Parisian Papacy

The Parisian Papacy, also known as the Patriarchate of Paris, is the head of the so called Parisian Orthodox Church, a breakaway from the Uniate Catholic Church that was established following the Eighth Ecumenical Council in 1152. Perceptions that that council had been corrupt and politically driven, and introduced an unacceptable degree of doctrinal compromise, led to a resistance moving developing over the following decades spearheaded by the Italian preacher John of Florence, whose teachings gained particular traction in Hungary and Normandy. In 1197, a disciple of John's named Michel de Tosny was named Bishop of Paris, and "the one truly Orthodox Patriarch in Christendom". This is popularly accepted as marking the beginning of the Orthodox Church.

A list of Parisian Patriarchs can be found here.