A significant number of Orthodox patriarchs originated from regions with strong or predominant Albanian-speaking populations.

1. Ivaniku, born in Peja.
2. Sava IV, born in Tetovo.
3. Efrem, born in Belgrade, who built the marble dome of the Church of St. Demetrius.
4. Spiridon, born in Nish.
5. Danilo III, born in Yeni Pazar (Novi Pazar).
6. Sava V, born in Peja.
7. Cyril, born in Sarajevo (Bosnia).
8. Domnin, born in Trebinje.
9. Danilo IV, born in Mostar.
10. Arsenije, born in Peja .
11. Makarios, born in Shkodra, who rebuilt the church that had previously been destroyed.
12. Paolo Peter Varadin, Austrian.
13. Anton, born in Zadar (Dalmatia).
14. Gerasimos, born in Yeni Pazar (Bosnia).
15. Savatius, born in Trepol (Herzegovina).
16. Nikomas, born in Shkodra.
17. Joane, born in Peja.
18. Paiza, born in Zadar (Dalmatia).
19. Gabriel, born in Stojna (Old Belgrade).
20. Simon, born in Podgorica.
21. Maksim, born in Skopje, who rebuilt the Church of Saint Kolli (St. Nicholas).
22. Arsenije III, born in Malësia, who left with 3,600 Serbian families and 40 households from Rugova, migrating to Austria in 1690.
23. Kalenik, born in Skopje, known for his opposition to Catholics.
24. Atanas, born in Belgrade.
25. Abojezhi, born in Stari Vlah (Novi Pazar).
26. Arsenije IV, born in Peja (Peć); he was called Saint Arsenije (Sveti Arsen).
27. Ivanik II, born in Istanbul (Constantinople).
28. Atanas II, born in Stari Vlah.
29. Gabriel II, born in Sarajevo.
30. Gabriel III, born in the region of Nish.
31. Aksentije, born in Hungary.
32. Pojza II, born in Istanbul, Greek by origin.
33. Cyril, born in Chalcedon; Greek by lineage. This patriarch converted to Islam, became Turkish, and promoted the spread of the Muhammadan faith in Peja and surrounding areas.
34. Vesili Bertik, from Grozhnjë of Serbia; persecuted by the Turks, he fled to Russia, where he died.
35. Kalik II, born in Tërnovë (Serbia); after his death in 1766, the Patriarchate of Peja was abolished.