Kyiv has apostolic succession from Constantinople.
The first bishops of Kyiv (before the Baptism of Kievan Rus):
Nastasiy Korsunyanin, the first Bishop of Kyiv
Misail (860–874), Bishop of Kiev.
Michael (974–988), Bishop of Kiev.
Metropolitans of Kyiv and all Kievan Rus from the Baptism of Kievan Rus:
Michael I (988–992)
Leontius (992–1008)
Theophylact (? - before 1018)
Ivan I (1019–1035)
Alexey (1020s)
Theopempt (1035–1049)
Cyril I (? - 1049-1051)
Hilarion of Kyiv (1051–1055)
Ephrem I (1055–1061)
George (1062–1073)
Ivan II (until 1077(80)–1089)
John III (Greek) (1089–1091)
Ephrem II of Pereyaslav (1091–1097)
Nicholas (1097–1101)
Nikephoros I (1104–1121)
Nikita (1122–1126)
Michael II (1130–1145)
Kliment Smolyatich (1147–1159)
Constantine I (1156–1159)
Theodore (1161–1163)
Ivan IV (1164–1166)
Constantine II (1167–1169)
Michael III (1171?–1173?)
Nikephoros II (1182–1198)
Matthew (1200(01)–1220)
Cyril I (1225–1233)
Cyril II (1233–1236)
Joseph I (1237–1240)
Peter Akerovich (1241–1246)
Metropolitans of Kyiv and all Kievan Rus, who moved to Vladimir and Moscow after the Mongol-Tatar conquest of Rus:
Cyril III (1247–1281)
Nikephoros III (1281–1283)
Maximus (1285–1305)
Peter Ratensky (1308–1326)
Theognost (1328–1353)
Alexei Bikont (1354–1378)
Mikhail Mityai (1378–1380), archimandrite, acting of the Metropolitan of Great Rus' (viceroy).
Cyprian (1378–1382)
Pimen (1382–1383)
Dionysius I (1384–1385)
Cyprian (1390–1406)
Photius (1409–1431)
Isidore (1433–1458)
Iona Odnoushev (1442–1461)
Metropolitans of Kyiv and All Rus' (Kyiv and Lithuania) in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania:
Theophilus (1330–1353)
Theodorit (1351–1354), ordained in Bulgaria
Roman (1354–1362), Metropolitan of Kiev and Lithuania
Cyprian (1375–1406), in 1375–1378 and 1382–1390 was Metropolitan of Kyiv and Lithuania (not Kyiv and All Rus').
Gregory I (1414–1419), Metropolitan of Kiev and Lithuania,
Gerasim (1432–1435)
Metropolitans of Kyiv, Galicia and All Rus' since the separation of the Moscow Metropolis from the Union of Berest:
Gregory II Bulgarianovich (1458–1473)
Misail Pstrukh (1474–1480), was not approved by the Orthodox Church of Constantinople.
Spyridon (1475–1481), approved by the Orthodox Church of Constantinople, did not actually rule the metropolis due to the opposition of Misail Pstrukh.
Simeon (1481–1488)
Jonah I of Glezno (1488–1494)
Macarius I (1495–1497)
Joseph I Bolgarinovich (1498–1501)
Jonah II (1503–1507)
Joseph II Soltan (1508–1521)
Joseph III Ruthenian (1522–1533)
Macarius II of Moscow (1534–1555)
Sylvester Belkevich (1556–1567)
Jonah III Protasevich (1568–1577)
Ilya Kucha (1577–1579)
Onisifera Mother of God (1579–1589)
Mikhail Rogoza (1589–1596)
Metropolitans of Kyiv from the Union of Brest until 1918:
Job Boretsky (1620–1631)
Isaiah Kopinsky (1631–1633)
Peter Mohyla (1633–1647)
Sylvester Kosiv (1647–1657)
Lazar Baranovich (1657) - Archbishop of Chernigov and Novgorod-Seversky, vicar of the Kyiv Metropolis.
Dionysius Balaban (1657–1663)
Methodius Filimonovich (1661-1663) - Bishop of Mstislav, local overseer of the Kyiv Metropolis; ordained in Moscow, was not recognized by the Church of Constantinople, but actually ruled the left-bank dioceses of the metropolis.
Lazar Baranovich (1659-1661) - Archbishop of Chernigov and Novgorod-Seversky, vicar of the Kyiv Metropolis.
Joseph Tukalsky-Nelubovich (1663–1676)[1]
Anthony of Vinnitsa (1676–1679)
Lazar Baranovich (1680–1681)
The metropolitans (archbishops) of Kiev, Galicia and all of Little Rus' are the heads of the Kyiv metropolia as part of the Moscow Church and the Russian Orthodox Church:
Gideon Svyatopolk-Chetvertinsky (1685–1690), miter.
Varlaam Yasinsky (1690–1707), Met.
Joasaph Krokovsky (1708–1718), metropolitan
Varlaam Vanatovich (1722–1730), archbishop
Raphael Zaborovsky (1731–1747), mitre.
Timothy Shcherbatsky (1748–1757), metropolitan
Arseniy Mogilyansky (1757–1770), Metropolitan
Gavriil Kremenetsky (1770–1783), miter.
Samuil Myslavsky (1783–1796), metropolitan
Hierofy Malitsky (1796–1799), Metropolitan
Gabriel Banulesco-Bodoni (1799–1803), miter
Serapion Alexandrovsky (1803–1822), miter.
Evgeny Bolkhovitinov (1822–1837), metropolitan
Filaret Amfiteatrov (1837–1857), Metropolitan
Isidor Nikolsky (1858-1860), archbishop.
Arseny Moskvin (1860–1876), archbishop
Filofei Uspensky (1876–1882), miter.
Platon Gorodetsky (1882–1891), Metropolitan
Ioanniky Rudnev (1891–1900), Metropolitan.
Feognost Lebedev (1900–1903), Metropolitan
Flavian Gorodetsky (1903–1915), mitre.
Vladimir Bogoyavlensky (1915–1918), metropolitan
Nikodim Krotkov (1918), Bishop of Chigirinsky, temporary administrator of the Kyiv diocese.
Metropolitans (archbishops) of Kiev and Galicia are the heads of the Kyiv diocese of the Ukrainian Exarchate within the Russian Orthodox Church:
Mikhail Ermakov (1921–1929); in 1921–1923 - Bishop of Grodno and Beresteisky, head of the Kyiv diocese; in 1924–1929 - Metropolitan of Kiev, Exarch of Ukraine.
Georgy Deliev (1925–1928), Bishop of Boguslavsky (later Bishop of Tarashchansky), temporary head of the Kyiv diocese.
Sergiy Kuminsky (1925–1930), Bishop of Bershad, temporary head of the Kyiv diocese
Dimitry Verbitsky (1930–1932), archbishop
Sergei Grishin (1932–1934), archbishop
Konstantin Dyakov (1934–1937), Metropolitan, Exarch of Ukraine
Mykola Yarushevich (1941), Metropolitan, Exarch of Ukraine.
Ioann Sokolov (1944–1964), Metropolitan, Exarch of Ukraine
Ioasaf Lelyukhin (1964–1966), Metropolitan, Exarch of Ukraine
Alypy Khotovitsky (1966), Archbishop of Vinnitsa and Bratslav, temporary head of the Kyiv diocese.
Philaret Denisenko (1966-1990), archbishop, 1968-1991 - Metropolitan, Exarch of Ukraine.
Metropolitans of Kyiv during the period of state independence of Ukraine:
Heads of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church with the title Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine
Vladimir Sabodan (1992–2014)
Onufry Berezovsky (since 2014)
P.S. I apologize if there are errors due to poor knowledge of English. I tried to translate correctly with the help of Google translator, but I don’t know how it turned out.
