Seleucia-Ctesiphon

Catholicos of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon) · apostolic by the Addai & Mari tradition; catholicate at Seleucia-Ctesiphon from c. 280

East of Rome's border, the Church of the East grew from the Addai and Mari tradition in Mesopotamia, its catholicos seated at the Persian twin capital. It bore the fiercest persecution of the age under Shapur II (340–379), stood fully self-governing from 424, and sent missions down the Silk Road as far as China.

Continues today in three heirs: the Assyrian Church of the East, the Ancient Church of the East, and the Chaldean Catholic Church.

The bishops

67 holders in the record.

Of the 66 links in this chain, 61 are inferred from the numbering — the register numbers the two holders consecutively and no source says one followed the other; 5 are named by no register at all: nothing joins those two rows. Each holder below says which it is.

Thomas the Apostle #1 · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Addai of Edessa #2 · c. 37–c. 65 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Aggai #3 · c. 66–c. 81 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Saint Mari #4 · c. 82–c. 120 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Abris #5 · c. 121–c. 137 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Abraham of Kashkar #6 · c. 159–c. 171 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Yaqob I #7 · c. 172–c. 190 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Ahadabui #8 · c. 204–c. 220 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Shahlufa #9 · c. 220–c. 224 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Papa bar Aggai #10 · c. 280–c. 327 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Shimun bar Sabbae #11 · c. 329–c. 341 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Shahdost #12 · c. 341–c. 343 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Barba'shmin #13 · c. 343–c. 346 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Tomarsa #14 · c. 363–c. 371 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Qayyoma #15 · c. 377–c. 399 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Isaac #16 · c. 399–c. 410 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Ahha #17 · c. 410–c. 414 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Yahballaha I #18 · c. 415–c. 420 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Mana #19 · c. 420–c. 420 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Farbokht #20 · c. 421–c. 421 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Dadisho #21 · c. 421–c. 456 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Babowai #22 · c. 457–c. 484 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Acacius #23 · c. 485–c. 496 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Babai #24 · c. 497–c. 503 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Shila #25 · c. 503–c. 523 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Elisha #26 · c. 524–c. 537 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Narsai #27 · c. 524–c. 537 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Paul #28 · c. 539–c. 540 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Aba I #29 · c. 540–c. 552 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Joseph #30 · c. 552–c. 567 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Ezekiel #31 · c. 570–c. 581 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Ishoyahb I #32 · c. 582–c. 595 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Sabrisho I #33 · c. 596–c. 604 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Gregory #34 · c. 605–c. 609 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Ishoyahb II #35 · c. 628–c. 645 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Maremmeh #36 · c. 646–c. 649 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Ishoyahb III #37 · c. 649–c. 659 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Giwargis I #38 · c. 661–c. 680 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Yohannan I #39 · c. 680–c. 683 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Hnanisho I #40 · c. 686–c. 698 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Sliba-zkha #41 · c. 714–c. 728 · link unrecorded · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Pethion #42 · c. 731–c. 740 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Aba II #43 · c. 741–c. 751 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Yaqob II #44 · c. 753–c. 773 · link unrecorded · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Hnanisho II #45 · c. 773–c. 780 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Timothy I #46 · c. 780–c. 823 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Isho Bar Nun #47 · c. 823–c. 828 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Giwargis II #48 · c. 828–c. 831 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Sabrisho II #49 · c. 831–c. 835 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Abraham II #50 · c. 837–c. 850 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Theodosius #51 · c. 853–c. 858 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Sargis #52 · c. 860–c. 872 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Enosh #53 · c. 877–c. 884 · link unrecorded · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Yohannan II #54 · c. 884–c. 891 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Yohannan III #55 · c. 893–c. 899 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Yohannan IV #56 · c. 900–c. 905 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Abraham III #57 · c. 906–c. 937 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Emmanuel I #58 · c. 937–c. 960 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Israel #59 · c. 961–c. 961 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Abdisho I #60 · c. 963–c. 986 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Mari #61 · c. 987–c. 999 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Yohannan V #62 · c. 1000–c. 1011 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops · dates here from Wikipedia’s list of bishops; Michael the Syrian; ed. and tr. J.-B. Chabot, Chronique de Michel le Syrien reads 1000–1009
Yohannan VI #63 · c. 1012–c. 1016 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Ishoyahb IV #64 · c. 1020–c. 1025 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops
Eliya I #65 · c. 1028–c. 1049 · link inferred · № Wikipedia’s list of bishops · the numbering ends here; what follows holds no place in the list
Israel of Kashkar link unrecorded · № named by no register
Yohannan the Leper link unrecorded · № named by no register

Glosses

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Events

Texts

List of patriarchs of the Church of the East · the communion today