Early bishops of Jerusalem

Eusebius of Caesarea provides the names of an unbroken succession of thirty-six Bishops of Jerusalem up to the year 324.

After the Bar Kokhba revolt (c. 135), Judas ceased to be bishop and all subsequent bishops were Gentiles: As a result of the Bar Kokhba revolt in 135, Hadrian was determined to erase Judaism[citation needed] from Iudaea Province.

Jerusalem was left in total ruin, and a new city built nearby called Aelia Capitolina.

These gentile bishops (Jews were excluded from the city except for the day of Tisha B'Av), were appointed under the authority of the Metropolitans of Caesarea.

Jerusalem received special recognition in Canon VII of First Council of Nicaea in 325, without yet becoming a metropolitan see.

James the Just , whose judgment was adopted in the Apostolic Decree of Acts 15:19–29 , "...we should write to them [Gentiles] to abstain only from things polluted by idols and from fornication and from whatever has been strangled and from blood ..." ( NRSV )
Macarius of Jerusalem
Theophanes III
Dositheos II of Jerusalem