List of Patriarchs of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church

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 Bulgarian Archbishopric of Ohrid==
* 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)
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