Kallistos Ware


Kallistos Ware
Metropolitan of Diokleia in Phrygia
ChurchEastern Orthodox Church
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain
MetropolisDiokleia in Phrygia (titular)
Orders
Ordination1966 (as priest and monk)
Consecration1982 (as bishop); 2007 (as metropolitan)
Personal details
Born
Timothy Richard Ware

(1934-09-11)11 September 1934
Died24 August 2022(2022-08-24) (aged 87)
Oxford, England
DenominationEastern Orthodox
Education

Kallistos Ware (born Timothy Richard Ware, 11 September 1934 – 24 August 2022) was an English bishop and theologian of the Eastern Orthodox Church. From 1982, he held the titular bishopric of Diokleia in Phrygia (Greek: Διόκλεια Φρυγίας), later made a titular metropolitan bishopric in 2007, under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. He was one of the best-known modern Eastern Orthodox hierarchs and theologians. From 1966 to 2001, he was Spalding Lecturer of Eastern Orthodox Studies at the University of Oxford.[1]

  1. ^ Neff, Interview by David (6 July 2011). "Q & A: Bishop Kallistos Ware". ChristianityToday.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.