Coptic Popes and Patriarchs of Alexandria
The first Patriarch of Alexandria is said to have been Saint Mark the Evangelist in the 1st century. After the schism at the Council of Chalcedon in the year 451, the Coptic Church, lead by the Patriarchs of Alexandria, was divided from the rest of Christianity, as it is to this day.
The patriarchs have used the title pope (Coptic Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ meaning "father", of Greek origin) since the 3rd century.
| Name | Years | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham I | 975-978 | (Abraam) |  |
| Achillas I | 311-312 | (Archelaos, Arkhəlaos) | |
| Agathon I | 662-680 | (Agatho, Astatou) | |
| Agrippinus I | 166-178 | (Astrippinos) | |
| Alexander I | 312-328 | (Aləksandros) | |
| Alexander II | 704-729 | (Aləksandros) | |
| Anastasius I | 605-616 | (Anastasios) | |
| Andronicus I | 617-623 | (Andronikos) | |
| Anianus I of Alexandria | c. 61-83 | (Anianos) | |
| Athanasius I of Alexandria | 328-373 | (Atanasiou) | |
| Athanasius II | 489-496 | (Atanasiou) | |
| Athanasius III | 1250-1261 | (Atanasiou) | |
| Avilius I of Alexandria | 83-95 | (Abilius, Melyos, Milios, Milius, Sabellius) | |
| Benjamin I | 623-662 | (Bəniamin, Binyamin) | |
| Benjamin II | 1327-1339 | (Bəniamin, Binyamin) | |
| Celadion I | 152-166 | (Kallautianos) | |
| Christodulus I | 1047-1077 | (Christodoulos, Khristodolos) | |
| Cosmas I | 729-730 | (Kosma) | |
| Cosmas II | 851-858 | (Kosma) | |
| Cosmas III | 920-932 | (Kosma) | |
| Cyril I | 412-444 | (Kurillou) | |
| Cyril II | 1078-1092 | (Guirguis, Kurillou) | |
| Cyril III | 1235-1243 | (Daoud, Kurillou) | |
| Cyril IV | 1853-1861 | (Daoud, Kurillou) | |
| Cyril V | 1874-1927 | (Kurillou, Youhanna) | |
| Cyril VI | 1959-1971 | (Azer, Kurillou, Youssef) | |
| Damian I | 576-605 | (Damianos) | |
| Demetrius I of Alexandria | 188-230 | (Dêmêtrios) | |
| Demetrius II | 1861-1870 | (Dêmêtrios) | |
| Dionysius I | 248-264 | (Dionusiou, Dionysios) | |
| Dioscorus I | 444-454 | (Dioskoros, Dioskorou) | |
| Dioscorus II | 516-518 | (Dioskoros, Dioskorou) | |
| Eumenes I | 129-141 | (Əumənios, Emenaios, Eumenius, Oumenios) | |
| Gabriel I | 910-920 | (Stabriêl) | |
| Gabriel II | 1131-1145 | (Ela, Stabriêl) | |
| Gabriel III | 1268-1271 | (Stabriêl) | |
| Gabriel IV | 1370-1378 | (Stabriêl) | |
| Gabriel V | 1409-1427 | (Stabriêl) | |
| Gabriel VI | 1466-1474 | (Stabriêl) | |
| Gabriel VII | 1525-1570 | (Stabriêl) | |
| Gabriel VIII | 1587-1603 | (Shenouda, Stabriêl) | |
| Heraclas I | 232-248 | (Iəraklas, Theoclas, Yaraklas) | |
| Isaac I | 690-692 | (Isaak) | |
| James I | 819-830 | (Iakôbos, Jacob, Yakobos) | |
| John I | 496-505 | (Iôannês) | |
| John II | 505-516 | (Iôannês) | |
| John III | 680-689 | (Hanna, Iôannês) | |
| John IV | 777-799 | (Iôannês) | |
| John IX | 1320-1327 | (Iôannês) | |
| John V | 1147-1166 | (Iôannês) | |
| John VI | 1189-1216 | (Iôannês) | |
| John VII | 1262-1269 | (Iôannês, Youhanna) | |
| John VII | 1271-1293 | (Iôannês, Youhanna) | |
| John VIII | 1300-1320 | (Iôannês, Youhanna) | |
| John X | 1363-1369 | (Iôannês, Youhanna) | |
| John XI | 1427-1452 | (Farag, Iôannês) | |
| John XII | 1480-1483 | (Iôannês) | |
| John XIII | 1484-1524 | (Iôannês) | |
| John XIV | 1571-1586 | (Iôannês) | |
| John XIX | 1928-1942 | (Iôannês) | |
| John XV | 1619-1629 | (Iôannês) | |
| John XVI | 1676-1718 | (Ibrahim, Iôannês) | |
| John XVII | 1727-1745 | (Iôannês) | |
| John XVIII | 1769-1796 | (Iôannês, Youssef) | |
| Joseph I | 831-849 | (Iôsêf, Yousab, Youssef) | |
| Joseph II | 1946-1956 | (Iôsêf, Yousab) | |
| Julian I | 178-188 | (Ioulianos) | |
| Justus I | 118-129 | (Iostos) | |
| Kedron I | 95-106 | (Cerdon, Kərdônou, Kedronos) | |
| Macarius I | 932-952 | (Makarios) | |
| Macarius II | 1102-1128 | (Makarios) | |
| Macarius III | 1944-1945 | (Makarios) | |
| Mark II | 799-819 | (Markos) | |
| Mark III | 1166-1189 | (Farag, Markos) | |
| Mark IV | 1348-1363 | (Farag, Markos, Allah) | |
| Mark the Evangelist | c. 30-c. 61 | (Marcus, Markos) | |
| Mark V | 1603-1619 | (Markos) | |
| Mark VI | 1646-1656 | (Markos, Tadros) | |
| Mark VII | 1745-1769 | (Markos) | |
| Mark VIII | 1796-1809 | (Markos, Youhanna) | |
| Markianos I | 141-152 | | |
| Matthew I | 1378-1408 | (Matəos) | |
| Matthew II | 1452-1465 | (Matəos, Sulayman) | |
| Matthew III | 1631-1646 | (Matəos, Tadros) | |
| Matthew IV | 1660-1675 | (Guirguis, Matəos) | |
| Maximus I | 264-282 | (Maksimou, Maximos) | |
| Michael I | 743-767 | (Khaêl, Khail, Mikhaêl) | |
| Michael II | 849-851 | (Khaêl, Khail, Mikhaêl) | |
| Michael III | 880-907 | (Khaêl, Khail, Mikhaêl) | |
| Michael IV | 1092-1102 | (Khaêl, Khail, Mikhaêl) | |
| Michael V | 1145-1146 | (Mikhaêl) | |
| Michael VI | 1477-1478 | (Mikhaêl) | |
| Mina I | 767-776 | (Mêna) | |
| Mina II | 956-974 | (Mêna) | |
| Peter I | 302-311 | (Bətros, Petros) | |
| Peter II | 373-381 | (Bətros, Petros) | |
| Peter III | 477-489 | (Bətros, Petros) | |
| Peter IV | 567-576 | (Bətros, Petros) | |
| Peter V | 1340-1348 | (Bətros, Boutros, Petros) | |
| Peter VI | 1718-1726 | (Bətros, Boutros, Petros) | |
| Peter VII | 1809-1852 | (Bətros, Boutros, Petros) | |
| Philotheus I | 979-1003 | (Filotəos, Philotheos) | |
| Primus I | 106-118 | (Aprimos, Brimou, Epriemou, Primou) | |
| Shenouda I | 859-880 | (Šənoudi) | |
| Shenouda II | 1032-1046 | (Šənoudi) | |
| Shenouda III | 1971-2012 | (Nazeer, Nazir, Šənoudi, Gayed) | |
| Simeon I | 692-699 | (Suməôn) | |
| Simeon II | 830 | (Suməôn) | |
| Tawadros I | 730-742 | (Tadros, Təodôros, Theodore) | |
| Tawadros II | 2012- | (Təodôros, Wagih, Subhi, Baqi) | |
| Theodosius I | 536-567 | (Təodosios) | |
| Theodosius II | 1293-1300 | (Abdelmasih, Təodosios) | |
| Theonas I | 282-300 | (Təôna) | |
| Theophilus I | 384-412 | (Təofilou, Theophilos) | |
| Theophilus II | 952-956 | (Təofilos, Theophilos) | |
| Timothy I | 381-384 | (Timotəos) | |
| Timothy II | 457-477 | (Timotəos) | |
| Timothy III | 518-536 | (Timotəos) | |
| Zacharias I | 1004-1032 | (Zakharias) | |