bishop

episcopus la ܐܦܣܩܘܦܐ arc

Ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy

Everyone who held it Compare

A seat,
and those
who held it.

Holders in order

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Succession in office

Everyone recorded as holding it

Its tenures overlap throughout — a roll of holders, not a line.

127 holders
62 overlapping pairs
109 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.

53 CE – 69 CE Evodius early Christian bishop of Antioch
69 CE – 107 CE Ignatius of Antioch late 1st/early 2nd century Christian author and Patriarch of Antioch
from 313 CE Eusebius of Caesarea Greek Christian scholar, c. 260–c. 339 Has references
from 328 CE Frumentius Bishop of Aksum Has references
356 CE – 358 CE Eustathius of Sebaste Armenian priest (0300-0377)
from 361 CE Apollinaris of Laodicea 4th-century Syrian bishop
from 371 CE Gregory of Nyssa bishop of Nyssa
696 CE – 718 CE Rupert of Salzburg Frankish bishop Recognised by Salzburg Has references
977 CE – 1030 CE Adalberon of Laon medieval theologian Has references
from 19 October 984 CE Ælfheah of Canterbury Archbishop of Canterbury and saint (c.953-1012) Has references
1543 CE – 1573 CE Otto Truchsess von Waldburg Catholic cardinal Has references
1677 CE – 1703 CE Thomas Kingo Danish bishop, poet, hymn-writer (1634–1703)
1741 CE – 1764 CE Hans Adolph Brorson Danish bishop (1694-1764)
1834 CE – 1854 CE Jacob Peter Mynster Danish theologian and bishop
1854 CE – 1884 CE Hans Lassen Martensen Danish bishop (1808–1884)
1948 CE – 1956 CE Makarios III Archbishop primate, primate & 1st President of Cyprus (1913–1977)
1 September 1967 CE – 23 December 1977 CE Ilia II of Georgia Patriarch of Georgia (1933–2026)
from 24 February 1970 CE Robert Runcie Archbishop of Canterbury, 1980-1991

No dates recorded 109

1st Dates unrecorded Zenobius of Florence first bishop of Florence (337–417) Recognised by Florence
Dates unrecorded John Amos Comenius Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer (1592-1670)
Dates unrecorded Ambrose Roman theologian and Bishop of Milan (c. 340–397) Has references
Dates unrecorded Athanasius of Alexandria Pope of Alexandria from 328 to 373 (296–373) Has references
Dates unrecorded Bonaventure Franciscan, bishop, cardinal, Doctor of the Church, Catholic saint (1221–1274) Has references
Dates unrecorded Jean-Baptiste Massillon French Catholic bishop and famous preacher Has references
Dates unrecorded Polycarp bishop of Smyrna and martyr (69–155) Has references
Dates unrecorded Patriarch Alexius II 15th Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church (1929–2008)
Dates unrecorded Jan Blahoslav Czech linguist and writer (1523-1571)
Dates unrecorded Hilarion (Alfeyev) Russian bishop
Dates unrecorded Richard Allen American minister, educator, writer (1760-1831)
Dates unrecorded Tikhon of Zadonsk Russian saint Has references

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Dates unrecorded Diadochos of Photiki Byzantine bishop and saint
Dates unrecorded Aba I Patriarch of the Church of the East at Seleucia-Ctesiphon
Dates unrecorded Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch Hungarian cardinal Has references
Dates unrecorded Johannes Dantiscus 16th-century bishop and author Has references
Dates unrecorded Jeremy Taylor English clergyman (1613–1667)
Dates unrecorded Cadoc Welsh saint
Dates unrecorded Bruno Abbot of Montecassino Has references
Dates unrecorded Gundulf Norman monk and Bishop of Rochester Has references
Dates unrecorded Gratian Italian Roman-Catholic Church jurist (12th century)
Dates unrecorded Asaph Welsh bishop and saint
Dates unrecorded Sawa leader of the Polish Orthodox Church Has references
Dates unrecorded Fulgentius of Ruspe 6th-century Bishop of Ruspe Has references
Dates unrecorded Peter of Sebaste bishop
Dates unrecorded Ignatius of Constantinople 9th century Patriarch of Constantinople
Dates unrecorded Clement of Ohrid medieval Bulgarian scholar
Dates unrecorded Saint Amandus 7th-century high ranked Roman-Catholic functionary, saint after his death Has references
Dates unrecorded Wolfgang of Regensburg German monk, bishop and saint Has references
Dates unrecorded Augustine of Canterbury 6th-century missionary, archbishop, and saint Has references
Dates unrecorded Ludger Bishop of Münster in Westfalen Has references
Dates unrecorded Medardus bishop of Vermandois
Dates unrecorded Maximilian of Lorch Austrian saint Has references
Dates unrecorded Saint Titus early Christian missionary and church leader
Dates unrecorded Ulfilas Goth Arian bishop, missionary, theologian, and Bible translator
Dates unrecorded Marcelo Crivella Brazilian politician, pentecostal leader and former mayor of Rio de Janeiro (2017–2020) Has references
Dates unrecorded Heinrich Bullinger Swiss reformer (1504–1575)
Dates unrecorded Blaise of Sebaste early 4th-century saint and bishop Has references
Dates unrecorded Eligius Roman Catholic bishop and saint Has references
Dates unrecorded Zeno of Verona Italian Catholic bishop and saint (300-371)
Dates unrecorded Saturninus 3rd century founding Bishop of Toulouse
Dates unrecorded Isidore of Seville Hispano-Roman scholar, theologian and bishop (c. 560–636) Has references
Dates unrecorded Apollinaris of Ravenna Syrian bishop and saint
Dates unrecorded Eusebius of Vercelli Catholic bishop and saint Has references
Dates unrecorded Ottavio Bandini 17th-century Roman Catholic cardinal Has references
Dates unrecorded Wilfrid Christian saint, Bishop of York from 664 to 678 Has references
Dates unrecorded Henry Compton Bishop of Oxford; Bishop of London
Dates unrecorded Lazarus of Bethany subject of a prominent miracle of Jesus in the Gospel of John
Dates unrecorded Zacchaeus Jewish Christian disciple and apostle (fl. 1. century)
Dates unrecorded Apelles of Heraklion Christian saint in Romans 16:10, one of the seventy disciples
Dates unrecorded Joseph Barsabbas male human biblical figure in Acts 1:21-26 Has references
Dates unrecorded Archippus Ancient Roman saint in Colossians 4:17 and Philemon 1:2
Dates unrecorded Asyncritus of Hyrcania human biblical figure
Dates unrecorded Thaddeus of Edessa Christian saint and one of the seventy disciples of Jesus
Dates unrecorded Barnabas 1st-century Cypriot Jewish apostle and missionary, Christian saint, companion of St. Paul and founder of the Cypriot Church
Dates unrecorded James the Just Jewish bishop of Jerusalem figure in Early Christianity Has references
Dates unrecorded Albert of Riga bishop (1160s–1229) Has references
Dates unrecorded Paul Aurelian Welsh bishop of Léon, Brittany
Dates unrecorded Saint Mungo apostle of the British Kingdom of Strathclyde in the late 6th century
Dates unrecorded Altmann of Passau German bishop Has references
Dates unrecorded Stanislaus Hosius Catholic cardinal (1504-1579) Has references
Dates unrecorded Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder Bishop of Nazianzus
Dates unrecorded Amphilochius of Iconium bishop of Iconium Has references
Dates unrecorded Irenaeus 2nd-century Greek bishop and Doctor of the Church
Dates unrecorded Dorotheus of Tyre Syrian bishop of Tyre and saint (c. 255 – 362)
Dates unrecorded Otto of Freising Austrian medieval chronicler (1112 ca. – 1158) Has references
Dates unrecorded Teilo Welsh bishop and saint
Dates unrecorded Eznik of Kolb 5th-century Christian writer Hedged in the source
Dates unrecorded Lupus of Troyes christian bishop, saint
Dates unrecorded Ecgberht of Ripon Anglo-Saxon saint
Dates unrecorded Henry of the Palatinate bishop of Utrecht Has references
Dates unrecorded Adalbert III of Bohemia Archbishop of Salzburg Has references
Dates unrecorded Fulgentius of Cartagena Spanish bishop and saint Has references
Dates unrecorded Leander of Seville bishop of Seville Has references
Dates unrecorded Saint Faro bishop of Meaux
Dates unrecorded Otto III van Holland Bishop of Utrecht Has references
Dates unrecorded Timothy 1st century Christian evangelist, philosopher and bishop
Dates unrecorded Konrad II. von Babenberg Roman Catholic archbishop Has references
Dates unrecorded Konrad I, Duke of Głogów Duke of Silesia
Dates unrecorded Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria Archduke of Further Ausrtia (1630-1665) Has references
Dates unrecorded Bernard II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim; Prince of Luneburg Has references
Dates unrecorded Dirk VII, Count of Holland Count of Holland from 1190 to 1203 Has references
Dates unrecorded Philipp of Bavaria Roman Catholic Cardinal (1576-1598) Has references
Dates unrecorded John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania Protestant Bishop of Cammin and ruling Duke of Pomerania
Dates unrecorded Johann Philipp von Schönborn German archbishop (1605-1673) Has references
Dates unrecorded John Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp Lutheran archbishop Has references
Dates unrecorded Bogislaw I, Duke of Pomerania Duke of Pomerania-Stettin
Dates unrecorded Saint Valentine 3rd-century Roman Christian saint (175–273)
Dates unrecorded Dionysius the Areopagite Greek bishop and saint
Dates unrecorded Malo Welsh saint who became founder of Saint-Malo in Brittany
Dates unrecorded Epiphanius of Salamis 4th century Christian bishop and saint
Dates unrecorded Saint Spyridon Cypriot saint (270–348)
Dates unrecorded Alban of Mainz Missionary and martyr
Dates unrecorded Gregory Thaumaturgus Greek bishop and saint (c. 213 – 270)
Dates unrecorded Ananias of Damascus one of the Seventy Disciples of Jesus Recognised by Damascus
Dates unrecorded Benno bishop and saint Has references
Dates unrecorded Catald Irish monk Recognised by Taranto
Dates unrecorded Donatian of Reims French bishop and saint
Dates unrecorded Samson of Dol Welsh saint who settled down in Brittany (c. C.E.485 — c. 565)
Dates unrecorded Albert of Louvain Roman Catholic cardinal Has references
Dates unrecorded Caesarius of Arles Merovingian archbishop and saint Has references
Dates unrecorded Silas ancient Roman saint and bishop
Dates unrecorded Felix of Nola priest and saint
Dates unrecorded Conrad of Constance Bishop and saint Has references
Dates unrecorded Braulio of Zaragoza bishop of Zaragoza Recognised by Cesaracosta Has references
Dates unrecorded Jarosław, Duke of Opole, bishop of Breslau Polish bishop Has references
Dates unrecorded Domitian of Melitene Byzantine bishop and saint
Dates unrecorded Avitus Roman Emperor (455–456) (395-457)
Dates unrecorded Arno of Salzburg Roman Catholic archbishop Has references