This is a list of the Maronite patriarchs of Antioch and all the East, the

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of the

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, one of the

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. Starting with

Paul Peter Massad Paul I Peter Massad (born 16 February 1806 in Ashqout, Lebanon – died on 18 April 1890 in Bkerké, Lebanon) (or Boulos Boutros Massaad, ''Mas'ad'', ar, بولس الأول بطرس مسعد) was the 70th Maronite Patriarch of Antioch from 1854 ...

in 1854, after becoming

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of the

Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch The Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch (in Latin: Patriarchatus Antiochenus Maronitarum) is the seat of the Patriarch of the Maronite Church. It is currently governed by the Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, OMM. The Maronite C ...

, they assume the name "Peter" (Boutros in Arabic, بطرس ), after the traditional first

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, St. Peter, who was also the head of the Apostles. The official title that the Maronite Patriarch assumes is "Patriarch of Antioch and All the East". To this date 15 patriarchs have been

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by the Catholic Church, with an extra two being

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but not yet canonized. For the Patriarchs of Antioch before John Maron, see

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List of Patriarchs of Antioch and all the Levant of the Maronite Church

A famous list of Maronite Patriarchs of Antioch was written and published by

Giuseppe Simone Assemani Giuseppe Simone Assemani (Classical Syriac : ܝܵܘܣܸܦ ܒܲܪ ܫܸܡܥܘܿܢ , ( ar, يوسف بن سمعان السمعاني ''Yusuf ibn Siman as-Simani'', en, Joseph Simon Assemani, la, Ioseph Simonius Assemanus; July 27, 1687–January 13 ...

,J.S.Assemani ''Serie chronologica Patriarchorum Antionchiae'', edited and integrated by Joanne Darauni, Rome 1881 and Simon Awad, which follows the ''Series of Maronite Patriachs'' written by Patriarch

Estephan El Douaihy Estephan El Douaihy ( ar, اسطفانوس الثاني بطرس الدويهي / ALA-LC: ''Isṭifānūs al-thānī Buṭrus al-Duwayhī''; french: Étienne Douaihi; la, Stephanus Dovaihi; it, Stefano El Douaihy; August 2, 1630 – May 3, 1704) ...

in the 17th century, but it is incomplete for the first centuries. Besides the Assemani's list, another more detailed list was written in Bejjeh in 1766 by Georges Saad. In the list here below the names shifted on the right are not included in the incomplete Assemani's list and derive from the Bejjeh list.

Patriarchs of Antioch before the Maronite-Greek schism, 1st century–686

Patriarchs during the Marada states, 686–1099

Patriarchs during the Crusades 1099–1305

Patriarchs during the Mamluk rule, 1305–1516

Patriarchs during the Ottomans, 1516–1918

Patriarch during modern Lebanon, 1918–present

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File:Maronite Patriarchs.jpg, Maronite Patriarchs File:Estephane-Douaihi.jpg, Estephanus II El Douaihy (1670–1704) File:Joseph Istiphan.jpg, Youssef VI Estephan (1766–1793) File:Patriarch Fadel.jpg, Mikhail II Fadel (1793–1795) File:Joesehp tyan.jpg, Youssef VII Tyan (1796–1809) File:Youhanna el helou.jpg, Youhanna XI Helou (1809–1823) File:Joseph Hobaish.jpg, Youssef VIII Hobaish (1823–1845) File:Youssef el khazen.jpg, Youssef IX El Khazen (1845–1854) File:Patriarche Massad.jpg, Boulos I Massad (1854–1890) File:John Peter El Hajj.jpg, Youhanna XII El Hajj (1890–1898) File:Elias Peter Hoayek 1919.jpg,

Elias Peter Hoayek Elias Peter Hoayek ( ar, الياس بطرس الحويّك; 4 December 1843 – 24 December 1931; also spelled Hoyek, Hwayek, Huayek, Juayek, Hawayek, Houwayek) was the 72nd Patriarch of Antioch for the Maronites, the largest Christian Catholic ...

(1898–1931) File:Antoine arida.jpg,

Anthony Peter Arida Anthony II Peter Arida (August 2, 1863 – May 19, 1955) (or ''Selim Ben Abdel Ahad Arida'', ''Antoine Boutros Arida'', ar, أنطونيوس الثاني بطرس عريضة) was bishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli and 73rd ...

(1931–1955) File:Paul Pierre Méouchi.jpg, Paul IV Peter Meouchi (1955–1975) File:Anthony Peter Khoraish visits Ronald Reagan.jpg,

Anthony Peter Khoraish Patriarch Moran Mor Anthony III Peter Khoraish (September 20, 1907 – August 19, 1994), (or ''Antonios Boutros Khoraish'', ''Antoine Pierre Khreich'', ''Khraish'', ''Khoraiche'', ar, أنطونيوس الثالث بطرس خريش), was the 75t ...

(1975–1986) File:Cardinal Nasrallah Peter Sfeir.jpg,

Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir ('; ar, الكاردينال مار نصر الله بطرس صفير; la, Victor Petrus Sfeir; 15 May 1920 – 12 May 2019) was the patriarch of Lebanon's largest Christian body, the Maronite Church, an Eastern Catholic ...

(1986–2011) File:Béchara-Raï.jpg,

Bechara Boutros al-Rahi Bechara Boutros al-Rahi (or Raï; syr, ܡܪܢ ܡܪܝ ܒܫܐܪܐ ܦܛܪܘܣ ܐܠܪܐܥܝ; ar, بشارة بطرس الراعي, Mor Bishārah Buṭrus al-Rāʿī; la, Béchara Petrus Raï) (born on 25 February 1940) is the 77th Maronite Patri ...

(2011–present)

Notes

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