Apostolic See

• Rome, in present-day Italy, from the Apostle Saint Peter.

• Constantinople, now Istanbul in present-day Turkey, from the Apostle Saint Andrew. (See Patriarch of Constantinople.)

• Antioch, in present-day Syria, from the Apostle Saint Peter. (See Patriarch of Antioch, Antiochian Orthodox Church, Syrian Orthodox Church.)

• Alexandria, in present-day Egypt, from the Apostle Saint Mark. (Three bishops now claim to hold this office as St. Mark's successor: one Eastern Orthodox patriarch, one Eastern-rite Catholic patriarch, and the Coptic pope.)

• Jerusalem, in present-day Israel, or Palestine, from the Apostle Saint James the Great, and in any case the original Church. (See Patriarch of Jerusalem.)

Present day

See also

• Holy See
• episcopal see

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