Apostolic Successions

Apostolic Succession Page


As an on-going project of demonstrating Apostolic Successions, I have begun compiling lists of successors traceable all the way to the Apostles and this page is dedicated to those lists.  It is rather difficult to find a compilation of such lists in one place, so I hope this page can be resourceful to many.  As I attain more lists, I will add them here.

ST PETER

Apostolic Succession of the Bishop of Rome (Catholic)

Apostolic Succession of the Bishop of Antioch (Catholic)

Apostolic Succession of the Bishop of Antioch (Orthodox)

ST JAMES THE JUST

Apostolic Succession of the Bishop of Jerusalem (Orthodox)

ST ANDREW

Apostolic Succession of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (Orthodox)

ST MARK THE EVANGELIST 

Apostolic Succession of the Popes of Alexandria (Coptic Orthodox)

ST THOMAS
Though I do not have a "list" for St. Thomas' succession, St. Thomas became quite the traveler, having headed east, settling in south-eastern India, and founding churches along the way.

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