A patriarchate is the office or jurisdiction of a patriarch. A patriarch, as the term is used here, is either

• one of the highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, of whom there were originally four, but now nine; or

• one of the twelve highest-ranking bishops of Roman Catholicism: the Roman Pope, the seven "patriarchs of the east", and the bishops of Lisbon, Venice, Jerusalem, and the East Indies; or

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In order of their Patriarchates' ancientry, they are, later to earlier:
CrownofTruth (Στέφανος Αλήθειες ) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:07:34 -0000
In order of their Patriarchates' ancientry, they are, later to earlier:
In order of their Patriarchates' ancientry, they are, later to earlier:
SteveinVista (Stephen J. Langosh) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:40:05 -0000
In order of their Patriarchates' ancientry, they are, later to earlier:

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