Episcopal succession

The Bishops of Antioch to AD 400

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From Evodius, the first bishop after the apostolic foundation, through Ignatius and Theophilus to the Meletian schism — the succession of the city where the disciples were first called Christians.

22 names, AD 66 to 393 · 3 contested

The hardest of the six to set in order. From the 320s Antioch had rival bishops in the same city at the same time, Nicene and Arian, sometimes three at once. Eustathius was deposed about 330 but lived until about 360, so ordering by death year places him a full generation after his own episcopate. Read this as a list of the men who claimed the see, not as a regnal table.

Ordered by year of death, which is how the whole archive is ordered. For this see that is not always the order of succession — see above.

Who were the bishops of Antioch before AD 400?

  1. 1 Evodius of Antioch d. c. 66 Bishop of Antioch, after Peter
  2. 2 Ignatius of Antioch c. 35 – c. 108 Bishop of Antioch · Martyr
  3. 3 Heros of Antioch d. c. 127 Bishop of Antioch
  4. 4 Cornelius of Antioch d. c. 148 Bishop of Antioch
  5. 5 Eros of Antioch d. c. 169 Bishop of Antioch
  6. 6 Theophilus of Antioch c. 120 – c. 184 Bishop of Antioch · First to write “Trinity”
  7. 7 Maximinus of Antioch d. c. 191 Bishop of Antioch
  8. 8 Serapion of Antioch d. c. 211 Bishop of Antioch · Critic of the Gospel of Peter
  9. 9 Asclepiades of Antioch d. c. 220 Bishop of Antioch · Confessor
  10. 10 Zebinnus of Antioch d. c. 240 Bishop of Antioch
  11. 11 Babylas of Antioch d. 253 Bishop of Antioch · Martyr of the Decian persecution
  12. 12 Fabius of Antioch d. c. 253 Bishop of Antioch
  13. 13 Demetrianus of Antioch d. c. 256 Bishop of Antioch
  14. 14 Paul of Samosata deposed AD 268; d. thereafter Bishop of Antioch · Adoptionist heresiarch
  15. 15 Domnus of Antioch d. c. 273 Bishop of Antioch (elected against Paul of Samosata)
  16. 16 Philogonius of Antioch d. c. AD 324 Bishop of Antioch · Early opponent of Arius
  17. 17 Leontius of Antioch d. c. AD 357 Arian bishop of Antioch · 'The Eunuch' · Ordainer of Aetius contested
  18. 18 Eustathius of Antioch c. 270 – c. 360 Bishop of Antioch · Nicene confessor
  19. 19 Eudoxius of Antioch and Constantinople c. AD 300 – 370 Homoian bishop of Antioch, then Constantinople contested
  20. 20 Euzoius of Antioch d. c. AD 376 Arian bishop of Antioch · Deacon condemned with Arius contested
  21. 21 Meletius of Antioch d. 381 Bishop of Antioch · President of the Council of Constantinople
  22. 22 Evagrius of Antioch d. c. AD 393 Bishop of Antioch (Eustathian line) · Latin translator of the Life of…

Each name links to its profile: the dates, the office, and every primary source that carries the name.

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