Early bishops

The following list is based on the records of the '' Chronicle of Edessa'' (to ''c''.540) and the ''

Chronicle of Zuqnin The ''Zuqnin Chronicle'' is a medieval chronicle written in Classical Syriac language, encompassing the events from Creation to CE. It was most probably produced in the Zuqnin Monastery near Amida (the modern Turkish city of Diyarbakır) on the ...

''.

Jacobite (Syriac) bishops

These bishops belonged to the

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. During the later period there were also

Byzantine rite The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, identifies the wide range of cultural, liturgical, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christianity, Eastern Christian Church of Constantinople. Th ...

bishops alongside them.

Armenian bishops

These bishops belonged to the Armenian church. They ruled alongside Jacobite, Byzantine and Latin bishops.

Latin archbishops

In the first half of the twelfth century, during the period of the

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and the county of Edessa, there was a

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archdiocese based in the city. It seems to have displaced the Byzantine bishop, but ruled alongside the Jacobite and Armenian bishops. From the 13th century on, titular bishops were sometimes appointed.

Resident bishops

Titular bishops

References

''The Chronicle of Edessa''
*Amir Harrak (editor and translator), ''The Chronicle of Zuqnin, parts III and IV: A.D. 488-775''. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1999. {{ISBN, 0-88844-286-6

Edessa Edessa (; grc, Ἔδεσσα, Édessa) was an ancient city (''polis'') in Upper Mesopotamia, founded during the Hellenistic period by King Seleucus I Nicator (), founder of the Seleucid Empire. It later became capital of the Kingdom of Osroene ...

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Catholic titular sees in Asia Syria religion-related lists it:Arcidiocesi di Edessa di Osroene