BISHOPS OF JERUSALEM
ACCORDING TO "EUSEBIUS"

Eusebius in his Church History Ch5. Lists the chronolgy of the Jerusalem Bishops as not being found in writing but indicating very clearly that there were fifteen Bishops as follows:

Tradition states they were all short lived
Until the seige of the Jews under Adrian in AD 135 there were fifteen Bishops
All the Bishops were Hebrews and circumcised
Only after the defeat under the Emperor Adrian in AD 135 did the line of circumcised Bishops end
"Note" James was murdered at the Jerusalem Temple in about AD 62 but Eusebius does not refer to this event in this chapter.

Names of the Bishops given by Eusebius in his church history

James the so-called brother of the Lord, "this is Eusebius's terminology"
Symeon "historians list this Symeon as a close relative of Jesus and James"
Justus
Zacchaeus
Tobias
Benjamin
John
Matthias
Philip
Seneca
Justus
Levi
Ephres
Joseph
Judas

The above information is from the original Eusebius: "The Church History of Eusebius Chapter five p.176 for the lists of Bishops. The Translation is from " A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of The Christian Church". second series. Trans. Philip Schaff, DD.,LL.D., and Henry Wace, D.D., Volume 1 Eusebius: Church History , Life of Constantine The Great, and Oration In Praise of Constantine. WM.B Eerdmans Publishing Company Grand Rapids Michigan.

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BISHOPS OF JERUSALEM ACCORDING TO "EUSEBIUS"

Names of the Bishops given by Eusebius in his church history

BISHOPS OF JERUSALEM
ACCORDING TO "EUSEBIUS"