Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem
The [[Council of Chalcedon|Fourth Ecumenical Council]] at [[Chalcedon]] in 451, confirming the authority already held by Constantinople, granted its archbishop jurisdiction over Pontus and Thrace. The council also ratified an agreement between Antioch and Jerusalem, whereby Jerusalem held jurisdiction over three provinces, numbering it among the [[Pentarchy|five great sees]]. There were now five patriarchs presiding over the Church within the [[Byzantine Empire]], in the following order of precedence: the [[Patriarch of Rome]], the [[Patriarch of Constantinople]], the [[Patriarch of Alexandria]], the [[Patriarch of Antioch]] and the [[Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem|Patriarch of Jerusalem]]. The pope was considered the [[primus inter pares|first among equals]].