This is a list of the Maronite Patriarchs of Antioch, the primate of the Maronite Church, one of the Eastern Catholic Churches. After becoming patriarch, they assume the name "Peter" (Boutros in Arabic, بطرس ), after the first Bishop of Antioch, St. Peter, who was also the head of the Apostles. The official title that the Maronite Patriarch assumes is "Patriarch of Antioch and All the East."