the highest order as Cardinal-Bishops. Like patriarchs, major archbishops are elected by the synod of the sui iuris Church, but their election requires confirmation by the Pope, not the simple notification and request for communion required of patriarchs. On the other hand, metropolitan archbishops of Eastern Catholic Churches sui juris are appointed by the Pope (rather than elected by their synod) and have much less authority even within their own churches. The title major archbishop in the Catholic Church is roughly equivalent to the patriarchal title catholicos in some Orthodox Churches. Catholicos is used internally by the Syro-Malankara Church for their major archbishop. List of Major Archbishops This section provides a complete list of every bishop who has held the title of major archbishop, organized according to the precedence of their titles, which follows the order in which their churches became major archiepiscopal. So far, every major archbishop has been a cardinal except for Cyril Baselios and Sviatoslav Shevchuk. Antony Padiyara and Lubomyr Husar are the only major archbishops to resign the office, rather than dying in it. List of Major Archbishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Josyf Slipyj, Major Archbishop of Lviv, 23 December 1963 − 7 September 1984 Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, Major Archbishop of Lviv, 7 September 1984 − 14 December 2000 Lubomyr Husar, 26 January 2001 − 10 February 2011 as Major Archbishop of Lviv, 26 January 2001 − 29 August 2005 as Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Galicia, 29 August 2005 − 10 February 2011 Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Galicia, 25 March 2011 − present For a complete list of heads of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, including prior to its establishment as a major archiepiscopal church, see List of Leaders of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. List of Major Archbishops of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Antony Padiyara, Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, 16 December 1992 − 11 November 1996 Varkey Vithayathil, Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, 23 December 1999 − 1 April 2011 George Alencherry Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, 25 May 2011 − present For a complete list of heads of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, including prior to its establishment as a major archiepiscopal church, see List of Major Archbishops of the Syro-Malabar Church. List of Major Archbishops of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church Cyril Baselios, Major Archbishop of Trivandrum, 10 February 2005 − 18 January 2007 Baselios Cleemis,