Oriental Orthodox Churches
- Coptic Orthodox Church – Shenouda III of Alexandria, Coptic Pope (1971–present)
- Armenian Apostolic Church –
- Karekin II, Catholicos of Armenia (1999–present)
- Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia (1995–present)
- Assyrian Church of the East – Mar Dinkha IV, Patriarch (1976–present)
- Ancient Church of the East – Mar Addai II, Patriarch (1969–present)
- Eritrean Orthodox Church –
- Ethiopian Orthodox Church – Abune Paulos (1992–present)
- Indian Orthodox Church – Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan –
- (Note: It's Syriac Christianity, but independent from the Syriac Orthodox Church)
- Syriac Orthodox Church – Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (1980–present)
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