List of Patriarchs of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
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Listed below are the Patriarchs of All Bulgaria, leaders of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.

Archbishops of Preslav (870-927)

• Georgi, Archbishop of Silistra (870- c. 886)
• Iosif the Confessor (c.886-beg. of X century)
• Leontiy, proclaimed patriarch, not recognised by Byzantium (917-927)

Patriarchs of Bulgaria (927-1018), 1st Time

• Dimitriy (927-?)
• Sergiy
• Grigoriy
• Damyan moves the patriarchate seat to West Bulgaria (c.969)
• German (c.970-980)
• Philip (980-1010)
• David (1010-1018)

1018 - 1767 under rule to Ohrid Archbishopric

• Ivan I Debranin (1018-1037)
• Leo I Tsarigradianin (1037-1056)
• Theodol I (1056-1078)
• Ivan II Lampin (1078)
• Ivan III (1078-1079)
• Theophylact (1084-1107)
• Leo II Mung (1108-1120)
• Michael I (1120)
• Maxim (1120-1143)
• Ivan IV Comnen (1143-1157)
• Constantine I (1160 - 1170)
• Ivan V Kamatar (1183-1213)
• Dimitar Chomatian (1216-1234)
• Ioannicius (1250)
• Sergei (1250)
• Constantine II Kavasila (1250-1270)
• Iacob Proarchius (1270-1289)
• Adrian (1289)
• Gennadii (1289-1295)
• Macarii I (1295-1299)
• Gregory I (1317-1346)
• Anthony Metochyt (1346)
• Mathew (1346)
• Nicholas I (1346-1364)
• Gregory II (1364-1378)
• Nikodem (1451-1453)
• Doroteii (1468-unknown)
• Mark (1523-1550)
• Nicholas II (1523-1550) with
• Zachary (1523-1550) with
• Prochor (1523-1550)
• Simeon Razki (1550)
• Nikanor (1565)
• Paisii (1565-1572)
• Sophronii (1572-1575)
• Macarii II (1575-1586)
• Gabriel I (1586-1593)
• Theodol II (1593)
• Ioakim (1593)
• Gabriel II (1593-1598)
• Varlaam (1598-1604)
• Nectarii I (1604-1606)
• Porfari (1606)
• Atanasii I (1606-1616)
• Nectarii II (1616-1617)
• George (1617-1623)
• Mitrofan (1623-1628)
• Joasaph I (1628-1629)
• Abraham (1629-1634)
• Chariton (1643-1646)
• Danilo (1650-1654)
• Dionysii I (1654)
• Gabriel III (1654-1660)
• Athanasii II (1660-1666)
• Zosim I (1666-1667)
• Arsenii I (1668-1670)
• Panareth (1671-1673)
• Nectarii III (1673)
• Ignatii I (1673)
• Gregory III (1673-1676)
• Theofan (1676-1677)
• Meletii (1677-1679)
• Gregory IV (1683-1688)
• German II (1688-1691)
• Gregory V (1691-1693)
• Ignatii II (1693-1695)
• Zosim II (1695-1699)
• Raphael (1699-1703)
• Ignatii III (1703-1706)
• Dionysii II (1706-1707)
• Methodii I (1708)
• Zosim III (1708-1709)
• Dionysii III (1709-1714)
• Philothii (1714-1718)
• Ioasaph II (1719-1745)
• Joseph I (1746-1749)
• Dionysii IV (1752)
• Joseph II (1755)
• Dionysii V (1756)
• Methodii II (1757-1759)
• Cyril (1759-1762)
• Jeremiah (1763)
• Ananii (1763)
• Arsenii II (1763-1767)

Patriarchs of Bulgaria (1235-1393), 2nd Time

• Vasiliy I, Archbishop of Turnovo (1186-1204)
• St. Ioakim I (1204-1237 or 1246)
• Vasiliy II
• Ioakim II
• Ignatiy (1272-1273)
• Makariy (1273-?)
• Ioakim III (?-c.1300)
• Visarion
• Dorotey
• Roman
• Teodosiy I (?-c.1337)
• Ioanikiy I
• Simeon (c.1346)
• Teodosiy II (c.1360)
• Ioanikiy II
• St. Evtimiy (1375-1393)

Exarch of the Bulgarians (1872-1915), 1st Time

• Ilarion (1872)
• Antim I (1872-1877)
• Joseph I (1877-1915)

Vicar - Chairmans of the Holy Synod (1915-1945), 1st Time

• Parfenii (1915-1918)
• Vasilii (1918-1921)
• Maxim (1921-1927)
• Climent (1928-1930)
• Neofit (1930-1944)
• Stefan (1944-1945)

Exarch of the Bulgarians (1945-1948), 2nd Time

• Stefan (1945-1948)

Vicar - Chairmans of the Holy Synod (1948-1953), 2nd Time

• Mihail (1948)
• Paisii (1949-1951)
• Cyril (1951-1953)

Patriarchs of Bulgaria (since 1953), 3rd Time

• Cyril I (1953-1971)
• Maxim I (1971-Present)