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In 2006, Benedict XVI renounced the title of "Patriarch of the West" (Patriarcha Occidentis). [1] In 2024, Pope Francis reinstated the title of "Patriarch of the West" (Patriarcha Occidentis), reversing the decision by the previous Pope Benedict XVI; the title reinstatement was meant to bring closer ties to the other Patriarchs in the Eastern Orthodox faith.
Patriarchate (/ ˈ p eɪ t r i ɑːr k ɪ t,-k eɪ t /, UK also / ˈ p æ t r i-/; [1] Ancient Greek: πατριαρχεῖον, patriarcheîon) is an ecclesiological term in Christianity, designating the office and jurisdiction of an ecclesiastical patriarch.
This is a list of current monarchies. As of 2025, there are 43 sovereign states in the world with a monarch as head of state . There are 13 in Asia, 12 in Europe, 9 in the Americas, 6 in Oceania, and 3 in Africa.
Monarchs of various countries: Examples of absolute monarchs (top row): Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei; Salman, King of Saudi Arabia; Pope Francis; Examples of executive monarchs (middle row): Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein; Mohammed VI, King of Morocco; Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Dragon King Of Bhutan
List of Anglican dioceses. List of current Anglican Primates; List of bishops of the Church of England; List of bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America; List of presiding bishops in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America; List of Lutheran dioceses and archdioceses; List of bishops of the Anglican Church in ...
Recognized as a Catholicate (Patriarchate) in 1008 [22] Serbian Patriarch: the chief of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Serbia (and the former Yugoslavia) Recognized as a Patriarchate in 1375 [23] Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia: the chief of the Russian Orthodox Church in Russia: Recognized as a Patriarchate in 1593 [24] [25] Patriarch of ...
The Patriarchate of Constantinople recognized the patriarchal status of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (Metropolitanate of Preslav) in 927, [44] which thus became the first autocephalous Patriarchate outside the empire recognized by the Orthodox Church.
List of patriarchs of Alexandria; List of Greek Orthodox patriarchs of Antioch; List of patriarchs of Antioch; Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch; List of bishops and patriarchs of Aquileia; List of catholicoi of all Armenians; List of Armenian Catholic patriarchs of Cilicia; Armenian patriarch; List of Armenian patriarchs of Constantinople