THE SUPREME PONTIFFS

The head of the Church is Jesus Christ. The Supreme Spiritual and Administrative leaders of the Church are His Holiness Tawadros II (Pope of Alexandria), His Holiness Karekin II (Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians), His Holiness Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch), His Holiness Aram I Keshishian (Armenian Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia),His Holiness Baselius Mar Thoma Paulose II (Catholicos of the East), His Holiness Antonios I (Patriarch of Eritrea) and His Beatitude Abune Natnael (Caretaker Patriarch of the Ethiopia).

Supreme Pontiffs of the Church

• The Holy See (the Patriarchal Jurisdiction): The Coptic Orthodox Papacy of Alexandria
  Patriarch: His Holiness Pope Tawadros II (born 1952, selected 2012)
  Title: Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark
  Headquarters: Cairo, Egypt 
• The Holy See (the Patriarchal Jurisdiction): The Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch
  Patriarch: His Holiness Patriarch Mar Ignatius Aphrem II Karim (born 1965, elected 2014)
  Title: Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
  Headquarters: (1) Maarrat Sednaya (Damascus) in Syria (2)  St. Jacob's St. Jacob Baradeus monastery in the village of Atchaneh (al-Atshana or Atshaneh) northeast of the capital Beirut in Lebanon
• The Holy See (the Patriarchal Jurisdiction):The Armenian Apostolic Catholicosate of All Armenians
  Patriarch:His Holiness Catholicos Karekin II (born 1951, elected 1999)
  Title: Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians
  Headquarters: Etchmiadzin, Armenia
• The Holy See (the Patriarchal Jurisdiction): Armenian Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia
  Patriarch: His Holiness Catholicos Aram I Keshishian (born 1947, elected 1995)
  Title:Armenian Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia
  Headquarters: Antelias,Lebanon 
• The Holy See (the Patriarchal Jurisdiction): The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Patriarchate
  Patriarch: His Holiness Abune Mathias I (born 1940/41, enthroned 2013)
  Title: Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
  Headquarters: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• The Holy See (the Patriarchal Jurisdiction):The Orthodox Catholicosate of the East
  Patriarch: His Holiness Catholicos Baselius Mar-Thoma Paulose II (born 1946, enthroned 2010)
  Title: Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan
  Headquarters: Kottayam, Kerala State, India
• The Holy See (the Patriarchal Jurisdiction): The Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Patriarchate
  Patriarch: His Holiness Patriarch Antonios I (born 1927, elected 2004)
  Title: Patriarch of Eritrea
  Headquarters: Asmara, Eritrea