The Successions
The episcopal lines: 21 churches, each with its bishops in order.
How much of it is recorded
Across the 21 lines there are 813 links between one holder and the next. 221 rest on a recorded succession — a source states that this man followed that one. 448 are inferred from the numbering: a register numbers the two holders consecutively and no source says one followed the other. 144 are joined by no register at all. Every line page marks each of its links, and every chain says which.
The lines
- Rome Bishop of Rome (Pope) — 153 holders · 145 recorded · 4 inferred · 3 named by no register
- Constantinople Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch) — 112 holders · 12 recorded · 92 inferred · 7 named by no register
- Antioch Patriarch of Antioch (Greek line) — 70 holders · 15 recorded · 22 inferred · 32 named by no register
- Alexandria Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria (Coptic line) — 69 holders · 21 recorded · 43 inferred · 4 named by no register
- Seleucia-Ctesiphon Catholicos of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon) — 67 holders · 61 inferred · 5 named by no register
- Vagharshapat Catholicos of All Armenians — 63 holders · 3 recorded · 19 inferred · 40 named by no register
- Jerusalem Bishop of Jerusalem (Patriarch) — 59 holders · 2 recorded · 40 inferred · 16 named by no register
- Canterbury Archbishop of Canterbury — 34 holders · 32 inferred · 1 named by no register
- Antioch Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch — 31 holders · 14 recorded · 14 inferred · 2 named by no register
- Tikrit Maphrian of the East (Tikrit) — 31 holders · 30 inferred
- Alexandria Greek (Melkite) Patriarch of Alexandria — 28 holders · 24 inferred · 3 named by no register
- Armagh Archbishop of Armagh — 28 holders · 19 inferred · 8 named by no register
- York Archbishop of York — 23 holders · 20 inferred · 2 named by no register
- Lyon Bishop of Lyon — 19 holders · 9 recorded · 8 inferred · 1 named by no register
- Ephesus Metropolitan of Ephesus — 13 holders · 10 inferred · 2 named by no register
- Carthage Archbishop of Carthage — 12 holders · 4 inferred · 7 named by no register
- Ohrid Archbishop of Ohrid (Bulgarian line) — 7 holders · 3 inferred · 3 named by no register
- Kyiv Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Rus' — 6 holders · 1 inferred · 4 named by no register
- Salamis Archbishop of Cyprus — 3 holders · 2 named by no register
- Axum Abuna (Metropolitan of Ethiopia) — 3 holders · 1 inferred · 1 named by no register
- Mtskheta Catholicos of Iberia — 3 holders · 1 inferred · 1 named by no register