Office Christianity
archbishop
archiepiscopus la
Bishop of higher rank in many Christian denominations
- Also called archeparch, Archiepískopou
A seat,
and those
who held it.
Holders in order
Overview
From Wikipedia, quoted unmodified under CC BY-SA 4.0; the article’s history is its list of authors.
Succession in office
Everyone recorded as holding it
Its tenures overlap throughout — a roll of holders, not a line.
- 39 holders
- 4 overlapping pairs
- 34 undated
What this means
Who held an office after whom. Not parentage, not discipleship, and not universally recognised — offices are contested.
Does not imply recognition by every tradition · an uncontested claim · parentage · discipleship · an explanation of why the succession happened
Holding an office after someone says nothing about being related to them or taught by them. Where a line is also a family, both are on the holders’ own pages as separate sections.
A gap is a vacancy, an interregnum or a hole in the record; an overlap is rival claims or an office held by more than one at once. The records do not say which, so neither is resolved here. A gap shorter than two years sits inside the precision of year-dated records and is not marked. This office’s tenures overlap throughout, so it is listed as a roll in order of start rather than drawn as a line.
Why a succession happened is a historical argument. Where sources make one, it belongs in a reviewed connection with its citations — not in this order, and not in a predecessor field.
Recognition is never universal. Where a card names no recognising body, none is recorded — which is not the same as none.
Imported from Wikidata unless a card says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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361 CE – 389 CE Donatian of Reims French bishop and saint -
873 CE – 6 April 885 CE Methodius of Thessaloniki Christian missionary to the Slavs -
from 1407 CE Arakel Syunetsi Armenian archbishop, scholar, music theorist, and Metropolitan of Syunik (circa 1350–1425) Has references -
10 June 1961 CE – 3 August 1963 CE Nikodim Russian archbishop
No dates recorded 34
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Dates unrecorded Alexy I of Moscow Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' (1877–1970) -
Dates unrecorded Patriarch Alexius II 15th Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church (1929–2008) -
Dates unrecorded Hilarion (Alfeyev) Russian bishop -
Dates unrecorded Frederick III of Denmark King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 to 1670 -
Dates unrecorded Saint Sava first archbishop of Serbs -
Dates unrecorded Norbert of Xanten 12th‑century German bishop and founder of the Premonstratensians, Catholic saint, reformer of clergy and defender of the Eucharist Has references -
Dates unrecorded Saint Boniface 8th‑century Anglo‑Saxon bishop and missionary, Catholic saint and martyr, known as the ‘Apostle to the Germans’ Has references -
Dates unrecorded Paul III pope of the Catholic Church from 1534 to 1549 (1468–1549) -
Dates unrecorded Apollinaris of Ravenna Syrian bishop and saint -
Dates unrecorded Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg Elector of Brandenburg -
Dates unrecorded Barnabas 1st-century Cypriot Jewish apostle and missionary, Christian saint, companion of St. Paul and founder of the Cypriot Church
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Dates unrecorded Jacob of Nisibis Syrian saint -
Dates unrecorded Radim Gaudentius Polish archbishop (c. 970 – c. 1020)
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Dates unrecorded Christian William of Brandenburg Administrator of bishoprics of Magdeburg and Halberstadt -
Dates unrecorded Gregorio Carafa Grandmaster of the Order of Saint John (1615-1690) -
Dates unrecorded Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje Montenegrin metropolitan (1697-1735) -
Dates unrecorded Sava II Archbishop of Serbs -
Dates unrecorded Sava II Petrović-Njegoš Metropolitan of Cetinje -
Dates unrecorded Conrad of Wittelsbach Archbishop of Mainz (d. 1200) -
Dates unrecorded Anno II, Archbishop of Cologne Archbishop of Cologne from 1056 to 1075 Has references -
Dates unrecorded Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow Metropolitan of Russia -
Dates unrecorded Caesarius of Arles Merovingian archbishop and saint -
Dates unrecorded Berthold Roman Catholic archbishop (1180-1251) -
Dates unrecorded Orientius 5th century Christian Latin poet
Sources
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Review
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Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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