List of Catholicos of the East

This is a list of Catholicos of the East. Presently the Catholicos have jurisdiction over all the Orthodox Christians in India.

The Catholicate was established by Apostle Thomas in Edessa, Mesopotamia during his mission. The see was moved to Selucia-Ctesiphon, the capital of Persian Empire and then to Tigris and Mosul in Iraq following the Nestorian Schism in the church. The see was re-instated in India by the Patriarch of Antioch in 1912 AD.

Catholicose of the East[]

Edessa era[]

Seleucia-Ctesiphon era[]

5. Abres
6. Abraham 1st of Kashker
7. Yacob 1st
8. Ebid M’shikha
9. Ahha d'Aboui
10. Shahaloopa of Kashker

Metropolitan of Seleucia-Ctesiphon elevated as Catholicos

11. Papa Bar Gaggai
12. Simeon Barsabae
13. Shalidoste
14. Barbashmin
15. Toumarsa
16. Qaioma
17. Issac
18. Ahhi
19. Yab-Alaha 1st
20. Maana
21. Frabokht
22. Dadishu 1st
23. Babwahi
24. Aqaq-Acace

Tigris era[]

25. Ahoudemme
26. Qum Yeshu
27. Samuel
28. Morooso
29. Denha 1st
30. Bar Yeshu
31. Abraham
32. David
33. Youhanon Soubo
34. Denha 2nd
35. Paulos
36. Youhanon Keeyunoyo
37. Joseph
38. Sharbeel
39. Shemavun
40. Baselios bar baldoyo
41. Daniel
42. Thoma of Tigris
43. Baselios Lo asar
44. Malkisadek
45. Sargis
46. Athanasius
47. Thoma Asthunoro
48. Denha 3rd
49. Baselios 3rd
50. Kuriakose
51. Yuhanon Damascus
52. Ignatius Barkiki
53. Athanasius of Edessa
54. Baselios of Tigris
55. Yuhanon Sleeba

Mosul era[]

56. Dionysius Mosa

2nd Tigris era[]

57. Ignatius Lo asar

2nd Mosul era[]

58. Youhanan Sarugoyo
59. Dionysius Bar Msah
- Gregorius Yakoub
60. Ignatius III David - Became Patriarch of Antioch in 1222 AD
61. Dionysius Sleeba of Kaparthooth
62. John XII bar Madani - Became Patriarch of Antioch in 1252 AD
63. Ignatius Sleeba of Edessa
64. Bar-Hebraeus
65. Gregorius Bar Sauma
66. Gregorius Mattai
67. Athanasius Abraham
- Gregorius Bar Kainaya
68. Baselios Behanam (Ignatius Behnam of Hadl) - Became Patriarch of Antioch in 1445 AD.
69. Diaskoros Behnam Araboyo
70. Baselios Bar sauma of Madina
71. Baselios Assis
72. Nooh (Ignatius Nuh of Lebanon) - Became Patriarch of Antioch in 1493 AD
73. Baselios Abraham
74. Baselios Blias
75. Athanasius Habeeb 1st
76. Baselios Elias
77. Baselios Nemet Allah 1st (Ignatius Nemet Allah I) - Became Patriarch of Antioch in 1557 AD
78. Baselios Adbed at Ghani
79. Baselios David Shah (Ignatius David II Shah) - Became Patriarch of Antioch in 1576 AD.
80. Baselios Philathose (Ignatius Pilate I) - Became Patriarch of Antioch in 1591 AD
81. Baselios Abd at Ghani
82. Patrose 5th Hadaya (Ignatius Hadayat Allah) - Became Patriarch of Antioch in 1597 AD
83. Baselios Isaya
84. Baselios Sakralla 1st
85. Baselios Abdul Masih 1st (Ignatius Abdul Masih I) - Became Patrairch of Antioch in 1662 AD.
86. Baselios Habeeb 2nd
87. St. Baselios Eldho
88. Baselios Geevarghese (Ignatius George II) - Became Patriarch of Antioch in 1687 AD.
89. Baselios Isahac 2nd (Ignatius Isaac Azar) - Became Patriarch of Antioch in 1709 AD.
90. Baselios Mathai
91. Baselios Lazer 3rd
92. Baselios Mathai 2nd
93. Baselios Shakralla 2nd (Ignatius Shukr Allah II) - Became Patriarch of Antioch in 1722 AD.
94. Gregorios Lazer 4th
95. St. Baselios Sakralla 3rd of Aleppo
96. Baselios Geevarghese Mosa (Ignatius George IV) - Became Patriarch of Antioch in 1768 AD.
97. Baselios Sleeba 4th
98. Baselios Bishara
99. Baselios Yavanan
100. Baselios Kurilos Abd al- Azeez
101. Baselios Mathew 4th
102. Baselios Elias 2nd
103. Baselios Elias 3rd Ankas (Ignatius Elias II) - Became Patriarch of Antioch in 1838 AD.
104. Baselios Bahnam

Indian era[]

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church[]

105. Baselios Paulose I (1912-1914)
Vacant from 1914 to 1925
106. Baselios Geevarghese I (1925-1928)
107. Baselios Geevarghese II (1929-1964)
108. Baselios Augen I (1964-1975)
109. Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews I (1975-1991)
110. Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews II (1991-2005)
111. Baselios Thoma Didymos I (2005-present)

Jacobite Syrian Christian Church[]

Baselios Augen I (1964-1975)
Baselios Paulose II (1975-1996)
Vacant from 1996 to 2002
Baselios Thomas I (2002-present)