List of the Patriarchs of Bulgaria
The following people were metropolitans and patriarchs as heads of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church :
Archbishops of Preslaw (870–927)
- Georgi, Archbishop of Silistra (870– approx. 886)
- Iosif, the confessor (ca.886-)
Patriarch of Preslaw (927-1018)
- Leonti (917-927)
- Dimitriy (927–?)
- Sergiy
- Grigoriy
- Damjan - Patriarch of Bulgaria and Archbishop of Pliska and Bishop Drastar
Patriarch of Ohrid (927-1018)
- German (c. 970–980) - Patriarch of Bulgaria and Archbishop of Ohrid
- Philip (980-1010) - Patriarch of Bulgaria and Archbishop of Ohrid
- David (1010-1018) - Patriarch of Bulgaria and Archbishop of Ohrid
- In 1018 the patriarchate was dissolved because Bulgaria came under Byzantine rule. An autocephalous archbishop who was installed by Byzantium continued to reside in Ohrid .
Patriarch of Tarnowo (1235-1393)
Church union with Rome (1204–1235)
- Wasilij I , Archbishop of Tarnowo
Orthodox Patriarchate (1235-1393)
- Ioakim I (1235-1246)
- Vasily II.
- Ioakim II
- Ignatiy (1272-1273)
- Makariy (1273–?)
- Ioakim III (? - approx. 1300)
- Wisarion
- Dorotey
- novel
- Teodosiy I. (? - approx. 1337)
- Ioanikiy I.
- Simeon (ca.1346)
- Teodosiy II (ca.1360)
- Ioanikiy II.
- Euthymios (1375-1393)
Exarchs of Bulgaria
- Ilarion I. (1872) († 1884)
- Anthim I (1872–1877)
- Josef I (1877-1915)
Chairman of the Holy Synod
from 1915 to 1945 because of internal disagreements, the Holy Synod could not elect an exarch. During this time one of the presidents of the Holy Synod was in charge of the affairs of the Church.
- Partenij , Metropolitan of Sofia (1915-1918)
- Wasili, Metropolitan of Dorostol (1918–1921)
- Maxim, Metropolitan of Plovdiv (1921–1927)
- Kliment, Metropolitan of Wraza (1928–1930)
- Neofit, Metropolitan of Widin (1930–1944)
- Stefan I , Metropolitan of Sofia (1944–1948, exarch from 1945–1948; * 1878 - † 1957)
from 1948 to 1953 again led by the chairman of the Holy Synod due to interference by the Bulgarian Communist Party
- Michael, Metropolitan of Dorostol (1948–1948)
- Paisios, Metropolitan of Wraza (1949–1950)
- Kiril , Metropolitan of Plovdiv (1951–1953)
Patriarch of Bulgaria
- Kiril (1953-1971)
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Maxim (1971-2012)
- Pimen von Newrokop (1996–1998) (opposing patriarch)
- Neofit (2013 -)
See also
Web links
- Bulgarian Patriarchs (bulg.) On the official website of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church