Early bishops of Jerusalem

This is a list of the bishops of Jerusalem before the Council of Chalcedon (451), which provoked a schism.

(325–333)

Macarius I

(333–348)

Maximus III

(350–386)

Cyril I

(386–417)

John II

(417–422)

Praulius

(422–458), since 451 Patriarch

Juvenal

Jerusalem received special recognition in Canon VII of First Council of Nicaea in 325, without yet becoming a metropolitan see.^[3] Also, the council for the first time established the Patriarchates. The Bishops of Jerusalem were appointed by the Patriarchs of Antioch.

In 451 or 452, the anti-Chalcedonian clergy elected a rival bishop, Theodosius, who was forced into exile in 453. For the rival episcopal successions after this date: