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in the 1st century AD, but split into two separate lines of patriarchs after the deposition of Patriarch Severus of Antioch in 518 over the issue of the Council of Chalcedon of 451. The non-Chalcedonian supporters of Severus went on to form what is now known as the Syriac Orthodox Church, whilst the Chalcedonians developed the church now known as the

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. The office was established with the election of Ignatius Andrew Akijan in 1662 as patriarch of Antioch, thereby creating a separate line of patriarchs in

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with the

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, in opposition to the Syriac Orthodox Church. Despite initial success, after the death of Ignatius Gregory Peter VI Shahbaddin in 1701 or 1702, most Syriac Catholics returned to the Syriac Orthodox Church, and the office lay vacant until the election of Ignatius Michael III Jarweh in 1782, from which a permanent line of Syriac Catholic patriarchs sprang. The following is a list of all the incumbents of the office of Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch.

List of patriarchs

Patriarchs of Antioch before 512

Syriac patriarchs from 512 to 1662

Syriac Catholic patriarchs from 1662 to present

Unless otherwise stated, all information is from th
Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage
and the list provided in ''The Syriac World'', as noted in the bibliography below. * Ignatius Andrew Akijan (1662–1677/1678) * Ignatius Gregory Peter VI Shahbaddin (1678–1701/1702) : Isaac Basilios Joubeir :''vacant'' (1701/1702–1782) * Ignatius Michael III Jarweh (1782–1800) :''vacant'' (1800–1802) * Ignatius Michael IV Daher (1802–1810) :''vacant'' (1810–1814) * Ignatius Simon II Hindi Zora (1814–1818) :''vacant'' (1818–1820) * Ignatius Peter VII Jarweh (1820–1851) :''vacant'' (1851–1852/1853) * Ignatius Antony I Samheri (1852/1853–1864) :''vacant'' (1864–1866) * Ignatius Philip I Arkus (1866–1874) * Ignatius George V Shelhot (1874–1891) :''vacant'' (1891–1893) * Ignatius Behnam II Benni (1893–1897) * Ignatius Ephrem II Rahmani (1898–1929) * Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (1929–1968) * Ignatius Antony II Hayyek (1968–1998) * Ignatius Moses I Daoud (1998–2001) * Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad (2001–2008) * Ignatius Joseph III Yonan (2009–present)

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