List of the bishops of Edessa

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The following people were bishops of Edessa (now Turkey ):

Taking office date of death Surname comment
about 100 Thaddeus Report of Eusebius
before 110 Varsimaeos
approx. 190 Aggai Report of Eusebius
approx. 200 Palut Report of Eusebius;
Contemporary witness of Serapion of Antioch
304 Conon
Sha'ad Chronicle of Edessa places him between Conon and Ethalaha.
324 346? Ethalaha Edessa Chronicle omits date of death.
346 361 Abraham
361 March 378 Barses Moves from Haran to Edessa on imperial orders .
379 Good Friday 387 Eulogius Ordained in Theodosius' year of coronation
July 22, 398 Cyrus I.
397 October 17, 398 Silvanus
November 23, 398 409 Pakida
409 411 Diogenes
411 August 8, 435 Rabbula
435 October 28, 457 Ibas Edessa Chronicle states that he was deposed on January 1, 448 and reinstated 2 years later.
July 21, 448 471 Nun Edessa Chronicle states that he left Edessa in 450 but returned after Ibas' death in 457.
471 June 6, 498 Cyrus II Cyrus convinces Emperor Zenon to close the Persian school in Edessa.
498 April 10, 510 Peter Re-enter Edessa on September 12th
510 July 27, 522 Paul Is deposed by Patricius for his monophysitism
October 23, 522 June 27, 526 Asclepius Dies in Antioch
Paul calls him bishop of Haran.
March 8, 526 October 30, 526 Paul, again Accepts the Council of Chalcedony ; returned after Asclepius' death.
February 7, 527 December 532 Andreas
August 28, 533 unknown Addi The date of his death falls after the completion of the Edessa Chronicle . It is possible that there is still a bishop between Addi and Jacob Baradäus.
541 July 30, 578 Jacob Baradäus Also abbot of Pesitta
578 602/3 Severus stoned by Narses
The episcopal succession seems to have been interrupted during the war.
602/3 Edessa is taken by the Persians; recaptured by the Romans in 604/5
May 611 Edessa is conquered by the Persians
627 Persians evacuate Edessa as part of a treaty
638 Edessa is extradited to the Muslim general Yazid
before 644 649/650 Simon Dies in Amida
650/651 664 Cyriacus
664 (again 708) 708 Jacob II
668 708 Habib
728/729 after 745 Constantine Date of death not mentioned in Zuqnin's Chronicle
before 755 754/755 Timothaeus
754/755 760/761 Zacharias
760/761 after 775 Elijah of Qartnim The zuqnin chronicle indicates that he was not ordained.
Although the Chronicle of Zuqnin continues until 775, no more bishops are mentioned.
  • Isaiah, Bishop of Edessa (7th century)
  • Johann, West Syrian Bishop of Edessa (7th century)
  • Jonas, East Syrian Bishop of Edessa (7th century)
  • Theodoros (9th century)
  • around 1103 Benedict

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