Church patriarchs

The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy , the Roman Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in certain cases also popes – such as the pope of Rome or pope of Alexandria).

thumb|250px|Eastern patriarchates of the Pentarchy, after the [[Council of Chalcedon (451)]]

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