihy (1670–1704) File:Joseph Istiphan.jpg, Youssef VI Estephan (1766–1793) File:Patriarch Fadel.jpg, Mikhail II Fadel (1793–1795) File:Joesehp tyan.jpg, Youssef VII Tyan (1796–1809) File:Youhanna el helou.jpg, Youhanna XI Helou (1809–1823) File:Joseph Hobaish.jpg, Youssef VIII Hobaish (1823–1845) File:Youssef el khazen.jpg, Youssef IX El Khazen (1845–1854) File:Patriarche Massad.jpg, Boulos I Massad (1854–1890) File:John Peter El Hajj.jpg, Youhanna XII El Hajj (1890–1898) File:Elias Peter Hoayek 1919.jpg, Elias Peter Hoayek (1898–1931) File:Antoine arida.jpg, Anthony Peter Arida (1931–1955) File:Paul Pierre Méouchi.jpg, Paul IV Peter Meouchi (1955–1975) File:Anthony Peter Khoraish visits Ronald Reagan.jpg, Anthony Peter Khoraish (1975–1986) File:Cardinal Nasrallah Peter Sfeir.jpg, Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (1986–2011) File:Béchara-Raï.jpg, Bechara Boutros al-Rahi (2011–present)

Notes

External links

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