Ohrid
Archbishop of Ohrid (Bulgarian line) · 870 (autocephalous archbishopric for the Bulgarians; patriarchate 919–1018; at Ohrid after)
Boris I's baptism (864) brought Bulgaria into the church, and a council of 870 granted its archbishop autonomy. Clement and Naum, disciples of Cyril and Methodius, made the land a beacon of Slavic letters; the see stood as a patriarchate at Preslav until 1018, then as the archbishopric of Ohrid — whose archbishop Leo wrote the 1053 letter that opened the schism exchange.
Its heritage is claimed today by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (patriarchate restored 1953) and the Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric (recognized 2022).
The bishops
7 holders in the record.
Of the 6 links in this chain, 3 are inferred from the numbering — the register numbers the two holders consecutively and no source says one followed the other; 3 are named by no register at all: nothing joins those two rows. Each holder below says which it is.
- John the Exarch #2 · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
- Leontius of Bulgaria #3 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
- Demetrius of Bulgaria #4 · link unrecorded · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
- Sergius of Bulgaria #5 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
- Gregory of Bulgaria #6 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops · bishops in between are missing
- John of Debar #8 · link unrecorded · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops · the numbering ends here; what follows holds no place in the list
- Leo of Ohrid link unrecorded · № named by no register
List of patriarchs of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church · the communion today