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Originally a patriarch is a man who exercises autocratic authority over an extended family.

The word has also taken on other meanings. In particular, the highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Communion, and the Assyrian Church of the East are called patriarchs.

In Mormonism, a patriarch is an office in the priesthood and is considered a prophet (but not necessarily a general authority). The term is considered synonymous with the term evangelist. One of the patriarch's primary responsibilities is to give Patriarchal blessings . In the main branch of Mormonism, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Patriarchs are typically assigned in each stakeIn The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a stake is an administrative unit composed of a number of congregations ( wards or a branches). A stake must be composed of at least three wards, and up to a total of ten congregations. Most stakes are c.

Current Patriarchs in the Catholic Communion:

• Latin Rite:
  • The Patriarch of RomeThis article is about the Catholic pope. See Pope (disambiguation) for other meanings of the word pope. The Pope is the Catholic bishop and patriarch of Rome, and ex officio supreme spiritual leader of what might be called the Catholic Communion (that is, (the Roman Pope)
  • The Patriarch of VeniceAmong the patriarchates in the West, the Pope, as Bishop of Rome is the only true, independent patriarch. Of the "minor patriarchates" that Rome has always claimed were subsidiary to the Holy See, the oldest survivor in modern times is the Patriarch of Ve
  • The Patriarch of the West Indies (vacant since 1963, but not abolished)
  • The Patriarch of Lisbon
  • The Latin Patriarch of JerusalemThe Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is one of the Roman Catholic "patriarchs of the east". The Patriarchate of Jerusalem is the oldest of Eastern Catholic Patriarchates, and the only one that still follows the Latin Rite. In 1054, the Great Schism separated
  • The Patriarch of the East Indies

• Eastern Rites:
  • The Coptic Catholic Patriarchs of Alexandria
  • The Greek Patriarch of Antioch
  • The Melkite Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch
  • The Maronite Patriarch of Antioch
  • The Patriarch of Babylon
  • The Patriarch of Cilicia

Historical Patriarchs in the Roman Catholic Church, suppressed in 1964:

• The Latin Patriarch of Constantinople
• The Latin Patriarch of Alexandria
• The Latin Patriarch of Antioch

Current Patriarchs in the Eastern Orthodox Communion in order of precedence:

• The Patriarch of Constantinople, the Ecumenical Patriarch
• The Patriarch of Alexandria
• The Patriarch of Antioch
• The Patriarch of Jerusalem
• The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
• The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
• The Patriarch of Serbia
• The Patriarch of All Romania
• The Patriarch of All Bulgaria

Current Patriarchs in Oriental Orthodox Churches:

• Coptic Orthodox Church: The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria
• Syrian Orthodox Church: The Patriarch of Antioch
• Armenian Orthodox Church:
  • The Catholicos Patriarch of Etchmiadzin and Armenia
  • The Patriarch of Cilicia and the Middle East
• Tewahedo Church: The Patriarch of All Ethiopia
• Eritrean Orthodox Church: The Patriarch of All Eritrea

Patriarchs in Nestorian Churches:

• Assyrian Church of the East: The Catholicos Patriarch of Babylon
• Church of the East & Abroad: The Catholicos Patriarch of Jerusalem

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