The Syriac Patriarch of Antioch is the head of the Syriac Church, with legacy claimed since 1783 by the Syriac Orthodox Church and the Syrian Catholic Church. The following is a list of primates who have held that office from 512 to the split of 1783.
With the enthronement on 22 January 1783 of Ignatius Michael III Jarweh the Syriac Church split in the Orthodox and the Catholic part:
From 1364 to 1816 the region of Tur Abdin constituted a separate Patriarchate, with the following patriarchs: