Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria - Definition and Overview

The Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria has the title Patriarch and Pope of Alexandria and all Africa.

The following list contains all the incumbents of the Easter Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria since the Council of Chalcedon. For the earlier Patriarchs of Alexandria prior to the schism, see List of Patriarchs of Alexandria; for the Patriarchs of the Coptic Orthodox Church that split from Eastern Orthodoxy as a result of Chalcedon, see List of Coptic Popes.

• Timothy III (460–475)
• Peter III (477)
• Timothy III (477–482)
• John I (482)
• Peter III (482–489)
• Athanasius II (489–496)
• John II (496–505)
• John III (505–516)
• Dioscorus II (516–517)
• Timothy IV (517–535)
• Theodosius (535–536)
• Paul (537–540)
• Zoilus (541–551)
• Apollinarius (551–569)
• John IV (569–579)
• Eulogius I (581–607)
• Theodore (607–609)
• John V (610–619)
• George I (621–631)
• Cyrus (631–643)
• Peter IV (643–651)
• Theodore II (Coadjutor)
• Peter V (Coadjutor)
• Peter VI (Coadjutor)
• Theophylactus (Coadjutor)
• Onopsus (Coadjutor)
• Cosmas I (727–768)
• Politianus (768–813)
• Eustatius (813–817)
• Christopher I (817–841)
• Sophronius I (841–860)
• Michael I (860–870)
• Michael II (870–903)
• Christodoulus (907–932)
• Eutychius (932–940)
• Sophronius (941)
• Isaac (941–954)
• Job (954–960)
• Elias I (963–1000)
• Arsenius (1000–1010)
• Theophilus (1010–1020)
• George II (1021–1051)
• Leontius (1052–1059)
• Alexander II (1059–1062)
• John VI (1062–1100)
• Eulogius
• Sabbas
• Cyril II
• Theodosius II
• Sophronius III (1116–1171)
• Elias II (1171–1175)
• Eleutherius (1175–1180)
• Mark III (1180–1209)
• Nicholas I (1210–1243)
• Gregory I (1243–1263)
• Nicholas II (1263–1276)
• Athanasius III (1276–1316)
• Gregory II (1316–1354)
• Gregory III (1354–1366)
• Niphon (1366–1385)
• Mark IV (1385–1389)
• Nicholas III (1289–1398)
• Gregory IV (1398–1412)
• Nicholas IV (1412–1417)
• Athanasius IV (1417–1425)
• Mark V (1425–1435)
• Philotheus (1435–1459)
• Mark VI (1459–1484)
• Gregory V (1484–1486)
• Joachim (1486–1567)
• Silvester (1569–1590)
• Meletius I (1590–1601)
• Cyril III (1601–1620)
• Gerasimus I (1620–1636)
• Metrophanes (1636–1639)
• Nicephorus (1639–1645)
• Joannicius (1645–1657)
• Paisius (1657–1678)
• Parthenius I (1678–1688)
• Gerasimus II (1688–1710)
• Samuel (1710–1712)
• Cosmas II (1712–1714)
• Samuel (1714–1723)
• Cosmas II (1723–1736)
• Cosmas III (1737–1746)
• Matthew (1746–1766)
• Cyprian (1766–1783)
• Gerasimus III (1783–1788)
• Parthenius II (1788–1805)
• Theophilus III (1805–1825)
• Hierotheus I (1825–1845)
• Artemius (1845–1847)
• Hierotheus II (1847–1858)
• Callinicus (1858–1861)
• Jacob (1861–1865)
• Nicanor (1866–1869)
• Sophronius IV (1870–1899)
• Photius (1900–1925)
• Meletius II (1926–1935)
• Nicholas V (1936–1939)
• Christopher II (1939–1966)
• Nicholas VI (1968–1986)
• Parthenius III (1987–1996)
• Peter VII (1997–2004)
• Theodoros II (2004–present)